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Jose Quesada

AI, Software & Cloud Architect

jose@quesada.crwww.quesada.crCosta Rica

Profile

I design AI-native and agentic systems for enterprises — and the software, cloud and security architecture they have to run on.

SWAT Team Manager at SOIN — the team that takes the engagements nobody else can unblock

Experience

SWAT Team Manager · SOIN

San José, Costa Rica

I lead the team that takes on the engagements nobody else can unblock — systems failing in production, projects late for architectural rather than delivery reasons, and integrations that were supposed to be simple. Most of that work now involves AI in some form: designing agent systems that have to hold up against real enterprise estates, or using AI to understand systems nobody remembers building.

  • Set the architectural direction for AI adoption across delivery teams, including where human review stays non-negotiable
  • Introduced specification-driven development with agents in the loop, and the review discipline that makes it safe
  • Recovered engagements that were architecturally stuck, rather than adding people to them

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. Most of the cloud, DevOps and security certification work happened here — not as a credential exercise, but because the platforms I was designing demanded it.

  • 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 design work behind them rather than only the implementation. 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. The mobile work counts for more than it looks — building for Android and iOS teaches you about constrained environments, offline state and release processes in a way server work never does.

  • 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
Software Architecture
Distributed and service architecture · API and integration design · Event-driven architecture · Scalability and resilience patterns · Legacy integration and incremental modernization
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
Data
Relational data modelling 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
  • 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
  • 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 · Gemini · OpenRouter · MCP · A2A · RAG · Embeddings · Vector databases · pgvector · Amazon Bedrock · Azure AI Foundry · Gentle AI · AWS · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud · Oracle Cloud · Vercel · Kubernetes · Docker · Terraform · CloudFormation · GitHub Actions · Serverless · Git · Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · Java · Go · SQL · Node.js · React · Next.js · PostgreSQL · Redis · Oracle Database · Microsoft SQL Server · MongoDB · MySQL · HashiCorp Vault · AWS Secrets Manager · IAM · Check Point CloudGuard · OAuth 2.0 / OIDC · Spec-driven development · OpenSpec · CI/CD · Observability · Scrum · Kanban

Languages

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

https://www.quesada.cr/cv