Kevin Gomes

Software Engineer

Specializing in UI/UX, REST APIs, Platform Engineering, and Test Automation.

About

Strategic Software Engineer with 16+ years of experience bridging enterprise backends (Node.js, Go, C#/.NET) with high performance TypeScript/React user interfaces. Specializing in real-time reactive architectures, REST APIs, and AWS/Cloud-native systems. Leveraging AI agents and conversational UI to automate engineering workflows, boost productivity and deliver scalable solutions.

Work Experience (16+ Years)

  1. Jan 2023 — Present

    Software Engineer·AWS

    • Architected and led the development of a high-security internal service application using React, Zustand, and Cloudscape, serving as the sole frontend authority for the product lifecycle.
    • Prototyped GenAI capabilities by building an MCP Server to bridge Domain APIs with Amazon Q/Kiro; engineered automated remediation logic that reduced manual content correction time.
    • Improved software reliability by implementing a fully automated CI/CD pipeline featuring Cypress integration/canary tests and Vitest unit testing across Beta, Gamma & Prod environments.
    • Eliminated software delivery blockers by architecting a mock service layer using MSW, allowing frontend and backend development to proceed in parallel, reducing "time-to-first-demo" by 40%.
    • Full-Stack Operational Ownership: Proactively remediated production alarms by identifying and fixing bugs in Golang services and creating Bash automation scripts to resolve data inconsistencies.
    • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Provisioned and managed global hosting infrastructure using AWS CDK (S3, CloudFront, Cognito), ensuring enterprise-grade security and automated scaling.
    • Incident Management: Facilitated direct customer engagement and troubleshooting for production issues, owning the bug lifecycle from detection to remediation and post-mortem analysis.
    • Mentored teams across the full SDLC—from design docs, implementation and automated testing to operational ownership.
  2. Jun 2020 — Dec 2022

    Lead Software Engineer·Wawa Inc

  3. Sep 2019 — May 2020

    Technical Architect·HCL Technologies

  4. Aug 2017 — Aug 2019

    Senior Software Web Developer·CSG International

  5. Feb 2013 — Aug 2017

    Technical Lead·Royal Cyber Inc

Education

  1. Aug 2011 — May 2013

    MS in Computer Science

    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

  2. Jun 2003 — May 2007

    BE in Information Technology

    SGGS IE&T, Nanded, India