Jariel Balberona Production systems, architecture, and automation

Senior software engineer and AI automation engineer

I build production systems, backend workflows, and applied AI tooling that hold up in real operations.

I work across product engineering, backend systems, architecture, infrastructure, workflow automation, and AI-assisted tooling. The throughline is simple: make the system clearer, more reliable, and easier to operate under real conditions.

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Experience

10+ years

shipping production software across product, platform, and delivery work

Role

Senior software engineer

hands-on across frontend, backend, architecture, and delivery systems

Core stack

TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, AWS

plus automation tooling, CI/CD, and applied AI workflow support

Focus

Architecture, backend, infra, automation, applied AI

systems that stay operable under real delivery pressure

Current work

Dumadine is a hospitality operating system built around live service, stock movement, and downstream automation.

Dumadine connects ordering, kitchen flow, inventory movement, accounting behavior, and operator visibility in one system. That matters because automation, reporting, and AI support are only credible when they attach to coherent operational truth.

Working stack

The stack I use across product delivery, backend systems, infrastructure, automation, and applied AI.

TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, cloud infrastructure, workflow tooling, and observability form the core of the work.

Core application stack

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • React
  • Astro
  • Next.js

Backend and data

  • PostgreSQL
  • Drizzle
  • Prisma
  • WebSockets
  • Event-driven flows

Infrastructure and delivery

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions
  • CI/CD

Automation and integrations

  • n8n
  • Make
  • Zapier
  • Webhooks
  • Linear
  • Slack

Applied AI workflow

  • OpenAI / ChatGPT
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Structured outputs
  • Summaries, routing, review support

Production systems

Backend architecture, APIs, data flow, and state boundaries that can survive real operational load.

Infrastructure and reliability

AWS, delivery workflows, environment discipline, observability, and failure-aware implementation.

Automation and orchestration

Webhooks, event-driven workflows, n8n / Make / Zapier, and downstream actions tied to system truth.

Applied AI inside operations

Summaries, routing, synthesis, and engineering support workflows grounded in real system context.

Automation and AI

AI and automation show up here as working systems, engineering acceleration, and operational support.

The important split is between internal engineering leverage and shipped product workflows. Both matter, but they are not the same thing, and I treat them differently.

Scope

My work sits at the intersection of product engineering, systems design, and delivery.

I work best on products that need stronger structure, clearer operational behavior, and systems that can keep evolving without turning brittle.

  • Product work: operations, planning, analytics, and modernization projects
  • System design: backend structure, data flow, automation, and observability
  • Delivery: scoped execution, verification, and hands-on engineering ownership