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Felix Luciano

Backend software engineer at Microsoft, building and operating large-scale production systems with a focus on distributed systems, backend infrastructure, and databases. Previously at AWS on Amazon Aurora MySQL.

  • Defender service processes approximately 3.5 billion protection samples daily
  • Production cutover with zero service errors
  • 26% lower p50 and 7% lower p90 latency
  • 80%+ lower mean time to resolution at AWS Aurora

Skills & tools

Languages

  • Java
  • Python
  • C++
  • SQL
  • Go
  • C#
  • TypeScript
  • Bash
  • Rust

Backend & Infrastructure

  • Distributed Systems
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • REST APIs
  • WebSockets
  • CI/CD
  • GitHub Actions
  • Azure DevOps

Cloud & Databases

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Amazon Aurora MySQL
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Turso

Experience

Microsoft

Software Engineer

Sep 2024 – Present

Seattle, WA

  • Led migration and production cutover for a Defender service processing approximately 3.5 billion protection samples daily; the cutover had zero service errors, and the migration reduced p50 latency by 26% and p90 latency by 7%
  • Modernizing Defender services for Microsoft Cobalt/ARM and migrating them to Kubernetes
  • Cut build times by 50%+ and lowered portfolio costs

Amazon Web Services

Software Development Engineer

Jun 2022 – May 2023

Seattle, WA

  • Built diagnostic tooling for Amazon Aurora MySQL clusters
  • Automated operational workflows in Python, Bash, and SQL across multiple teams, reducing mean time to resolution by 80%+

ADP

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021

Roseland, NJ

  • Built a Java user-management platform with Struts and Hibernate, supporting onboarding for 1,000+ customers and improving developer workflows
Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology

B.S. in Computer Science

May 2022

Newark, NJ

Get in Touch

I'm always interested in discussing new projects, technical challenges, and collaboration opportunities. Feel free to reach out via LinkedIn or download my resume to learn more about my experience.