Ovidio Garza

Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building embedded Linux platforms, developer tooling, CI/CD automation, and enhancing desktop applications using C++, Python, and C#. Interested in moving towards Cloud, IoT, Embedded, Robotics, Data or Product design.

Software Engineer at John Deere (2022-09 – 2026-03)

• Led migration of a legacy IoT authentication service to a Linux systemd architecture using C++ and DBus for JD Gen5OS.
• Designed reusable DBus APIs and C++ interfaces enabling standardized token access across internal platforms for JD GenOS.
• Led development and beta release of a Python-based QA automation tool for UX Validation, and reduced validation time by 500%.
• Modernized Automated Testing (CI/CD) workflows using Docker, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.
• Supported middleware debugging, release validation, root cause analysis, and cross-team integration support.
• Developed and maintained C#/.NET WinForms applications for manufacturing and CAN monitoring workflows.
• Reduced technical debt and improved reliability and maintainability of legacy tooling.
• Delivered productivity features improving PV&V engineering workflows.
• Contributed to Django web applications and Jenkins automation pipelines.

Junior Java Developer at NTT DATA (2022-03 – 2022-09)

• Worked with Java 11, Spring Boot, Agile/Scrum workflows, and microservices concepts.

Junior Systems Engineer at Infosys (2021-06 – 2022-03)

• Supported production IT systems, incident resolution, server monitoring, and application troubleshooting.

B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering – UANL – FIME (2015 – 2020)