Summary
Mario Solorzano is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of full-stack experience building scalable web and streaming systems, currently driving architecture and delivery at Altruist after leadership roles at Twilio and OpenTable. He is fluent in JavaScript (multiple frameworks), Node.js, and Python, and brings formal engineering rigor from a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering paired with hands-on R&D experience in medical devices and robotics. Mario has repeatedly taken on senior and staff-level responsibilities across startups and large enterprises, designing maintainable architectures for video platforms, communications, and developer-facing services. An active contributor to open-source ecosystems, he combines deep implementation skill with an emphasis on architectural principles and test automation—an approach honed while creating robotic testing solutions for implantable devices. Based in Los Angeles, he blends systems-level thinking with pragmatic shipping discipline, often bridging hardware-informed engineering insights into software design.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Northridge
Reseda High School
English, Spanish, Italian