Luis Montenegro — Cloud Data Engineer & Software Engineer

Work Experience

Elipse Inteligencia Artificial Latest
Chile 🇨🇱

Software Engineer
Jan 2026 - Present

Software engineering applied to the development of artificial intelligence solutions.
BlueSmile Technology
Chile 🇨🇱

Cloud Data Engineer
Jul 2023 - Mar 2026

Responsible for the Cloud and DevOps infrastructure of a regional data platform (remote) that processes large volumes of information at scale for multiple business areas. Managed AWS environments through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, building reusable modules and ensuring consistent, secure and scalable deployments.

Led the design and automation of CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, coordinated critical releases with automated testing and post-production monitoring, and refactored Apache Airflow DAGs to optimize ingestion flows from multiple sources and data transformation into Snowflake.
Also mentored new team members (a team of 10+ people), facilitating their technical onboarding and promoting best practices in cloud architecture, automation and security.

Software Engineer
Jul 2021 - Jul 2023

Developed web interfaces and components with React, while leading technical planning and sprint strategy. Refactored class components into functional ones using Hooks, modernizing the stack and improving maintainability.

Integrated Redux for more efficient state management and worked on UX/UI improvements such as dark mode and optimized components. Implemented Docker deployments and optimized image builds, speeding up product releases.
Made functional improvements to the APIs (new features and parameters) and database adjustments to support this expansion. Additionally, trained internal teams in Web and React Native development, sharing best practices and boosting the team's technical growth.
IfElse
Argentina 🇦🇷

Mobile Application Developer
Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

Led the mobile development area (hybrid model), responsible for planning, designing and building from scratch 5+ native and hybrid mobile applications used by thousands of users.

Used React Native (Expo) and Android Studio (Java) to create functional and scalable solutions, from architecture to publishing and updates on the Google Play Store.
Implemented segmented push notifications with Firebase, managed local databases with SQLite and ensured efficient synchronization with relational systems.

Frontend Developer
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

Actively participated in modifications to existing websites, as well as building modern, responsive landing pages with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, geared toward marketing campaigns and product validation.

These pages were integrated with API-Rest backend services and optimized for multiple devices and browsers, serving as a foundation for user acquisition in new applications.

Technologies & Skills

AWS
GCP
Azure
Terraform
Docker
Python
Node
React
React Native
Next.js
Astro
TypeScript
JavaScript
Tailwind
SQL
Snowflake
Airflow
Dify
Expo
Vite
Netlify
Vercel
AWS
GCP
Azure
Terraform
Docker
Python
Node
React
React Native
Next.js
Astro
TypeScript
JavaScript
Tailwind
SQL
Snowflake
Airflow
Dify
Expo
Vite
Netlify
Vercel

Projects

Cuentitas

ReactJS
Tailwind CSS
ViteJS

A web application to split expenses among friends and family has never been easier than now.

DigiStore

NextJS
Tailwind CSS
Postgres
Vercel

A web store automanaged by the owner, with a pleasant design and a simple order process.

Big Five Prediction App

Python
Docker
Flask
ScikitLearn

Personality trait prediction based on a Machine Learning model trained with real data. This app was developed as part of my Bachelor's Degree final project at the National University of San Luis.