Portrait of Angel Garcia

ANGEL GARCIA

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

@angelgarpi

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building web applications with TypeScript, React, Angular and AWS. Currently on Cresta's Frontend Platform team, integrating an AI SaaS product with enterprise systems. Previously spent 5+ years at AWS, leading the AWS IoT console infrastructure migration that cut load times by 60%, driving the adoption of the Cloudscape design system and mentoring engineers to promotion. Worked across four countries, in-person and remote; former programming bootcamp instructor.

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Experience

  1. Cresta

    – Present1 yr 6 mosHEAD

    1. Senior Software EngineerFrontend Platform

      • Built platform connectors that integrate Cresta's AI SaaS product with third-party enterprise systems.
      • Built real-time data pipelines that power AI-assisted features for end users.
      • Shipped full-stack features and fixes across a large TypeScript/Angular monorepo.

  2. Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    – 5 yrs 4 mos

    1. Senior Front-End EngineerAWS IoT

      Full-stack role covering front end, back end, QA and DevOps.

      • Cut AWS IoT console load times by 60% by migrating its infrastructure to a native AWS solution; led the project across 10+ engineers in multiple teams.
      • Led the adoption of the Cloudscape Design System across the AWS IoT console, improving user experience and accessibility.
      • Mentored engineers through to promotion.
      • Reviewed design documents at the organization level.
      • Provided global 24/7 on-call support.

    2. Front-End Engineer IIInternal Load Balancing

      • Made the internal console's data views 5x faster by parallelizing API calls.
      • Provided daily on-call support for critical load-balancing issues, keeping downtime to a minimum.

  3. EPAM Systems

    – 4 mos

    1. Front-End Engineer

      • Enhanced an investment firm's financial analysis system, deployed on-premise.

  4. Kamstrup

    – 1 yr 10 mos

    1. Lead Front-End Engineer

      • Built analytics and monitoring tools for smart metering devices.
      • Led front-end development and managed a team of three engineers.

  5. Procter & Gamble

    – 1 yr 1 mo

    1. Full-Stack Engineer

      • Built an intranet site for tracking product batches, owning both software and hardware: server setup and printer integration.

  6. Avanade

    – 3 mos

    1. Full-Stack Developer

      • Built features for a client's desktop and web tools.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering

2015

University of Málaga, Spain

Languages

Spanish (native), English (fluent)