# Alberto Jolyt Cárdenas

Full Stack Engineer · Laravel, React, AWS · experimental photographer & filmmaker

Mexico City, MX · UTC-6 · Remote · Contractor or EOR (Deel, Remote) · No sponsorship required · rampi63@gmail.com · https://github.com/rampi63 · https://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-jolyt-cárdenas-338416228 · https://albertojolytcardenas.seatforge.com · https://www.instagram.com/un_forastero_mx · https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16819495/

## Summary

Full stack engineer with 4+ years shipping production platforms end to end in Laravel, React, PostgreSQL and AWS. Main developer of a US legal-support company's internal platforms and solo builder of a ticketing platform used by Zona Maco, MTV and Paramount. I build with Claude Code, backed by CI, tests and stress testing. After hours: infrared photography and an experimental short film.

## Experience

### Full Stack Developer — Express Network, A Legal Support Network Co.

Jul 2025 – Present · Remote (US company, Mexico-based)

_US legal support network (service of process and document delivery for law firms). Main developer and current sole maintainer of its internal platforms; Laravel + React + TypeScript + PostgreSQL on EC2._

- Built Bridge Console solo, an integration layer that turns the largest client's requests into internal orders and returns statuses, documents and invoices: ~1,000 orders/month once handled by hand over email.
- Shipped the Payment Portal used by the entire finance team to register client payments (checks and proofs) against invoices for every client: a 1,500-payment batch went from two full working days to seconds.
- Built from scratch a business reporting platform that turns reports previously compiled by hand in up to two weeks into always-current dashboards, viewable and downloadable daily.
- Co-developing CRT X with three engineers: the rewrite of the company's core terminal-based operations tool into a fully visual web platform (in progress).
- Work AI-first with Claude Code and custom skills, validated with CI pipelines, automated tests and manual stress testing before release.

### Full Stack Developer — IFD Technologies

Aug 2022 – Jul 2025 · Mexico City

_Big Data / BI SaaS (LINDA) and client platforms. Two-developer team; built and ran Mango Pase for two years and trained the engineer who inherited it._

- Built Mango Pase solo in 4 months: ticketing on React + TypeScript, Laravel, PostgreSQL and AWS, with MercadoPago payments, Apple Wallet passes and box-office thermal printing; used by Zona Maco, MTV, Paramount and NFL.
- Rebuilt the application layer of LINDA, the company's Big Data BI product (Laravel + React), end to end except the data sources; delivered custom client platforms for Yomp!, Maruchan and JAC Motors.

### React Developer — Venn Platform

Mar 2022 – Aug 2022 · Mexico

- Built the React frontend of Venntor, an e-learning platform for teachers to sell live sessions, consulting and recorded courses (React, WordPress/PHP, MySQL).

### React Developer — Diseño y Desarrollo Digital – De3

Jan 2022 – Sep 2022 · Mexico City · Part-time

- Took over and built the React storefront of Abastero, a wholesale produce e-commerce (React, WordPress/PHP, MySQL), after the previous developers left.

## Selected projects

- **Mango Pase** — Online ticketing platform for events, from online checkout to the physical box office. (https://mangopase.com)
  React, Laravel, PostgreSQL, AWS Amplify, AWS S3, AWS Lambda, Docker, MercadoPago, Apple Wallet, ESC/POS
- **ConsultaCCT** — A paid web chat (no longer online) that answered IMSS workers' questions about their collective labor agreement, every answer cited to clause, fraction and page, built on a hybrid RAG pipeline with Claude.
  FastAPI, PostgreSQL, pgvector, BM25, Voyage AI, Claude API, Next.js 15, MercadoPago, Railway, Vercel
- **Scarlett** — A self-hosted dev server and web dashboard that runs two strictly isolated Claude Code accounts, their projects and deploys from one phone-friendly panel over Tailscale.
  TypeScript, Node.js, Hono, node-pty, React, xterm.js, Docker, systemd, nftables, Tailscale, ntfy, restic, Bash, Python
- **Termofilm** — Video → thermal-printer tickets → scans → video. Also known as TicketFramer.
  Python 3.12, uv, ffmpeg, ESC/POS
- **Infrared camera mod** — Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W5 converted to infrared for photo experiments.

## Skills

- **Languages:** TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, Python
- **Frontend:** React, Next.js, CSS/SASS
- **Backend:** Laravel, Node.js, REST APIs
- **Data:** PostgreSQL, MySQL
- **Cloud/Infra:** AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, Amplify, RDS), Docker, GitHub Actions, Linux
- **Payments & integrations:** MercadoPago, Apple Wallet passes, ESC/POS thermal printing
- **AI tooling:** Claude Code, agent skills, LLM-assisted development with CI validation
- **Creative tech:** ffmpeg, Python imaging, infrared camera modification

## Education

- B.Eng. Computer Systems Engineering, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (2017 – 2023)

## Certifications

- English C1, Harmon Hall (2026-08)

## Languages

Spanish (native) · English (C1 certificate, Harmon Hall; weekly meetings with US teams)