Edwin Cantu

About Edwin

My teaching style is organized, step-by-step, and centered on mastering fundamentals before moving to advanced topics. I use interactive exercises and personalized explanations to meet each student where they are. I ensure students not only solve problems but understand the underlying concepts that make them strong computer scientists.

Skills

Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Databases Java Programming Python Software Engineering Web Development

Resume

2015 — 2019

University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Bachelor in Bachelors Of Science In Computer Science

United States

Degree verified

2024 — 2025

Apex Systems

- Migrated legacy applications from on-prem infrastructure to AWS: rehosted core services on EC2 instance and refactored batch workloads into AWS Lambda Functions; automated deployments using Terraform and Gitlab CI/CD pipelines.
- Updated existing Kibana dashboards to surface new metrics; which enabled proactive monitoring of migrated services and reduced mean time to detection of issues by 15%

2022 — 2024

Indeed

- Developed React front-end and Flask REST API backend for Customer Success portal that contained all tools needed reducing time spent looking for tools by 20%.
- Implemented microservice-based solutions using Flask, deployed through Jenkins.
- Integrated Grafana dashboards and Datadog logging to reduce the time spent debugging/finding anomalies by 20%.
- Managed a team of 3 to refactor monolithic processes into microservices using Flask/Python and GraphQL

2019 — 2022

Usaa

- Built and maintained internal banking applications using Java (SpringBoot), improving performance of backend transaction systems.
- Authored JUnit and Mockito tests covering 80% of new features, integrated into Gitlab CI/CD pipeline for automated testing.
- Designed and implemented integration patterns between microservices and legacy mainframe systems, enabling incremental modernization.
- Integrated Grafana dashboards and Datadog logging to reduce the time spent debugging/finding anomalies b

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Top Skills & Expertise

★ Algorithms

I have 4 years of experience from school learning about algorithms so this is somewhere I can help you improve.

★ Java

I have 4 years of industry experience with Java and modern Java frameworks

★ Programming

With a combined 6 years of programming experience I can teach you the fundamentals for programming.

★ Python

I have 2 years of experience with Java at the industry level creating modern micro services.

★ Software Engineering

With over 6 years of experience in Software Engineering I can prepare you for industry style working conditions and real world examples on day to day life.