Patricio Díaz

Location: Paraguay
Contact: +595961178540 | padiazg@gmail.com
Links: LinkedIn | GitHub | Blog

Profile Summary

Senior Software Engineer and Technical Leader with 16+ years of experience delivering scalable solutions and leading high-performing engineering teams. Currently serving dual Technical Leadership roles, architecting cloud-native payment solutions and leading cross-border financial integrations. Proven track record of transforming proof-of-concepts into production-ready enterprise products, mentoring 20+ developers, and implementing DevOps practices that reduced deployment time by 80%. Expert in Go, microservices architecture, hexagonal architecture, CQRS, DDD, and cloud technologies with experience scaling teams from 1 to 8 members while maintaining 95%+ feature delivery rates.

Looking for a challenging remote role to drive impactful results in software engineering.

Available to join any role immediately

Expertise Highlights

Programming Languages: Go (Golang), JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, Java, Python, TypeScript
Cloud & DevOps: AWS (Lambda, EC2, API Gateway, Aurora, EventBridge, Secrets Manager), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, LocalStack, CI/CD, Terraform
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, MongoDB, Oracle, IBM DB2, Redis
Architecture Patterns: Microservices, Hexagonal Architecture, CQRS, DDD, Event-Driven Architecture, Serverless (FaaS), Distributed Systems
Frameworks & Tools: React, Vue.js, gRPC, REST APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, AMQP, GORM, QOR, NATS, OpenID Connect.
Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd
Leadership: Team Building, Technical Mentoring, Project Management, Agile/Scrum, Stakeholder Management

Key Professional Experience

Technical Leader

Santex Group | Jun 2025 - Oct 2025 (4 month project)

Highlight: Leading cross-border financial integration between Argentinian digital wallet and Chilean banking institution

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Leader

SEGEL SA | June 2025 \- Present

Highlight: Architecting payment gateway solution and modernizing enterprise technology stack

Sr. Software Engineer / Technical Leader

Tyk Technologies Ltd | Nov 2020 - May 2024

Highlight: Incubated the Enterprise Developer Portal from PoC to production-ready product, built the team from 1 dev to a full squad, and delivered 100% of the roadmap

DevOps Engineer / Full Stack Developer

On Campus Marketing | Oct 2019 - Sep 2020

Highlight: Integrated third-party platforms with the company's stack, developed critical features, and improved cloud resource usage on GCP

External IT Consultant

Vision Banco SAECA | May 2012 - Oct 2019

Highlight: Developed 3 mission-critical systems introducing cutting-edge technologies and implemented private cloud solutions for serverless functions

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Featured Projects

Go Struct Analyzer

Role: Owner

GitHub Repository

A VS Code extension to show memory size and padding information for Go structs, helping you optimize memory usage and understand struct layout. Published at [Visual Studio Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PatricioDiaz.go-struct-analyzer) and [Open VSX Registry](https://open-vsx.org/extension/PatricioDiaz/go-struct-analyzer), featured at [The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter](https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-06-22-go-before-you-wait/)