Hugo Santamaria
Software Engineer
Austin, Texas
santamaria.hugo1997@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/alex-santamaria-5180a213b
github.com/hugosantamaria

Summary
Software engineer with about five years of experience building and supporting enterprise applications, mostly in logistics and transportation systems. Strongest background in Java and Spring Boot, with frontend experience in Angular, React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and Next.js.

Experience
Software Engineer, General Motors
March 2022 - May 2026
- Built and maintained Java Spring Boot services supporting logistics and transportation workflows.
- Worked across Angular and React frontends and REST APIs for enterprise applications.
- Built shipment and telematics data-ingestion work using parallel API calls, processing logic, and Kafka publishing.
- Created endpoints and queries in a shipment API using Spring WebFlux.
- Built Angular UI features including shipment-card views for selected shipment details.
- Owned work in a redesign from monolith architecture to microservice architecture, moving functionality into Spring Boot services with API Gateway, Eureka, OAuth2, and Kubernetes.
- Improved a rate-processing workflow by roughly 60% using batching and asynchronous processing.
- Implemented UI and backend features in ALPS as part of decommissioning a legacy application.
- Worked on API integrations and tech debt remediation.
- Helped modernize a FedEx shipping integration from WSDL-based services to REST APIs.
- Worked on Oracle to PostgreSQL migration efforts, Azure DevOps to GitHub migration, GitHub Actions workflows, dependency updates, security remediation, and production support.

Engineering Highlights
- Improved rate processing performance by roughly 60% using batching and asynchronous processing.
- Helped modernize a FedEx shipping integration from legacy WSDL services to REST APIs.
- Supported application modernization by redesigning monolith-based functionality into independently deployable microservices.
- Worked across the stack on the Transportation Data Platform from development through production launch.

Skills
Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux, REST APIs, JPA / Hibernate, OAuth2
Frontend: React, Angular, TypeScript, HTML / CSS, Next.js
Platform: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, API Gateway, Eureka
Data: Kafka, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, H2
AI & Tools: GitHub Copilot, Codex, Git, Postman, IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code

Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2015 - 2020