Miguel Martinez

Senior Backend & Cloud Consultant with 15+ years of experience architecting, building, and scaling large distributed systems across finance, logistics, education, and energy. I help U.S. companies ship backend features faster, modernize legacy systems, and deliver cloud-native platforms with high uptime and measurable business impact.

Known for owning complex technical initiatives end‑to‑end and delivering high‑reliability systems using .NET Core, Node.js, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, and modern JavaScript frameworks. I operate through my U.S.-based LLC and typically engage on 10–40 hr/week remote contracts.

Senior Software Engineer at Eduphoria (2021-01 – Present)

Lead backend and architectural initiatives on a large education platform used by thousands of teachers.

• Built a real‑time scoring engine, cutting grading turnaround by 40% and improving student feedback cycles.
• Designed and shipped curriculum‑planning features (Retest, Reflections) driving measurable student growth.

Founder & Principal Consultant at rMode Software, LLC (2009-01 – Present)

Partner with U.S. clients to design and deliver tailored software systems.

• USPTA OCTA Platform: Mobile‑first assessment system with real‑time enterprise integration.
• TennisResources.com: Custom WordPress plugins integrating enterprise databases.
• Keller Williams Metropolitan: Automated cross‑database real estate listing syncs.

Senior Backend Consultant at Dimensional Fund Advisors (via Austin Fraser) (2020-01 – 2021-12)

Delivered an audit workflow automation system improving request fulfillment speed by 25%.

Senior Backend Consultant at LPL Financial (via Yho) (2020-01 – 2020-12)

Built a bulk account onboarding tool to accelerate post‑acquisition investor migration.

Senior Frontend/Backend Consultant at Macmillan Learning (via Technology Navigators) (2020-01 – 2020-12)

Engineered an interactive chemistry authoring tool enabling dynamic molecular structures.

Senior Software Engineer / Consultant at Newgistics / Pitney Bowes (via Cazton) (2017-01 – 2020-12)

• Architected a high‑throughput alerting system handling 5M+ notifications/day with 99.99% uptime.
• Designed multi‑carrier shipping APIs improving delivery success by 20%.
• Led microservices and Kubernetes adoption.

Senior Software Engineer at Lifesize (2015-01 – 2017-12)

• Built a self‑service customer admin console reducing support overhead by 35%.
• Modernized legacy systems into AWS‑based cloud services.