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Delivered measurable results including\nimproving complex data visualizations by more than 30%, reducing targeted API latency from more\nthan 2 seconds to 40 milliseconds, and building services supporting more than\n$150k in daily transactions. Based in the Oklahoma City metro and open to remote roles across\nthe US.",[10,19,21],{"id":20},"current-personal-projects","Current Personal Projects",[23,24,26],"h3",{"id":25},"careerforge","CareerForge",[15,28,29,30,37],{},"Product owner, architect, and senior full-stack engineer. Personal project, AI-assisted.\n",[31,32,36],"a",{"href":33,"rel":34},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcarlos-gutz-25\u002Fcareerforge",[35],"nofollow","Public repository"," - this site is its portfolio.",[39,40,41,45,48,51,54],"ul",{},[42,43,44],"li",{},"Designed and built a local-first career-development platform that turns job postings into\nevidence-cited fit analysis, honest gap classification, interview preparation,\nskill-development plans, resume workflows, and application gameplans.",[42,46,47],{},"Architected a TypeScript modular monolith using Nuxt, Vue 3, Fastify, PostgreSQL, Drizzle,\nZod, and pnpm workspaces, with enforced boundaries between deterministic scoring, LLM\nintegration, persistence, authenticated platform workflows, and the public portfolio.",[42,49,50],{},"Created privacy and provenance controls that keep real career data local while public tests,\nscreenshots, and demonstrations use a fictional profile.",[42,52,53],{},"Built automated quality controls with Vitest, PostgreSQL-backed integration tests, Playwright,\nGitHub Actions, Lighthouse budgets, axe-core accessibility checks, link validation, security\nscanning, and adversarial prompt-injection testing.",[42,55,56],{},"Directed work through a bounded two-seat agentic workflow in which one agent implemented\nchanges, a separate read-only agent independently reviewed them, and I retained responsibility\nfor architecture, acceptance criteria, evidence, and every merge.",[23,58,60],{"id":59},"binnie","Binnie",[15,62,63],{},"Product owner, architect, full-stack engineer, and system operator. 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Private repository.",[39,65,66,69,72,75],{},[42,67,68],{},"Built a phone-first household inventory platform using Next.js, React, TypeScript, Prisma,\nSQLite, and Tailwind CSS.",[42,70,71],{},"Implemented QR and barcode scanning, OCR, image preprocessing, semantic search, local\nembeddings, and local vision-assisted identification with reviewable, non-destructive\nenrichment.",[42,73,74],{},"Added Progressive Web App installation, offline behavior, mobile share intake, secure-origin\ncamera workflows, and responsive light and dark modes.",[42,76,77],{},"Deployed and operated the application as a private-LAN service with local HTTPS, separate\ndevelopment\u002Ftest\u002Fproduction databases, controlled migrations, nightly backups, restore\nprocedures, and a GPU-backed host vision service.",[10,79,81],{"id":80},"experience","Experience",[23,83,85],{"id":84},"senior-software-engineer-heartland-payment-systems-2021-2025","Senior Software Engineer, Heartland Payment Systems (2021 - 2025)",[39,87,88,91,94,97,100,103],{},[42,89,90],{},"Helped lead the migration of a data-intensive analytics platform from Vue 2 to Vue 3 with\nPinia and Vite, improving the performance of complex sales-data visualizations by more\nthan 30%.",[42,92,93],{},"Designed and implemented Redis caching for frequently requested Snowflake-backed endpoints,\nreducing targeted response latency from more than 2 seconds to 40 milliseconds while\npreserving data freshness.",[42,95,96],{},"Architected and developed major portions of a full-stack pricing application and rules engine\nused to evaluate repricing scenarios across millions of rows of portfolio data.",[42,98,99],{},"Built reusable dashboards, tables, charts, navigation, loading states, notifications,\nrole-aware experiences, and secure manager workflows across Vue, Node.js, and\nSnowflake-backed systems.",[42,101,102],{},"Contributed to CI\u002FCD, Terraform infrastructure changes, feature-flagged releases, logging,\nmonitoring, rate limiting, authentication, and production troubleshooting in a PCI\nDSS-regulated environment.",[42,104,105],{},"Added automated tests for major dashboard routes and shared application behavior, improving\nrelease confidence during incremental modernization.",[23,107,109],{"id":108},"application-developer-loves-travel-stops-country-stores-2018-2021","Application Developer, Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores (2018 - 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