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Fernando Buccella

Senior Backend Engineer
Stefenelli 250, Neuquén

Summary

I’m a Backend Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and building scalable, cloud-native systems. My main focus is Node.js and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, and I’m passionate about creating robust APIs, clean architectures, and automation-first workflows.

Throughout my career, I’ve led engineering initiatives that involved rethinking legacy systems, introducing microservices, and building infrastructure that supports continuous delivery and testing at scale. I’ve also mentored junior developers, contributed to open source, and helped teams grow with a strong emphasis on quality and maintainability.

I enjoy working in asynchronous, remote-first environments where trust, ownership, and clarity are valued. I have been living in Munich for 2 years, but I am relocating back to Neuquén, Argentina in November 2025 and am currently exploring remote opportunities with teams aligned to LATAM or US-friendly time zones.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead Backend Developer & Chapter Lead

Knauf Digital GmbH
01.2022 - 09.2025
  • Re-architecture of the Dealer Suite, using microservices connected with Kafka for real time updates of sales and logistics data. Rolled it out to 40+ sales organizations in Europe
  • Design and implementation of the new Asset Data Management application, using Azure Functions, Service Bus and Blob Storage. Asset delivery, optimization and renditions generated using Cloudflare Workers
  • Created a new repository of reusable Github workflows to standardize testing, releasing and promotion workflows in the entire Knauf Digital
  • Introduced Azure API Management service to act as a central place to register all public APIs and perform authentication, rate limiting, circuit breakers and caching. This reduced duplicated and inconsistent logic among different microservices
  • Implemented unit and integration tests for critical backend services having a test coverage of at least 80%, which reduced bugs and avoided regressions

Maintainer

AWS Cognito Express
05.2019 - Current
  • Creator and maintainer of NPM package aws-cognito-express

Senior Backend Engineer

Pray.com
02.2021 - 12.2021
  • Designed and implemented the backend architecture for the Podcasts feature which increased our minutes listened by a 50% in the first 2 weeks
  • Implemented the Follow Artist feature which increased our DAU and retention through push notifications when new content was published
  • Enhanced the backend architecture to support app localization which allowed us to enter new markets
  • Introduced a builder pattern to improve the maintainability and consistency of our backend-driven UI

Platform Technical Leader

Workast, Inc.
03.2018 - 12.2020
  • Implemented an OAuth 2.0 authorization server following RFC 6749. This allowed third-party clients to integrate with the Workast platform
  • Improved the REST API test suite to reduce the number of regressions and allow for more frequent and reliable releases to production
  • Led the backend team and co-created an internal document about coding best practices
  • Replaced a legacy websockets service using AWS API Gateway for Websockets, Lambda and DynamoDB
  • Won the Workast Hackathon 2018 by implementing a prototype of the Workast desktop app using Vue.js and Electron
  • Implemented the open source Workast SDK for javascript that allowed users to interact with our REST API

Full-stack Developer and Technical Leader

Patagonian Tech
Neuquén
09.2015 - 03.2018
  • Worked on multiple projects with different resposibilities. From Fullstack Software Engineer to Tech Lead, and using languages and frameworks such as: Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Grails, Angularjs, Vue.js, etc
  • Developed a shipping cost estimator for Sealand (A Maersk Company) that was part of ConnectAmericas (a website built by the Inter-American Development Bank)

Software Engineer

NaN Labs
Neuquén
03.2015 - 09.2015
  • Fix technical debt
  • Implement new features
  • Integration of our REST API with the Amazon Product Advertising API

IT Analyst Intern

Baker Hughes
Neuquén
07.2013 - 02.2015
  • Incident management
  • Change management
  • Employee trainings
  • Configure and support server backups
  • Complete the Windows XP migration program

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

National University of Comahue
Neuquén, Argentina
03.2009 - 02.2015

Skills

Javascript/Typescript

Golang

Nodejs

SQL and NoSQL databases

Event-driven architecture

Microservices

Apache Kafka

AWS/Azure

CI/CD

Testing pyramid

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Timeline

Lead Backend Developer & Chapter Lead

Knauf Digital GmbH
01.2022 - 09.2025

Senior Backend Engineer

Pray.com
02.2021 - 12.2021

Maintainer

AWS Cognito Express
05.2019 - Current

Platform Technical Leader

Workast, Inc.
03.2018 - 12.2020

Full-stack Developer and Technical Leader

Patagonian Tech
09.2015 - 03.2018

Software Engineer

NaN Labs
03.2015 - 09.2015

IT Analyst Intern

Baker Hughes
07.2013 - 02.2015

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

National University of Comahue
03.2009 - 02.2015

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