resume.portfolio$ cat ./carlos-ravelo.resume --focus impact --format terminal

Stamford, CT · currently looking for new opportunities

Carlos Ravelo

Staff Software Engineer / Solutions Architect

18+ years building high-scale web platforms, internal tooling, content delivery systems, search/retrieval workflows, and cloud infrastructure across Go, Node.js, Python, React, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP, Fastly, PostgreSQL/pgvector, and modern LLM/search tooling.

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selected-impact$ grep -E 'scale|cost|reliability|AI' ./resume.md
80–85%

OpEx reduction

Designed platform and infrastructure improvements that sharply reduced operating costs while preserving reliability.

95%

fewer frontend incidents

Introduced architecture and release improvements that dramatically reduced production frontend issues.

30+ → 1

repository consolidation

Replaced 30+ frontend repositories with a configuration-driven platform serving 3,000+ sites.

250K+/day

AI-assisted ad verification

Built workflows processing hundreds of thousands of ads daily, with bursts into millions.

Hybrid search

retrieval relevance

Delivered embedding, BM25, reranking, and RRF workflows for search, retrieval, and image relevance.

projects$ gh repo list gandazgul --curated --not-forks

Project showcase

runwield

featured

Opinionated plan-by-default coding harness built on Pi.dev for safer agentic software delivery.

The same workflow used to build this portfolio, with structured planning, execution, validation, and repair loops.

  • TypeScript
  • Agentic coding
  • Pi.dev
  • CLI workflows
repo --open runwield

mnemosyne

featured

Local-first memory and document retrieval CLI in Go with SQLite, local embeddings, and hybrid search.

Shows practical retrieval engineering: embeddings, BM25-style search, local storage, and ONNX Runtime integration.

  • Go
  • SQLite
  • Embeddings
  • ONNX Runtime
  • Hybrid search
repo --open mnemosyne

opencode-mnemosyne

TypeScript OpenCode plugin that gives coding agents persistent local memory through Mnemosyne.

Connects LLM tooling with controlled, local retrieval workflows for developer productivity.

  • TypeScript
  • OpenCode
  • Local memory
  • LLM tooling
repo --open opencode-mnemosyne

k8s-infrastructure

Fedora/Kubernetes installation and app infrastructure scripts/configuration for self-managed environments.

Demonstrates infrastructure fluency from host setup through cluster operations and application delivery.

  • Kubernetes
  • Fedora
  • Shell
  • Infrastructure
repo --open k8s-infrastructure

caper

Phaser 3 point-and-click adventure engine with reusable game systems and browser-focused interactions.

Highlights product-minded frontend architecture, stateful UI, and reusable game mechanics.

  • Phaser 3
  • TypeScript
  • Game systems
  • Frontend
repo --open caper

goaly

Self-hosted spiritual successor to Google Calendar Goals using Deno, Astro, and SQLite.

Combines personal productivity, full-stack architecture, and durable local-first data choices.

  • Deno
  • Astro
  • SQLite
  • Self-hosted
repo --open goaly
experience$ tail -n +1 ./experience.timeline

  1. Recent

    Staff Software Engineer / Solutions Architect

    Ask Media Group / Ask Applications

    Platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, high-scale web delivery, AI/search workflows, and internal developer systems.

    • Led cost and reliability initiatives across content delivery, infrastructure, and application platforms.
    • Built AI-assisted verification and search/retrieval pipelines using embeddings, reranking, and hybrid retrieval.
    • Reduced frontend operational risk through platform consolidation, testing, and deployment improvements.

  2. Prior

    Senior Software Engineer

    Reflexions Data

    Full-stack product engineering and data-driven application development for client platforms.

    • Delivered production web applications with pragmatic architecture, maintainable workflows, and measurable client outcomes.
    • Balanced hands-on engineering with technical leadership across frontend, backend, data, and deployment concerns.

  3. Prior

    Engineering Lead / Senior Engineer

    Ask Applications

    Large-scale browser, search, advertising, and content experiences across a broad web portfolio.

    • Shipped systems supporting thousands of sites and high-throughput ad/content workflows.
    • Modernized frontend architecture and operational practices across multiple teams and repositories.

  4. Early career

    Web Engineer

    EILEEN FISHER

    E-commerce and brand web engineering with an emphasis on reliable user-facing experiences.

    • Built and maintained production web experiences connecting business goals with polished customer interactions.
skills$ ls ./skills --grouped

Programming

TypeScript, Node.js, Deno, Go, Python, SQL, Shell

Backend & Platform

Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Fastly, PostgreSQL, SQLite, CI/CD

Data & Search

pgvector, Embeddings, BM25, Reranking, RRF, ONNX Runtime

AI/LLM Tooling

Agent workflows, OpenCode plugins, Local-first memory, Retrieval pipelines

Frontend & Testing

React, Next.js, Astro, Tailwind, Playwright, Phaser 3

Leadership

Architecture, Mentoring, Cost reduction, Incident reduction, Developer platforms

contact.me$ send-message --via linkedin --fallback github --attach resume.pdf

contact me

Message me on LinkedIn or GitHub. Check out the downloadable PDF for complete resume details.

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