Engineering Director

BernardoSoriano

Thirteen years architecting the systems behind investment banks, fintechs, and the platforms people trust with their money and their health.

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Based
Austin Texas
Focus
Product Design & Development · AI Optimization
Domains
Finance · Healthcare

Profile

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I’m on a mission to build products that meaningfully improve people’s lives and expand what humans are capable of.

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Clients & Employers

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Enterprises

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
IBM
Accenture
Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon)
Bank of America
Merrill Lynch
Security Service Federal Credit Union (SSFCU)
Banorte

Startups

Fintaak
Renavest
Flexible Finance
Rhino Automotive Glass

Capabilities

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Languages

  • ·TypeScript
  • ·JavaScript
  • ·Python

Frontend

  • ·Angular
  • ·React
  • ·React Native
  • ·Next.js
  • ·Ionic
  • ·RxJS
  • ·D3.js
  • ·Chart.js
  • ·AG Grid

Backend

  • ·Node.js
  • ·Express
  • ·Nest.js
  • ·Spring
  • ·.NET Core
  • ·Flask
  • ·GraphQL
  • ·REST APIs
  • ·Better Auth

Cloud, Data & AI

  • ·AWS
  • ·Azure
  • ·GCP
  • ·Supabase
  • ·Firebase
  • ·PostgreSQL
  • ·MongoDB
  • ·Oracle SQL
  • ·OpenAI & Anthropic APIs / RAG

Practice & Delivery

  • ·Architecture
  • ·Team Leadership
  • ·CI/CD
  • ·OAuth2
  • ·Cypress
  • ·Playwright
  • ·Jasmine / Karma
  • ·Agile / Sprints

Selected Work

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    Career Ledger

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    2023 — Now

    Tech Advisor & ConsultantMultiple startups

    Lead architecture and product for full-stack cloud platforms from scratch, used by thousands. Build AWS backend APIs in TypeScript/Node/Express/PostgreSQL, integrate BetterAuth, and implement RAG with the OpenAI and Anthropic APIs. Run sprints, mentor devs, and own delivery pipelines with product and leadership.

    2021 — 2023

    Hybrid Mobile DeveloperSSFCU — Mobile Banking

    Built interactive mobile banking apps with Angular, Ionic, TypeScript, RxJS, C# and .NET Core REST services on Azure. Unit tested with Jasmine/Karma, end-to-end with Cypress, automated iOS CI/CD on Azure DevOps, and resolved production issues like double payments in real time.

    2019 — 2020

    Principal Developer (VP)Bank of New York Mellon — Wealth Mgmt

    Led a pod building a dynamic data-grid app for wealth managers to allocate client assets and generate reports. Built OAuth-secured Flask & GraphQL APIs behind an API gateway, state-management algorithms, and Chart.js visualizations. Reported to Tech/Product Directors and managed an offshore team.

    2018 — 2019

    Senior EngineerBoston Consulting Group — Healthcare & E-commerce

    Designed and built digital web and mobile platforms for BCG clients in healthcare and telecom using Angular, React, React Native, Nest.js, Java/Spring, AWS and Firebase. Developed design systems supporting large applications and an interactive healthcare platform.

    2015 — 2018

    Software Engineer Team LeadAccenture — BoA & Merrill Lynch

    Built customer-facing and internal banking apps: new ATM customer journeys, real-time capital-markets dashboards, CRM platforms for risk and compliance, and end-to-end trading workflows. Led initiatives for reusable web components across investment apps and offshore teams.

    2014 — 2015

    Lead Front-end DeveloperIBM Interactive Experience — Web Banking

    Implemented an omni-channel transformation for customer-facing banking with IBM Interactive Studio — a public case study. Hired and led a team of 7 to deliver ~50 banking flows, collaborating with an offshore team in Spain.

    2013

    Web & Mobile DeveloperKTC Digital Agency — Mobile Insurance

    Delivered iPad and Android tablet apps letting insurance agents sell products and manage customer information, with custom geolocation and network device plugins using Sencha Touch and Apache Cordova.

    Education

    B.S. Electronics, Telecommunications & Computer Science

    Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)

    In Their Words

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    Great front end and UI/UX developer.

    Manu Sasi · Senior Engineer / Architect at Bank of America
    Managed Bernardo directly
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    Get in Touch

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    Building something that has to be right? Let’s talk.