👋 Hi there, I'm

Carlos Peraza

I'm an Informatics Engineer with 9+ years of experience building software with .NET, React, and Python. I currently lead the tech team at tucalzado.com, where I grew from web developer to Tech Lead. Over the past year, I have focused on bringing AI into real business processes through agents and MCP while keeping costs under control.

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01 / About Me

Who am I?

I'm an Informatics Engineer with 9+ years of experience building software with .NET, React, and Python. I currently lead the tech team at tucalzado.com, where I grew from web developer to Tech Lead. Over the past year, I have focused on bringing AI into real business processes through agents and MCP while keeping costs under control.

9+Years of experience
50+Projects completed
20+Technologies

03 / Experience

Work experience

Tech Lead & .NET Developer

tucalzado.com·HybridCosta Rica
Mar 2021 — Present

Promoted from web developer to Tech Lead; I coordinate teams of up to 6. Delivered 50+ projects, CI/CD in ~70% of them (deploys from 30–60 to 5–10 min), the company's first MCP project, and AI agents with up to 60% lower costs.

React JSNext JSAPIs RESTAzureSQL ServerGITGitHub.NETVercelCloudflareC#CI/CDMCPAI Agents

Full Stack Developer (.NET & JavaScript)

BM Soluciones·On siteVenezuela
Jul 2018 — Feb 2021

Built and maintained .NET Framework APIs for 5 clients, including large e-commerce sites. On assignment at tucalzado.com (2019), integrated BN and BCR payment collection, enabling ~10,000 customers to pay their credit accounts.

VB .NetSQL ServerJavascriptHTMLCSS

.NET Developer (Part-time)

SIPARE C.A.·RemoteArgentina
Jan 2020 — Jan 2021

Developed new features for a condominium fee collection system in a 3-person team and improved the design and performance of about 9 system modules.

VB . NetSQL ServerVisual Studio 2019JavascriptHTMLTFS

Python Developer (Part-time)

Jan 2019 — Jul 2019

Built a large-scale web scraping project that extracted about 300,000 records to support a PhD dissertation, using IP, user agent and header rotation, rate limiting, and undocumented APIs.

PythonWeb ScrapingBeautiful SoupRequestSQLite

PHP Developer

Hito Design·RemoteEspaña
Jul 2018 — Dec 2018

Built a REST API with Laravel and MongoDB for an e-commerce platform (authentication, users, product catalog, search, and filters) and helped deploy it to Linux servers.

PHPLaravelMongoDB

Python Developer

KOD LATAM Security·RemoteUruguay
Jun 2017 — Jul 2018

Developed data collection tools for 3 web scraping projects, extracting and organizing thousands of posts from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for security analysis.

PythonSeleniumRequestBeautiful SoupScrapy

PHP Developer & IT Support (Part-time)

Ailanthus Sistems C.A.·On siteVenezuela
Feb 2017 — Feb 2018

Developed a PHP system to track invoices, expenses, and transactions that digitized 80% of the company's manual processes. Also provided company-wide IT support.

PHPJavascriptHTMLCSSMySQL

05 / Projects

Featured projects

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Web scraping project – Harvard University

Large-scale web scraping project that extracted about 300,000 records and organized them into a database to support a PhD dissertation at Harvard University.

Web ScrapingPythonRequestBeautiful SoupPostgreSQL
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Personal web page v1

Personal web page with Next Js

Next JsReactJavascriptCSSBootstrapContentfulVercel
Simple WA logo

Simple WA

A simple web app for send Whatsapp messages without add contacts.

NextJSReactPWAVercelHTMLCSS
DIMOI logo

Electronic billing DIMOI

Electronic invoicing integration project between tucalzado.com and DIMOI. A web service was developed that transmits the company's invoices to DIMOI through an API.

Web ServiceAPI RestSQL Server.Net Framework
BCR logo

BCR Tucan Integration

Connectivity project of the company tucalzado.com with the collection service of the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR). A web service was developed that allows the processing of bill payments and balance top-ups.

VB .Net.Net FrameworkSQL ServerXML
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TCAprende

E-learning web app

Next jsReactJavascriptAPI Rest.Net FrameworkSQL ServerVercelAzureC#
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tmcarcas.com

Ecommerce web page

Next JsReactAPI RestSQL ServerVB .Net.NET FrameworkJavascript
ASBANC logo

ASBANC Integration

Integration project between ERP system and ASBANC company in Peru.

Web servicesVb .NET.Net FrameworkSQL ServerXML
Banco Nacional logo

BNC - BN Servicios Integration

Integration project with BN Servicios from Costa Rica National Bank.

Web Service SOAPXMLSQL ServerVb .Net.NET Framework
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Comfiar Service Integration

Integration project for sending electronic invoices in Colombia.

VB .NetWindows ServiceSQL ServerWeb Service SOAPXML
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Tucalzado.com

Ecommerce web app

Next jsReactJavascript.Net FrameworkVB .NETSQL ServerPasarela de pagosVercelAzure
Workout print

Workout INC

Ecommerce web app

React.Net FrameworkVB .NETSQL ServerVisual Studio 2017Javascript
Ailanthus Systems logo

Ailanthus Systems

Administration web system

PHPCSSJavascriptHTML5
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Infonova System

A software system for a small appliance store. It had modules like invoices, products, users, settings, and inventory control

Visual BasicSQL Server 2008Crystal Report
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Web scraping Mercadolibre

Web scraping project to extract search results from mercadolibre

PythonWeb ScrapingScrapy

06 / Education

Academic background

escudo-ucla

Bachelor of Science in Informatics Engineering

Jan 2011 — Nov 2017
CCCN toeic

TOEIC

Jan 2023 — Jan 2024

07 / Certifications

Awards & Achievements

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Recommendation letter – Department of Government, Harvard University

08 / Contact

Get in touch

I'm open to new opportunities. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, fill out the form and I'll reply promptly.

[email protected]
San José, Costa Rica