Hi, I'm Miggy! 👋
Juan Miguel A. Mendoza
A product-first software engineer based in Manila, PH, building smart, intuitive, scalable and meaningful software for companies and start-ups.
Experience
About Me
Professional Journey
Software Engineer at Globe Telecom Inc. with 6+ years of experience. Specialized in cloud technologies, distributed systems, and full-stack development.
Impact & Growth
Passionate about building scalable and meaningful software. Developed MVPs for multiple startups, helping them secure funding and grow their businesses.
Community Impact
Founder of GDSC-PLM (200+ members), Career Coach at KadaKareer, and regular tech speaker. Empowered 1000+ students through workshops and mentorship programs over the years.
Featured Projects
Financhat
Personal Project
Get instant, personalized financial guidance at your fingertips. Simply upload your bank statement and start chatting with your dedicated AI advisor who understands your unique financial situation. Bank statements are never stored and only processed during your chat session.
Impact: Enabled users to get personalized financial advice
AI Recipe Builder
Personal Project
A vibe-coded recipe builder that take photo/s of the ingredients and recommend recipes that can be cooked. Created with v0 and powered by Next.js, Firebase and Gemini
Impact: Enabled users to discover new recipes based on available ingredients
Healthdex Mobile App
Healthdex
Healthdex App is the all-in-one solution for managing your family's medical records. Easily upload and store all your medical records in one secure app. You can upload lab test results, prescriptions, consult notes, procedure notes, take-home instructions, and other medical records, and access them anytime, anywhere.
Impact: Improved patient engagement and streamlined healthcare management
Social Kidz
Client Project
A PWA for teaching good manners and right conduct to pre-school students via intuitive and engaging story telling and worksheets.
Impact: Enabled client to provide an interactive learning experience for pre-school students
Revitalize
Client Project
A landing website + blogging site that features an open-world exploration game for people with perceived anxiety disorder.
Impact: Enabled client to showcase their game and engage with users
Experience
Software Engineer, Expert
Globe Group Inc (Globe Telecom)
Leading technical initiatives and cloud-native development for one of Philippines' largest telecom companies
- One of the founding engineers of the reimagined Technician Deployment Platform using MERN + Kubernetes/GCP
- Developed eSIM APIs serving to 100M+ subscribers
- Optimized REST APIs' response times, reducing Globe One Mobile App loading times by 80%
- Provisioned cloud resources via Terraform and Ansible
- Delivered production applications via CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Docker)
Software Engineering Lead (Fractional)
Sageware IT Solutions
Technical leadership role providing strategic guidance and hands-on development
- Provided cloud and software architechture guidance for multiple clients
- Mentored junior developers and interns
Mid-level Software Engineer
Platform One
Built financial wealth management SaaS product using C#/.NET stack
- Maintained SaaS product using C#, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, MS SQL Server, Azure
- Created CI/CD pipeline with Azure DevOps, reducing deployments from hours to 5-20 minutes
- Led automation initiatives creating dashboards for sales, support, and engineering
Tech Consultant
Healthdex
Established tech architecture and improved development processes
- Designed tech architecture using React Native, Expo and Firebase
- Improved feature releases from monthly to bi-weekly
- Established CI/CD pipeline reducing deployment times from 4 hours to 20 minutes
Cloud Developer
Disruptiv Solutions
Built scalable web and mobile applications for Australian startup ecosystem
- Built applications using React, React Native, TypeScript, Fauna DB, Node.js, AWS
- Developed MVP that helped client secure VC-funding slot in Blackbird Giants
- Delivered cloud-native solutions for multiple startups
Co-Founder & CTO
Teemly Labs
Founded startup that won SandboxPH Grand Championship
- Built MVP using MERNG stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node, GraphQL, TypeScript)
- Won SandboxPH Grand Championship with PHP 110,000 prize and up to PHP 2.5M grants
- Established CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions and Docker
- Reduced codebase setup time from 4 hours to 5 minutes with Docker
Full-Stack Software Developer
AppSell Inc
Maintained and implemented features for mobile and web applications
- Implemented features using Vue, Vuetify, Vuex, Node.js, Firebase, Netlify, GCP
- Increased feature release throughput from bi-monthly to bi-weekly
- Spearheaded Apple App Store deployments resulting in 90% client retention
- Integrated payment gateway and logistics provider increasing client acquisitions by 50%
- Supervised team of student developers
Technical Skills
Frontend
Backend
Database
Cloud
DevOps
Achievements & Credentials
Magna Cum Laude Graduate
GWA: 1.34 - Top 1 Student, PLM Computer Science Department Batch 2018-2022
Ultimate SLC Team Champion
Accenture Philippines - Grand Champion, Student Leadership Conference 2022
SandboxPH Grand Champion
Won PHP 110,000 prize with Teemly project, grants up to PHP 2.5M
UP ACM Algolympics Finalist
Top 6 finalist among 40+ universities in national programming competition
International Conference Presenter
Presented SemanTV research at 2022 International Conference on Intelligent Systems
GDSC-PLM Founder
Founded one of PLM's largest external organizations with 200+ members
Certifications
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Issued by Coursera
AWS Fundamentals: Going Cloud-Native
Issued by Coursera