Hey, I'm

Daniel Madera.

Turning technical complexity into

Technical Success Manager | Aspiring Cloud Architect — bridging complex engineering systems and client-driven solutions, with a focus on scalable AWS infrastructure.

A little about me

Available for work

I'm a Technical Success Manager with a background in software engineering and sales, uniquely positioned at the intersection of complex technical systems and client-driven solutions. My career is defined by the ability to translate technical architecture into clear, actionable value for stakeholders — whether troubleshooting engineering challenges or refining sales strategies, I focus on building efficient, scalable processes that help organizations thrive.

Currently, I'm transitioning my focus toward cloud architecture, leveraging my foundation in full-stack development to design robust, high-performance cloud environments. I'm actively deepening my expertise in AWS infrastructure and automation to move into a full-time role as a Cloud Architect — combining technical acumen with a strategic mindset to help teams build scalable cloud solutions that solve complex, real-world problems.

Location Las Vegas, NV
Status Open to opportunities
Focus Cloud Architecture
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Technologies I work with

Languages

Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Java
Go
Bash

Frontend

React
Next.js
HTML5
CSS3

Backend & Cloud

Node.js
FastAPI
AWS
PostgreSQL
Redis

DevOps & Tools

Docker
Git
Linux
GitHub

Things I've built

Book Review API

A serverless REST API for managing books and user reviews. Built as an event-driven portfolio piece featuring CRUD operations, NoSQL data modeling with Global Secondary Indexes, and automated infrastructure via AWS-managed services.

Node.js 22.x AWS Lambda DynamoDB API Gateway REST API
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TaskFlow API

A high-performance RESTful task management API supporting multi-tenant workspaces, JWT auth, and real-time push notifications. Handles 50k+ requests/day in production.

Node.js TypeScript PostgreSQL Redis Docker

SentimentLens

An NLP-powered social media sentiment analysis tool that aggregates and classifies public opinion in real time across Twitter and Reddit using a fine-tuned BERT model.

Python FastAPI PyTorch React AWS ECS

Where I've worked

Software Engineer II

Acme Corp Jan 2023 — Present
  • Architected and shipped a microservices migration reducing API p99 latency by 40% for 2M+ daily users.
  • Led a 4-engineer team to redesign the data pipeline, cutting ETL processing time from 6 hours to 45 minutes.
  • Implemented blue/green CI/CD deployment strategy on AWS ECS, achieving 99.98% uptime over 12 months.
  • Mentored two junior engineers through code reviews, architecture discussions, and pair programming sessions.
TypeScript AWS Node.js PostgreSQL

Software Engineer I

TechStart Inc. Jul 2021 — Dec 2022
  • Built and maintained 12+ customer-facing React features used by 500k+ monthly active users.
  • Developed a Python ETL pipeline to ingest and normalize third-party data sources into a central data warehouse.
  • Reduced front-end bundle size by 38% through code-splitting, lazy loading, and dependency audit.
React Python Redis Docker

Software Engineering Intern

BigCo Technologies May 2020 — Aug 2020
  • Developed an internal tooling dashboard that automated manual reporting, saving the team ~8 hours/week.
  • Contributed 15+ pull requests to core platform services during a 3-month internship.
Java Spring Boot MySQL

Let's work together

I'm currently open to new opportunities — whether it's a full-time role, contract project, or just a conversation. My inbox is always open.

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