Andrew Backes
Founder at Rare Candy
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
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Top SchoolAndrew Backes is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building full‑stack, cloud-native products and greenfield startups from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He has shipped scalable web and mobile applications across Python/Flask, .NET Core, React/Next.js and React Native while designing APIs, Terraform-driven infrastructure and Azure/AWS architectures. Andrew blends hands-on engineering with product instincts—creating and maintaining the popular Pokémon TCG API and companion site—demonstrating both entrepreneurial drive and a knack for developer-focused platforms. His background includes blockchain integrations for NFT minting, governance and cloud cost management at enterprise scale, and a Master’s in Software Engineering that underpins his pragmatic, data-informed approach to shipping reliable systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Software Engineering, Master's degree Software Engineering at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
1,894reputation
194kreached
62answers
30questions
Github Skills (200)
http-api10
terraform10
corona10
api10
sdk10
azure10
azure-resource-manager10
terraform-provider10
resource-manager10
twine10
graph9
code-documentation9
automation-ui8
rest8
sdk-nodejs8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
MagicTheGathering/mtg-docs
Aug 2017 - May 2019
API Documentation for the Magic: The Gathering API
Contributions:10 commits, 6 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 9 months
apigatheringmagicapi-documentation
MagicTheGathering/mtg-api
Aug 2016 - Feb 2022
Contributions:12 releases, 54 commits, 80 pushes in 5 years 7 months
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