Felipe Brugés M. Felipe Brugés Molina

Sr. Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer

fbruges@gmail.com | Barranquilla, Colombia

Computer Science Engineer with 12 years of experience building web applications
8 years of experience as a back-end and full-stack developer building and maintaining Ruby on Rails applications
Strong background in iterative development, RESTful APIs and SQL databases
Effective in remote or on-site environments, comfortable working independently or within distributed teams
Some experience in tech leadership and QA, with additional skills in UI and UX
Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools for development including code generation, refactoring, debugging and testing
Known for excellent written and spoken English

Koombea2017-2025

Omnifuse

Helped complete production-ready functionality for tax filing platform
Implemented end-to-end Stripe subscription billing system for tiered monthly plans and paywalled application access
Integrated Stripe Checkout, Customer Portal and webhooks to support recurring
billing, invoice history and subscription lifecycle management
Implemented secure payment workflows by leveraging Stripe-hosted billing flows
and following RoR and Stripe security best practices to minimize handling of
sensitive payment data
RoR React Stripe

AI-Powered Check-ins

Contributed to the initial production release of an LLM-powered platform for
automated developer activity tracking and reporting
Built backend functionality to process Jira activity data transformed through n8n to
distribute AI-generated summaries to Slack
Developed Slack integration supporting automated daily check-ins and workflow
visibility for engineering teams
RoR Slack API n8n

Meico

Implemented fixes for complex pg_search-based product search functionality in a
large-scale B2B distribution platform
Analyzed product-category relationships and optimized PostgreSQL queries to
improve search result accuracy and reliability
Validated search improvements through iterative testing against large production
datasets
RoR pg_search ActiveStorage

WebPT PRM

Delivered features, debugging and long-term maintenance for Reach, a patient
relationship management platform supporting multiple interconnected healthcare
applications
Contributed to a large-scale dynamic form translation initiative supporting
hundreds of configurable patient intake forms
Served as a primary pull request reviewer and senior technical contributor
RoR Rspec PostgreSQL Sidekiq React Dokku

Gusto

Contributed to backend and full-stack feature development for a large-scale
payroll, benefits and HR management platform
Improved performance and maintainability of a high-traffic application flow by
extracting complex business logic into optimized service-layer architecture
RoR React Sidekiq Rspec GraphQL

IHC (International Hardware Commerce)

Started backend app for a B2B hardware commerce platform
Adapted and extended shared backend functionality to support new business
requirements and platform workflows
Collaborated with technical leadership on architecture implementation and feature
delivery during early-stage development
RoR Rspec Shopify Sidekiq SQL Server

LINCspring

Primary backend responsible for initial architecture and development of a blended
learning and professional development platform for educators
Built core backend systems, application structure and collaborated closely with
stakeholders to align technical implementation with client business requirements
Re-evaluated early implementation plan and helped redesign key platform
functionality to support complex Google Drive integration and required document
management workflows
RoR Rspec Devise PostgreSQL Google Drive React

StriveLabs Reach (now WebPT Reach)

Contributed to backend development of a patient relationship management
platform with multi-channel notification support
Implemented and improved notification workflows for email, SMS and push
delivery across multiple client applications
Collaborated with senior engineers on backend architecture and reliability
improvements
RoR Rspec Twilio

Do it Center

Supported backend development and maintenance for a large retail and hardware
commerce platform
Implemented bug fixes and backend improvements to help maintain application
stability and operational workflows
Provided ongoing feature support and maintenance tasks
RoR RSpec Shopify Sidekiq SQL Server

FREELANCE2013-2016

Full-Stack Web Development

Built websites and custom web applications for small businesses and individual clients
RoR jQuery PostgreSQL Heroku