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RICARDO IBARRA

VP OF ENGINEERING | SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

San Francisco Bay Areacontact@ricardoibarra.dev
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InsurTech Platform

2025 - Present

Vice President of Engineering

  • Leading engineering organization with strategic responsibility for platform modernization, team development, and technical innovation across all product lines
  • Driving cultural transformation toward engineering excellence by establishing best practices, code quality standards, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Partnering with executive leadership to align technology roadmap with business objectives, ensuring technical decisions support revenue growth and market expansion
  • Architecting scalable solutions and infrastructure improvements that position the platform for long-term growth and competitive advantage
  • Mentoring engineering managers and senior engineers, fostering leadership development and building high-performing teams capable of autonomous execution

InsurTech Platform

2023 - 2025

Lead Software Architect

  • Built and led engineering team to transition ownership of microservices from offshore team, establishing comprehensive documentation and training programs
  • Shifted approach from manual operations to self-service platforms, empowering business users to perform policy management tasks independently
  • Led migration of insurance mobile app from separate iOS/Android codebases to Flutter, reducing required developers from 4 to 1 with significant cost savings
  • Managed AWS infrastructure and MongoDB clusters, optimizing database performance through proper indexing and efficient query design
  • Integrated third-party insurance providers ensuring seamless data synchronization and platform reliability

FinTech Platform

2022 - 2023

Staff Web & App Engineer

  • Built React.js and Flutter projects from the ground up, establishing repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and state management
  • Developed and integrated Next.js payments features with microservices including AWS Cognito, Stripe, and custom user services
  • Integrated third-party payment methods including Google Pay, Apple Pay, and Plaid for bank account linking
  • Developed cross-platform mobile app for iOS and Android using Flutter with registration, payments, and deep linking
  • Established CI/CD pipeline to build distinct app flavors for development, beta, and production with automated deployment

Business Analytics & CRM Platform

2020 - 2022

Staff Software Engineer

  • Led design and development of SEO-friendly storefront pages for 1.5M businesses using Next.js SSR, GraphQL, and Redis caching
  • Optimized React.js performance focusing on time to first byte, content layout shifts, and first contentful paint metrics
  • Led seamless migration of main CRM app from Angular 1.x to React without disrupting customer experience
  • Utilized Gatsby and dynamic ephemeral environments for parallel feature testing, accelerating deployment cycles
  • Mentored team members while actively coding, empowering engineers to handle daily fixes and feature development

E-commerce & Event Ticketing Platform

2016 - 2020

Web Developer

  • Developed seat plot tool enabling designers to create seat maps with 80,000 seats efficiently using JAM Stack architecture
  • Created web-based SEO content management tool simplifying bulk SEO text optimization for event-driven content
  • Built extensive component library using Angular 2+ and Backbone to accelerate feature development
  • Implemented backend-for-frontend (BFF) layer consolidating REST API calls and improving system responsiveness
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