Sebastian Alvarado
Tech Lead (Data Services & Quant)
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Costa Rica
Summary
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Top SchoolSebastian Alvarado is a results-driven engineering leader and tech lead with nine years of hands-on experience building backend systems, data pipelines, and quant-focused services across fintech and telecom domains. Currently leading Data Services & Quant at Privé Technologies in Hong Kong, he blends hands-on coding with team leadership, having progressed from software engineer to assistant tech lead and now tech lead within the same organization. His background includes optimizing backend performance, reducing operational costs, and designing scalable distributed systems at companies like M800 and MiQ, plus consultancy experience implementing data projects for a major French investment bank. He holds a B.E. in Computer Software Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Hong Kong, bringing strong academic foundations to practical delivery. Notably, he has experience driving agile adoption and technical debt reduction while also owning end-to-end product features from prototype to production.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Tecnológico de Costa RicaBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Software Engineering at Beijing Jiaotong UniversityThe University of Hong Kong (HKU)
English, Spanish
Github Skills (18)
amazon-api4
amazon-api-gateway4
on-the-fly4
api3
imgix3
gateway3
amazon-s33
amazon3
resize-images3
aws-lambda2
image-processing2
lambda2
aws-s32
serverless2
aws2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
pitchday/site-backend
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 8 PRs, 14 pushes in 18 days
cheviz/cheviz.github.io
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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