Summary
Jay Galinada is a Senior Backend Developer with over a decade of professional experience building scalable web and API-driven systems, currently focused on NestJS and MikroORM for a proprietary HR platform at Robert Walters. He combines strong backend engineering with hands-on leadership, having led cross-functional teams to deliver customer-facing integrations such as restaurant kiosk rewards and enterprise card solutions for clients like Mastercard. An experienced instructor at Uplift Code Camp, Jay also mentors career-changers into productive developers, reflecting his ability to translate complex concepts for diverse audiences. His background spans PHP/Laravel, NodeJS, and modern front-end stacks, and he has a track record of improving system performance and shipping production-grade mobile and API solutions. With an unconventional BA in Theater Arts, Jay brings creative problem-solving and communication skills to technical leadership, often bridging product goals and engineering realities.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts Theatre/Theater, Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts Theatre/Theater at Polytechnic University of the Philippines