Caros Ferrera

Accomplished Senior Software Developer with 20+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, full-stack SaaS applications. Proven expertise in C#, JavaScript, and API development, with hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering quality and delivery velocity. Experienced in mentoring engineering teams, guiding architecture decisions, and collaborating across engineering, QA, product, and UX disciplines.

Senior Software Engineer at ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN (2012 – 2026)

Led development, integration, and troubleshooting of enterprise applications. Administered highly available MySQL database system.

• Delivered projects, using Agile methodologies, in a cross-functional team environment focusing on Responsive UI Development on the front and effective Design patterns in the backend.
• Customized and integrated six third-party applications that utilized PHP, Java, or.NET, on local and hosted clouds such as AWS, that provided a seamless experience for users.
• Developed interfaces and web APIs to integrate data between institutional systems to reduce data propagation pipelines from overnight to near-instant, reducing business process times such as student provisioning from two days to minutes.
• Mentored and coached junior engineers through knowledge sharing sessions and code reviews; finished projects on time and with all agreed-upon requirements met.
• Re-engineered entire school’s internal portal used by 3,000+ students, faculty, and staff, improving load times from over six seconds to below two seconds.

Freelance Web Developer at Part-Time Freelance Web Development (2004 – 2012)

Developed and maintained web-based business applications for clients.

• Built coding framework to speed up initial setup of new clients in one day instead of taking two weeks to research a framework that fit the client’s requirements.
• Used Subversion for version control and deployment of sites in a quick and documented process that increased transparency with clients and, therefore, confidence in the service and product.
• Created custom API for client’s WordPress site in two weeks instead of the two months they were quoted by another developer, charging only 10% of what other developers were asking.

Director of Technology at VERITAS POLL (2011 – 2011)

Built and launched entire enterprise LAMP and network infrastructure to support the company’s initial launch with 5,000+ daily transactions. Directly communicated with the CEO and documented direction and progress.

Development Support Engineer at CALLSOURCE (2010 – 2011)

Managed Oracle data and performed rapid development in support of development group. Developed database-driven web tools in LAMP environment for customer support purposes.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science; Concentration in Artificial Intelligence – CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE

Classes towards Bachelor of Science (3 years) in Aeronautical Engineering – CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY