Software Engineer

Elias Mera

I build backend platforms, public APIs, and developer tools for products that need to scale carefully. My work has supported help center intelligence at Airbnb, developer platform APIs at Twitter, and internal engineering systems at Microsoft.

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I am a software engineer with experience across product infrastructure, API design, data services, and internal developer tooling. I enjoy work where technical systems make a visible difference for users, whether that means improving self-service support, giving developers reliable endpoints, or automating repetitive engineering workflows.

My resume includes engineering roles at Airbnb, Twitter, and Microsoft, along with a computer science background from Tecnologico de Monterrey and competitive programming awards from ICPC and ITESM ACM competitions.

Experience

Airbnb / Seattle, WA / Dec 2022 - Present

Software Engineer

Integrated Content and Knowledge Team

  • Built backend solutions that improve the self-service Help Center experience and reduce dependency on customer support.
  • Developed internal APIs and data services for content discoverability and machine learning powered recommendation systems.
  • Worked with Java, GraphQL, Redis, and Kubernetes.
Twitter / Seattle, WA / Apr 2021 - Nov 2022

Software Engineer

Developer Platform Team

  • Led development of Bookmarks and Edit Tweet public API endpoints.
  • Designed and launched Custom Timelines in the v2 API, enabling personalized user feeds.
  • Coordinated with legal, product, and infrastructure teams to ship scalable and compliant releases.
  • Worked with Scala, GraphQL, Finagle, and Kafka.
Microsoft / Redmond, WA / Apr 2019 - Mar 2021

Software Engineer

Targeting Services

  • Created a CLI tool used by 100+ teams to generate and upload XML-based feature definitions across 8,500 repositories.
  • Designed an internal email notification system handling 10,000+ messages per month with C#, SendGrid, and Azure Service Bus.
  • Migrated a legacy audience targeting website from Node.js to React, improving performance and accessibility.

Skills

Stack

  • Java
  • C++
  • GraphQL
  • C#
  • Python
  • Swift
  • React
  • Scala
  • Node.js
  • Kafka
  • Azure
  • Redis
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • SendGrid

API Platforms

Public and internal APIs with clear contracts, scale considerations, and cross-functional launch requirements.

Backend Services

Data services, recommendation workflows, distributed systems, and operationally reliable product infrastructure.

Developer Tools

CLI tools, automation, repository workflows, and internal systems that reduce repeated engineering work.

Product Delivery

Engineering coordination across product, legal, infrastructure, and support stakeholders.

Education

Tecnologico de Monterrey

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Technology Engineering.

Graduated in December 2018 in Monterrey, Mexico.

National CENEVAL Award for Performance of Excellence.

Awards

  • Honorable Mention, XLIII World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest, 2019.
  • 1st Place, ICPC Mexico and Central America Finals, 2018.
  • 1st Place, ITESM ACM Top Tec Programmer, 2017.
  • 6th Place, ITESM ACM Top Tec Programmer, 2016.

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