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Rodrigo Vaamonde

Rodrigo Vaamonde

I build backend software that scales, and lead the teams that ship it.

Software developer with 17 years of experience, specialized in Java (Spring Boot) backend systems and scalable microservice architectures.

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About

About me

Today I'm a Tech Lead at Mercadona, staying hands-on with the code. Before that, I spent fifteen years at Ayco Internet running full-stack projects end to end, from requirements to deployment.

I like understanding why a feature matters, not just building it. Open to freelance collaborations.

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Services

Services

Add something to what you already have

If you already have a website or an app and need to add something specific — online payments, connecting another tool you use, automatic notifications — I take care of that piece without touching the rest.

  • I check how it fits with what you already have
  • I build it and test it thoroughly
  • I explain how it works, no jargon

Estimated delivery: 1.5–3 weeks

The engine that runs your business behind the scenes

I build the part that makes your business work — bookings, availability, pricing, users — for your website, app, or technical team to use. Ideal if you already have someone handling the visible part and just need what runs behind it.

  • Bookings or orders with real-time availability
  • Configurable pricing, conditions, or seasons
  • Secure access for you and your customers
  • Documented so your team can use it without depending on me

Estimated delivery: 3–6 weeks

Your website or app, ready to use

If you don't have anything built yet, I create the complete solution: the part your customers see and the system that manages it behind the scenes — bookings, users, whatever you need — connected and working from day one.

  • Website or app with the screens you need
  • Connected management system (bookings, orders, users...)
  • Launch included: live and accessible to your customers

Estimated delivery: 4–6 weeks

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Projects

Projects

In development

Project Vanguard — a multiplayer browser game

A personal project in progress: an Ogame/Travian-style strategy game, post-apocalyptic setting, with resource economy, real-time construction, and asynchronous PvP combat.

JavaSpring BootReactPostgreSQL
In development

Opticamp — a multi-tenant SaaS for campsite management

A personal project in progress: bookings, pricing, and check-in/check-out so any campsite can run it under its own domain, with multi-tenancy built in from the ground up.

LaravelLivewirePostgreSQLRedis
Beta

Blanwi — a social network for rediscovering photo memories

Technical co-founder of a social network where people discover photos of their own life that other people have kept. Flutter app, Symfony backend, and Next.js website, in closed beta after more than a year of active development.

FlutterSymfonyMySQLFirebase
In production

Ambisousa — institutional website for a waste management company

Custom website and backend for Ambisousa, an inter-municipal solid waste treatment company in Portugal's Sousa Valley, with its own content management to publish activity, projects, and institutional communication. Built 50/50 with another developer.

Next.jsSpring BootMySQL
In production

MailTrackAPI — a self-built email delivery and tracking API

A Symfony REST API for sending emails via saved templates or dynamic HTML, with JWT authentication and a full history of every send. In production: this very portfolio uses it for its contact form, and it already has other clients of my own beyond this site.

SymfonyPHPJWTDoctrine ORM
In development

Solar System Scope — a 3D solar system with real astronomical positions

A personal project born from a pure hobby interest in astronomy: a 3D solar system simulation where you can travel through time and see each planet's real position on any given date — not a hand-animated orbit. Actively in development — navigation and UI still need work.

Next.jsReact Three FiberThree.jsTypeScript
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Experience

Experience

  1. 2023 — Present

    Senior Back-End Developer & Tech Lead · Mercadona

    Tech Lead of a team of 3, alongside 4 more developers, on a distributed architecture of close to 15 microservices: asynchronous communication with Kafka, Hexagonal Architecture, DDD, automated testing and CI/CD.

    MicroservicesDistributed systemsKafkaCI/CDDDDHexagonal Architecture

  2. 2008 — 2023

    Full-Stack Web Developer · Ayco Internet

    Fifteen years building full-stack and mobile projects for a broad client portfolio: e-commerce, admin panels, intranets, logistics systems and REST APIs.

    Spring BootPHPSymfonyLaravelJavaScriptFlutter
Experience

Contact

Open to freelance collaborations. If your project is a good fit, let's talk.

Let's talk