Carlos Arenas
Senior Software Engineer II at Etsy
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Top SchoolCarlos Arenas is a senior software engineering leader with 12 years of experience building full-stack, Java-centric microservices and modern frontend systems, currently shaping platform work at Etsy. He has progressed from hands-on Java and Android development to leading engineering teams and crafting solution architectures for eCommerce platforms, security-conscious multi-tenant deployments, and SDLC/CI-CD improvements. Comfortable across Java, JavaScript, Go, and Python, Carlos combines technical depth (Spring, React, Kotlin) with a practice-oriented view—driving PoCs, test automation, and backward-compatible adapters to de-risk large migrations. He’s adept at bridging pre-sales, product, and delivery, having regularly translated customer needs into technical direction and estimates. Based in Xalapa, Mexico, he often mentors engineers through tech talks and code reviews, emphasizing reusable components and pragmatic engineering trade-offs. A practical problem-solver, he has repeatedly turned discovery-phase prototypes into production-ready services that improved observability and deployability across global markets.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Madero
English, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
carlosJoseloMtz/strokeapp
Jun 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 4 issues in 1 year 2 months
carlosJoseloMtz/smallvideostreaming
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:14 PRs, 29 pushes, 14 branches in 1 month
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