Gaston Garcia
Gaston Garcia

Backend Java Developer

Open to offers · Member since 30 Sep 2026
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Mid

About

Professional summary

I am a Backend Java Developer with more than three years of experience building scalable enterprise applications, microservices, and high-concurrency payment solutions for banking and financial services.

I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, SQL, and REST API development. I design secure backend services, implement complex business logic, and create reliable integrations with relational databases and external financial platforms.

I have worked on mission-critical payment and cash-management systems for BBVA, including instant payments, transaction retry mechanisms, payment gateway integrations, and production support for high-throughput banking environments.

I apply test-driven development practices with JUnit and Mockito and have helped increase unit test coverage to approximately 90%. I value code quality, maintainability, structured error handling, and secure API authentication.

I am experienced with cloud-native and DevOps practices, including AWS services, Docker, Jenkins, Git, and CI/CD-oriented workflows. I also use AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT to accelerate delivery.

I collaborate effectively in distributed Agile and Scrum teams, working with technical stakeholders, legacy COBOL teams, and external API providers to deliver dependable financial technology solutions.

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Experience

Career history

Contract Java Backend Developer Freelance

I engineer end-to-end backend microservices and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring Data JPA. I design and optimize relational database integrations using JPA, Hibernate, SQL, Oracle, and MySQL.

I implement secure API authentication, complex business logic, structured error handling, and unit test suites. I also containerize backend services with Docker and maintain and refactor enterprise systems to improve performance, reliability, and security.

Java Backend Developer Baufest

I developed enterprise banking solutions for BBVA across the Mercurio and Cash Management projects. For Mercurio, I implemented an instant-payment microservice that maintained account-balance consistency across CVU accounts, designed a resilient transaction retry mechanism, and integrated services with COELSA and Geopagos payment APIs.

I automated payment-status monitoring and email alerts through shell scripts and provided real-time production incident support for high-throughput banking systems. In Cash Management, I maintained corporate banking and supplier payment applications, integrated COELSA DEBIN and Alias APIs, improved unit test coverage to about 90% with TDD, and collaborated with COBOL teams to connect mainframe data with modern web APIs.

Education

Learning history

Universidad Nacional de La Matanza (UNLaM)

Associate Degree, Mobile Application Development

Associate Degree in Mobile Application Development.

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