Alvaro Delgado
Senior Software Engineer · AI Products
Senior Software Engineer specializing in AI-powered product development — from MCP servers and RAG pipelines to production LLM orchestration. 12+ years building scalable systems (Amazon Ring, e-commerce at scale), now focused on bridging AI capabilities with real-world applications. Author of 7 Ruby gems including AI integration tools. Builder of production MCP servers compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and other major LLMs.
Experience
Software Development Engineer
2021 – 2024
Amazon (Ring)
- Architected circuit breaker patterns across 15+ upstream services in a Tier 1 Rails orchestration layer, reducing cascading failures by 40% for millions of daily active users
- Designed and implemented microservices for Ring's security platform using Ruby on Rails and AWS, supporting real-time video streaming and device management
- Orchestrated mobile app communication with upstream services and maintained critical system integrations at scale
- Led cross-functional projects with product and QA teams, mentored interns, and established service-oriented architecture best practices
Senior Software Engineer
2018 – 2021
The Bouqs Company
- Built end-to-end inventory management system (Rails, React, PostgreSQL) that reduced stock discrepancies by 35% and improved checkout conversion by 22%
- Extended the Weblinc e-commerce platform with custom Ruby features to improve core functionality and conversion rates
- Mentored junior engineers, established code review practices, and implemented automated testing strategies reaching 85% coverage
Software Engineer
2017 – 2018
Magmalabs
- Built e-commerce platforms using Ruby on Rails, Solidus, PostgreSQL, and React for clients in retail and consumer goods
- Integrated payment gateways and shipping APIs, reducing transaction failures by 30% through robust error handling and retry logic
Frontend Developer
2015 – 2017
Encora Inc. (Nearsoft)
- Developed travel industry software for Fortune 500 US clients using Ember.js, Java, and Selenium
- Collaborated with backend teams to design and implement RESTful API integrations
Web Developer
2013 – 2015
Scio Consulting & Pixelbile (MX / Chile)
- Early career web development across consulting agencies in Mexico and Chile — healthcare, finance, and marketing clients
Web Developer
2014 – 2015
Scio Consulting — Morelia, MX
- Built custom web applications for consulting clients across healthcare and finance industries
Web Developer
2013 – 2014
Pixelbile Agencia Marketing Digital — Santiago, Chile
- Developed marketing websites and mobile web experiences, optimizing for SEO and mobile performance
AI & Open Source
MCP Servers
Production-grade MCP servers in Ruby/Rails — compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity
Enables seamless LLM orchestration and context management across major AI platforms. Built with JSON-RPC, pgvector, and RAG architecture.
rails-ai-kit
Open-source Rails 8 starter kit for AI-powered apps — React, Inertia.js, RubyLLM, Solid Queue, Kamal
Catador Pro
AI-powered coffee cupping platform for specialty coffee — SCA protocol scoring with AI models
Nameless Cafe
Shopify + Loyverse POS integration with MCP server for natural language store data querying
Green Flag
Group dining platform using pgvector embeddings for compatibility matching, OpenTable + Twilio WhatsApp integration
Ruby Gems (7 published)
ruby-amazon-bedrock
searchapi-ruby
ruby-ai-gem-context
loyverse_api
bigcommerce-ruby
postmark_ruby_client
traductor
Skills
AI & LLM Integration
MCP (Model Context Protocol), RAG pipelines, pgvector, LLM orchestration, RubyLLM, Anthropic API, prompt engineering, E2B sandboxes
Languages & Frameworks
Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript, Inertia.js, Python, FastAPI, JavaScript
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS, SNS), Docker, Kamal, Hetzner, DigitalOcean, GitHub Actions, CI/CD
Databases & Tools
PostgreSQL, Redis, pgvector, Agile, TDD
Education
Bachelor in Economics — Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo // 2012