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Jose Quesada

AI, Software & Cloud Architect

jose@quesada.crwww.quesada.crCosta Rica

Profile

I lead the architecture of AI-native and agentic systems, along with the cloud, infrastructure, software, and security platforms they depend on.

SWAT Team Manager at SOIN, leading the team behind the company's most complex initiatives across AI, cloud and infrastructure, architecture, modernization, and innovation — from new agent platforms to production-critical systems.

Experience

SWAT Team Manager · SOIN

San José, Costa Rica

I lead SOIN's SWAT team, responsible for complex technical initiatives across AI, cloud and infrastructure, software architecture, modernization, security, and innovation. I set the technical direction, make the key architecture decisions, bring the right specialists together, and turn problems without an established playbook into systems the company can build and operate. That includes new agent platforms and engineering approaches as well as production-critical systems that require deep technical investigation.

  • Led the architectural direction for SOIN's agentic AI and AI-native engineering initiatives, including where human review stays non-negotiable
  • Established reusable platform and engineering patterns for AI systems instead of treating every agent as a standalone project
  • Introduced specification-driven development and stronger human verification into AI-assisted delivery
  • Led technical investigation and architectural recovery for high-complexity production systems

Technologies: Claude Code · OpenAI · MCP · Python · AWS · Azure · Kubernetes · PostgreSQL · Redis

Principal Technical Lead · SOIN

San José, Costa Rica

Owned architecture and technical direction across delivery teams, and the engineering standards they worked to. This is where the cloud, DevOps, and security depth was built: the platforms I was designing demanded it, and the certifications followed the work.

  • Standardized platform architecture and deployment practice across teams that had been solving the same problems separately
  • Moved architecture decisions out of tribal knowledge and into written, reviewable records
  • Built the security and DevOps depth the AI work now sits on top of

Technologies: AWS · Azure · Kubernetes · Docker · Terraform · CloudFormation · Node.js · Java · PostgreSQL · Oracle

Senior Software Developer · SOIN

San José, Costa Rica

Built and shipped backend and full-stack systems, and increasingly owned the technical design behind them. The step from writing services to deciding how they should be shaped happened here.

  • Took ownership of technical design on delivery work, not only implementation
  • Introduced container-based workflows to teams still deploying to fixed environments

Technologies: Node.js · React · Java · Docker · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Oracle · Redis

Software Developer Specialist · SOIN

San José, Costa Rica

Delivered production software across the stack while completing a computer science degree. Five years of breadth: web, backend, databases, and native mobile on both platforms. Building for Android and iOS taught me about constrained environments, offline state, and release processes in a way server-side work alone could not.

  • Shipped native mobile applications on both Android and iOS, through their respective release processes
  • Built the full-stack breadth that later made the architecture work possible

Technologies: Kotlin · Swift · React Native · JavaScript · Node.js · Angular · Java · MySQL · SQL Server

Core expertise

AI & Agentic Systems
LLM application and agent architecture · Multi-agent orchestration and tool-calling gateways · Retrieval-augmented generation and retrieval quality · Embeddings, vector search and document ingestion pipelines · Structured output and function calling
AI-Native Software Engineering
Specification-driven development with AI agents · AI-assisted architecture and documentation generation · Legacy source and dependency analysis at scale · Test generation with human validation gates · AI-assisted code review and its limits
Cloud & Platform Engineering
AWS and Azure platform architecture · Kubernetes and container orchestration · Serverless and event-driven infrastructure · High availability, networking and caching strategy · CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategy
Engineering Leadership
Technical strategy and architecture governance · Leading teams through complex, ambiguous delivery · Mentoring engineers and architects · Driving AI adoption without abandoning engineering discipline · Technical decision-making and trade-off communication
Security
Cloud and application security architecture · Identity and access management · Secure SDLC practice · Credential isolation and secure tool execution for AI systems · Network and perimeter architecture
Software Architecture
Distributed and service architecture · API and integration design · Event-driven architecture · Scalability and resilience patterns · Legacy integration and incremental modernization
Data
Relational data modeling and query performance · Document and key-value data design · Vector search and embedding storage · Document ingestion and RAG pipelines · Caching strategy

Certifications

  • Agentic AI Business Solutions ArchitectMicrosoft
  • Machine Learning Engineer – AssociateAmazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Azure AI Engineer AssociateMicrosoft
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified AI Foundations AssociateOracle
  • DevOps Engineer – ProfessionalAmazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Security – SpecialtyAmazon Web Services (AWS)
  • DevOps Engineer ExpertMicrosoft
  • Power Platform Solution Architect ExpertMicrosoft
  • Developer – AssociateAmazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Azure Administrator AssociateMicrosoft
  • Power Platform Developer AssociateMicrosoft
  • Solutions Architect – AssociateAmazon Web Services (AWS) (expired)
  • Security+CompTIA
  • Digital Forensics Essentials (DFE)EC-Council
  • Ethical Hacking Professional (CEHPC)Certiprof
  • Cyber Security Foundation Professional (CSFPC)Certiprof
  • DevOps Essentials Professional (DEPC)Certiprof
  • Scrum Foundation Professional (SFPC)Certiprof
  • CloudGuard Pre-Sales – Technical SpecialistCheck Point
  • Hyperledger Fabric Administrator (CHFA)The Linux Foundation
  • Developer Certification (HCCDP – Cloud Migration)Huawei Cloud

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science · University of Costa Rica2014 — 2017

Technologies

Claude · Claude Code · OpenAI · ChatGPT · Codex · OpenRouter · Vercel AI SDK · OpenAI-compatible APIs · MCP · A2A · OCI Generative AI · Gentle AI · opencode · RAG · AWS · Oracle Cloud (OCI) · OKE · Autonomous Database · OCI Vault / KMS · OCI Streaming · OCI Object Storage · OCI DevOps · OCI networking (VCN) · OCI edge (WAF / LB) · OCI Cache · OCI Bastion · OCI Container Registry · Vercel · Kubernetes · Docker · Apache APISIX · Terraform · Kustomize · External Secrets Operator · etcd · OpenTelemetry · Application performance monitoring · Distributed tracing · Structured logging · Vercel Analytics · JavaScript · TypeScript · Python · SQL · Node.js · Express · FastAPI · React · Next.js · Tailwind CSS · PostgreSQL · Oracle AI Database · Oracle AI Vector Search · Redis · REST · OAuth 2.0 / OIDC · JWT · CSP / HSTS · Tenant & credential isolation · Secure SDLC · Git · GitHub Actions · CI/CD · Spec-driven development · OpenSpec · Metadata-driven code generation · Mermaid · Obsidian

Languages

  • Spanish — Native
  • English — Advanced - C2
  • Japanese — Beginner - N4

https://www.quesada.cr/cv