Summary
Ligert Sicat is a software engineer with 9 years of experience building distributed, high-reliability systems and payment integrations, currently working at Robinhood from Calgary. He has deep hands-on expertise in Go, C++, and cloud-native tooling, having designed REST APIs, Kafka-based messaging, and transactional outbox patterns to improve reliability at Xendit. Ligert has led cross-functional teams to deliver complex refund and callback recovery features, and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS services. His background spans telecom-grade, high-traffic systems and DevOps practices, including standardizing containerization and Jenkins pipelines. He also brings early ML and full-stack experience from internships and freelance projects, demonstrating an ability to move from prototypes to production. Known for troubleshooting critical incidents and aligning technical design with customer needs, he blends system-level thinking with pragmatic delivery.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Xavier School
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of the Philippines