Summary
Garis S is a Director of Software Engineering and seasoned principal engineer with ~18 years building cloud-native, microservices-driven systems across healthcare, biotech, and marketing platforms. Based in Austin, he has led monolith-to-microservice re-architectures, shipped 20+ microservices in diverse stacks (Java, NodeJS, PHP) and established CI/CD, integration testing with Cypress, and developer-friendly local environments. He excels at translating product needs into pragmatic technical solutions—delivering a production biotech export system and influencing CIAM/Okta identity work at enterprise scale. A hands-on mentor and technical negotiator, he’s known for growing high-performing international teams while improving code quality through testing practices and automation. He combines deep systems experience (AWS, Spring, Docker) with a pragmatic focus on developer experience and operational reliability. An often-overlooked strength is his long history of tooling and integration work—from SAP and legacy bank systems to modern cloud platforms—showing adaptability across very different technical ecosystems.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer Computer Sciences, Engineer Computer Sciences at Universidad APEC
High School General, High School General at Colegio Don Bosco
Spanish, English