Charif Insaurralde
Backend Software Engineer.
5+ years across fintech, payments, and logistics. PHP, Symfony, Java, Spring Boot, and AWS.
Experience
Professional work.
Backend Developer
Member of the Chile team, developing and evolving digital financial products for the local market.
- Built multicurrency capabilities and remittance flows for cross-border money movement, balances, and transaction processing.
- Implemented marketing-event integrations and PayPal-related payment flows.
- Optimized application architecture and critical workflows, improving performance by up to 65%.
- Designed a transparent, decoupled ORM query-cache layer with result caching, dependency-based invalidation, and automatic model rehydration.
- Built a Docker local environment with S3-compatible storage, Redis, and ElasticMQ to support reliable integration testing.
Fullstack Developer
Custom software and digital-transformation work for Prisa S.A. in Chile.
- Collaborated with teams in the United States, China, Chile, and Argentina on an MVP using Symfony, PHP 8.3, and PostgreSQL.
- Contributed to an OroCommerce payment gateway and international carrier integrations.
Software Developer
Logistics technology platform operating in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile.
- Participated in internationalizing the platform for expansion into Mexico and its regional requirements.
- Designed REST APIs and backend services with Symfony and Spring Boot, improving scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- Developed frontend interfaces with React and AngularJS.
- Co-developed a Python and Bash internal tool that reduced Linux environment setup from two hours to 20 minutes.
Software Engineer Trainee
- Worked with PHP 7.4 and 8.1, WordPress, and Drupal 9 and 10 across multiple projects.
- Participated in an internal site migration from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8.1 on CentOS 7 and MariaDB.
IT Support Specialist
- Provided hardware repair and technical support for small businesses and residential customers.
- Designed and deployed Linux-based virtualized infrastructure using Proxmox.
- Developed a ticketing-service API with Java and Spring Boot.
- Built WordPress sites and custom plugins for business needs.
Skills
Tools and foundations.
- Backend
- PHP · Laravel · Symfony · Java · Spring Boot · Go
- Data
- PostgreSQL · MySQL · Redis · SQL · NoSQL
- Cloud & platform
- AWS · Docker · Docker Compose · Linux · Bash
- Engineering
- REST APIs · Microservices · Clean Architecture · PHPUnit · Git · Jira · Agile/Scrum · Datadog
- Web & tools
- React · AngularJS · WordPress · Drupal · Codex · Cursor
Education & languages
Background.
- Education
- Computer Engineering, Universidad Nacional de La Plata — in progress
- Languages
- Spanish (native), English (C1), German (A2)
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