Juan Rodriguez Monti
Current: Software Engineering Manager @ RELP

About Me

I'm a seasoned Software Engineering Manager with over two decades of experience driving full-stack technical strategy and leading high-impact teams. Currently at RELP, I lead a team of 10 engineers with end-to-end ownership of architecture, backend, frontend, cloud infrastructure, and security.

I drive technical strategy, team development, and execution of scalable, secure solutions aligned with business goals. My technical background spans AWS and cloud platforms, distributed architectures, secure software development, and resilient systems design.

As a people-first leader, I focus on technical excellence, career growth, and creating a culture of ownership, autonomy, and collaboration. I believe great systems start with great teams.

Throughout my career, I've founded companies, led technical transformations, taught at universities, and written for international technical publications. I'm always open to meaningful adventures in engineering, design, cloud transformation, and scaling modern infrastructures.

Professional Experience

Software Engineering Manager

RELP

March 2024 - Present

Leading a high-performing engineering team of 10 engineers with end-to-end ownership of architecture, backend, frontend, cloud infrastructure, and security. Driving technical strategy and execution of scalable, secure solutions.

  • • Defined and executed full-stack technical strategy including architecture decisions
  • • Led cloud-native platform migration improving performance and reducing costs
  • • Implemented security initiatives aligned with industry standards
  • • Improved delivery speed with automated testing and observability tools
Team LeadershipFastAPICloud Architecture

Head of Software Engineering

RELP

May 2022 - March 2024 · Brussels, Belgium

Designed and implemented full architecture for large-scale application with multiple asynchronous microservices. Led company's cloud infrastructure transition to AWS.

  • • Standardized backend development unifying all microservices under FastAPI
  • • Led AWS migration including first deployment of production workloads
  • • Introduced CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions with security testing
  • • Built and scaled team from initial developers to nearly 10 engineers
AWSMicroservicesKubernetes

CEO and Founder

Fibona Software

February 2017 - September 2021 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Co-founded and led a software development firm focused on delivering tailored web and desktop solutions for mid-size to large clients. Managed growing engineering team and client relationships.

  • • Led team of 10+ developers across backend, frontend, and infrastructure
  • • Designed full-stack applications using PHP, Python, and JavaScript
  • • Deployed and managed all infrastructure on AWS
  • • Defined application security practices addressing OWASP threats
EntrepreneurshipPythonPyQt

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Lucnos Software Development

December 2012 - December 2016 · Junín, Argentina

Led full-cycle software development projects focusing on delivery of robust web applications. Designed software architecture for over 20 medium to large-scale applications.

Project ManagementArchitectureMongoDB

Professional Technical Writer

Freelance

January 2004 - August 2010

Technical writer for international magazines including Linux User, Linux Magazine, Newsforge. Published articles in ACM.org and served as technical reviewer for O'Reilly's "Knoppix Hacks 2nd Edition".

Technical WritingLinuxPublications

Education & Teaching

Professor Computer Science & Data Structures

UNNOBA · 2017 - 2023 · 6 years

Taught Computer Science fundamentals, Data Structures, and advanced algorithms to undergraduate students. Developed curriculum and conducted research in algorithm optimization.

Technical Skills

Leadership & Management

  • Team Leadership Building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing teams.
  • Technical Strategy Defining and executing technology roadmaps.
  • Project Management Agile, Kanban, delivery and execution.
  • Mentoring Coaching engineers and fostering growth.

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS & Cloud Architecting and operating scalable cloud platforms.
  • Kubernetes Orchestrating containers and microservices.
  • CI/CD & Automation GitHub Actions, pipelines, infrastructure as code.

Frontend

  • Next.js Fullstack React framework for modern web apps.
  • React Component-based UI development, hooks, state management.
  • TypeScript Type-safe JavaScript for scalable frontend codebases.

Backend

  • FastAPI High-performance Python APIs and microservices.
  • Flask Lightweight Python web applications and APIs.
  • Node.js JavaScript runtime for scalable backend services.
  • Rust Safe, fast, and modern backend systems.

Security

  • Security Secure software development, compliance, best practices.
  • OWASP Threat modelling, secure coding, vulnerability management.
  • Cloud Security IAM, encryption, network security in AWS and Kubernetes.

Other Strengths

  • Technical Writing Articles, documentation, knowledge sharing.
  • Teaching University-level courses, mentoring, workshops.
  • Entrepreneurship Startups, business development, innovation.