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Backend Software Engineer · Remote · UTC-5

Hi, I'm Alejandro Dorado, a backend engineer for logistics workflows and client integrations.

I work on the Client Integrations team at Grip Shipping, contributing to an order-management platform across Python/FastAPI endpoints and JavaScript/Lit user flows. B.S. in Computer Science, University of North Florida.

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Stack
Python · FastAPI · JavaScript · Lit · SQL Server · Redis
Languages
Spanish · English · Portuguese
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About

I write backend code for logistics software: bulk operations, row-level validation, and the client integrations that connect external systems to an order-management platform.

I joined the Client Integrations team at Grip Shipping in February 2026 and work across Python/FastAPI endpoints and JavaScript/Lit user flows — spreadsheet ingestion with inline error feedback, configurable dashboard views, and marketplace order ingestion. Before that I completed a B.S. in Computer Science at the University of North Florida, entirely in English.

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Experience

  1. Feb 2026 / Present Miami, FL · Remote

    Backend Software Engineer

    Grip Shipping, Inc. · Client Integrations

    Contribute to Grip's order-management platform across Python/FastAPI endpoints and JavaScript/Lit user flows.

    • Implemented a bulk Advance Shipment Notice (ASN) workflow supporting Excel/CSV ingestion, row-level validation, inline error feedback, and safeguards for existing ASNs.
    • Implemented a bulk order-feedback workflow validating order IDs, category/subcategory mappings, duplicates, and affected SKUs before grouping and submitting results.
    • Adapted existing dashboard components into a configurable Orders graph view that shares filter state with the underlying table.
    • Added role-gated operational fee capture to ASN workflows.
    • Contributed to Shopify ingestion using GraphQL, Redis-backed caching, pagination, and rate-limit handling.

    Python · FastAPI · JavaScript · Lit · Jinja2 · REST APIs · SQL Server · Redis · GitHub Actions · Azure Application Insights

  2. Feb 2024 / Dec 2024 Jacksonville, FL

    Programming Lab Assistant

    University of North Florida

    First-line troubleshooting for 900+ students per semester across lab systems, software environments, and accounts. Documented recurring issues and resolutions to reduce repeat incidents and speed up handoffs to senior staff.

  3. Aug 2022 / Jan 2023 Bogotá, Colombia

    Data Analysis Intern

    SalesLand Colombia SAS

    Cleaned and validated recruitment and performance datasets in Python and Excel. Built automation scripts that reduced manual reporting time and surfaced data anomalies for leadership review.

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Selected production work

Grip Shipping in production

Bulk Advance Shipment Notice workflow

Context
Shipment notices previously required repeated individual entry.
Contribution
Implemented spreadsheet ingestion across FastAPI and Lit, including Excel/CSV parsing, row-level validation, existing-ASN safeguards, and inline error feedback.
Result
Users can prepare and submit multiple shipment notices from one spreadsheet instead of creating each one individually.
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • pandas
  • Lit
  • REST APIs
Grip Shipping in production

Bulk order-feedback workflow

Context
Customer order feedback needed validation across orders, categories, duplicates, and affected products.
Contribution
Implemented spreadsheet processing, grouped validation results, and a Lit interface for uploading files and reviewing errors.
Result
Feedback for many orders is validated and submitted in one pass, with grouped validation errors surfaced before anything is sent.
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • JavaScript
  • Lit
  • pandas
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Public projects

Personal · product prototype public

PRism · PR coverage dashboard

Personal product prototype that converts spreadsheet-based media coverage into normalized dashboards and presentation exports.

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • SQLAlchemy
  • PostgreSQL
  • Lit
  • pandas
  • ECharts
Source on GitHub
Personal · machine learning public

AI JobShield

Interactive fraud-classification demo trained and evaluated on more than 17,000 labeled job listings.

  • Python
  • scikit-learn
  • Streamlit
Source on GitHub
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Skills

Used regularly in my current role

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • JavaScript
  • Lit
  • Jinja2
  • REST APIs
  • Git

Production systems I work with

  • SQL Server
  • Redis
  • DuckDB
  • Delta Lake
  • Databricks
  • Azure Application Insights
  • GitHub Actions

Project experience

  • PostgreSQL
  • Django
  • React
  • MySQL
  • pandas
  • scikit-learn
  • Streamlit
  • Docker
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Education & languages

  1. Jan 2021 / Dec 2025 · Jacksonville, FL

    B.S. Computer Science

    University of North Florida

    • GPA 3.75 / 4.0
    • President's List
    • Dean's List
    • Latin American / Caribbean Scholarship (UNF)
    • Upsilon Pi Epsilon (ΥΠΕ)

    Data Structures · Algorithms · Databases · Computer Networks · Systems Programming · Software Engineering. Degree completed entirely in English.

Certifications

  • CS50: Introduction to Computer Science HarvardX · edX
  • Back-End Developer Professional Certificate Meta · Coursera

Languages

  • Spanish Native
  • English Professional working proficiency · full university degree completed in English
  • Portuguese B1
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Writing

  1. 01 May 2026

    What cold-chain logistics taught me about writing software that actually works

    Notes from working on logistics software, and what a production environment teaches you that coursework does not.

    logistics · backend · production Read on LinkedIn
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Contact

Alejandro Dorado, portrait

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