José Chaparro
2+ Years of experience
6 Services I run in production

Software engineer · Chihuahua, MX

José
Chaparro

I build backend systems and run the infrastructure they live on. Today I own the microservices architecture at Moneta Market and co-found the software studio Bifrost Code.

01 · Background

About me

Software engineer with {years}+ years of production experience building backend-heavy systems in Python and .NET, deploying cloud infrastructure on AWS, and shipping cross-platform applications.

At Moneta Market I own the microservices architecture: a six-container production platform wiring together ML pipelines, event-driven webhooks and a C# desktop app. In parallel I co-found Bifrost Code, a studio that ships full-stack products and self-hosts them on its own infrastructure.

Languages

Spanish Native
English Upper-intermediate (B2)

US citizen — no sponsorship required

Chihuahua, Mexico · Open to remote or US relocation

Education

BSc Computer Science Engineering

Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

Graduated by academic merit 2018 — 2023

02 · Track record

Experience

August 2025 — Present

Moneta Market LLC

Full Stack Engineer

  • Architected the company's first containerized platform: a six-service Docker Compose stack (two FastAPI microservices, Label Studio, MLflow, Nginx reverse proxy) on AWS EC2, replacing manual deployment with reproducible automation.
  • Designed a 25-table PostgreSQL schema on AWS RDS — 24 foreign keys, 34 strategic indexes, an idempotent migration system and soft-delete audit trail — reachable only through an SSH tunnel via an EC2 bastion host.
  • Built an event-driven FastAPI webhook service linking Label Studio to S3: atomic database/S3 rollback on any failure, async connection pooling and an in-memory cache with database fallback; wrote the team runbooks for operating it.
  • Developed a cross-platform C# desktop app (.NET 10, Avalonia, migrated off Windows-only WPF) for human review of ML-labelled video frames: MVVM architecture, two-pass verification workflow and a sliding-window prefetch cache.
  • Implemented least-privilege IAM policies, moved credentials into AWS Secrets Manager and set up the CI pipelines; LocalStack emulates S3 locally so development never touches production credentials. Co-supervise two interns alongside the lead developer.
  • Built the data pipeline's operator tooling — CLIs, idempotent S3-to-PostgreSQL sync, drift audits — and automated model training through GitLab CI on ephemeral AWS GPU instances with MLflow tracking; prototyped edge inference on NVIDIA Jetson (YOLO on TensorRT).
FastAPIDocker ComposeAWS EC2 / RDS / S3PostgreSQLNginxC# · AvaloniaMLflowGitLab CI

February 2025 — Present

Bifrost Code

Side project, alongside my full-time role

Co-founder & Full Stack Engineer

  • Deliver full-stack web applications end to end with React, Next.js, NestJS and Express on TypeScript pnpm monorepos backed by PostgreSQL; earlier engagements shipped on React Native, FastAPI and Django.
  • Shipped and still operate three products for paying clients: FisioApp (multi-tenant clinic management, WCAG 2.1 AA audited), Feriu (multi-tenant shared-expense platform) and Karaoke Balu (real-time request platform with SSE and kiosk mode).
  • Self-host client applications on the studio's own infrastructure — a Proxmox VM running Ubuntu Server with Dokploy and Docker Compose health checks, DNS on Cloudflare, services exposed through Cloudflare Tunnels with no inbound ports — a low-cost alternative to Vercel or AWS.
Next.jsNestJSReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLProxmoxDokployCloudflare Tunnels

March 2024 — August 2025

Grupo Roga

.NET Software Developer

  • Maintained and extended the internal ERP running across more than 170 branches and used by over 1,750 employees (Mueblería El Pasito / Villarreal Muebles / Dinexpress), building modules for multi-branch inventory, pricing, accounts receivable and point of sale in .NET Framework.
  • Built from scratch the module managing the field agents who visit customer homes for credit approval: full design ownership, DevExpress map controls plotting assignments geographically, and data consumed from a companion Android app.
  • Designed the SQL Server database architecture behind multi-branch retail operations: stored procedures for inventory aggregation and pricing logic, plus automated report generation and email delivery through SQL Server Agent.
.NET FrameworkSQL ServerT-SQLVB.NETSQL Server AgentChilkatDevExpress

03 · Toolkit

Technical skills

Languages

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptC#SQL

Backend

FastAPINestJSDjangoExpress.NET

Cloud & infrastructure

AWS EC2 / RDS / S3IAMSecrets ManagerDocker ComposeNginxProxmoxCloudflare TunnelsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDLinux

Databases

PostgreSQLSQL ServerSQLite

Frontend

Next.jsReactReact Native

Architecture & practice

MicroservicesRESTful APIsEvent-drivenMVVMCI/CDGitScrum

04 · Selected work

Projects

Smart Cooler Grab-and-Go

In progress

Full-stack system with cloud infrastructure, RESTful APIs and an integrated machine-learning pipeline.

Contact for details

FastAPI · AWS · PostgreSQL

FisioApp

In production

Multi-tenant management for physiotherapy clinics: clinical records, appointments, packages and payments. Audited against WCAG 2.1 AA, with automated off-site backups via cron to Backblaze B2.

Contact for details

Next.js · PostgreSQL · Dokploy

Feriu

In production

Multi-tenant, self-hosted shared-expense platform with a Splitwise-style settlement engine, built as a NestJS + Next.js pnpm monorepo on PostgreSQL.

Contact for details

NestJS · Next.js · pnpm

Karaoke Balu

In production

Real-time karaoke request platform for live events: an SSE-synced queue, admin panel, self-serve kiosk mode and Virtual DJ integration. Express + React monorepo.

Contact for details

Express · React · SSE

Stable Diffusion fine-tuning

Completed

Custom dataset training for personalised image generation, exploring fine-tuning techniques for deep learning models.

View presentation

Python · PyTorch

Galaga For Everyone

Completed

Unreal Engine game controlled through a smartphone accelerometer, bridged with Processing and HTTP requests.

View on GitHub

Unreal Engine · Processing

05 · Get in touch

Contact

Backend systems, cloud infrastructure, or APIs that have to scale? Write to me and let's talk it through.

[email protected]