Systems Engineering Student | Software Builder | ACM Student Chapter President

Systems Engineering student at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana with a 4.23/5.00 GPA. Focused on designing scalable architectures, distributed systems, and high-performance backend services. As President of the ACM Student Chapter, I lead technical projects emphasizing code quality, automated workflows, and system reliability.

My expertise includes full-stack development (Spring Boot/Angular), event-driven communication (MQTT/ZeroMQ), and modern infrastructure orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Coordinator, Virtualization and Cloud Computing Research Group: Design and facilitate technical workshops empowering students to master Linux fundamentals, Docker containerization, and Kubernetes orchestration.
• President, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana ACM Student Chapter: Lead chapter operations overseeing the design and delivery of CS courses, expanding technical outreach since transitioning from Board Director in January 2026.
• Teaching Assistant, Distributed Systems: Co-design hands-on lab guides and provision containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes to demonstrate advanced architectural patterns including Adapter, Sidecar, and Ambassador.
• Teaching Assistant, Software Analysis and Design: Develop and deliver instructional materials on GUI development with JavaFX for 60+ students, evaluating code quality with emphasis on SOLID and GRASP design principles.
• Teaching Assistant, Advanced Programming: Guided 60+ students through complex memory management in C++ and introduced foundational Object-Oriented Programming paradigms using Java.
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Programming: Mentored 20+ students through foundational programming logic and problem-solving using C++.

• VigilApp: Built a containerized monorepo full-stack application (Angular/Spring Boot) orchestrated with Docker Compose, including automated PostgreSQL initialization and custom environment configuration.
• BuyIt: Engineered a native Android application integrating concurrent web scraping and LLMs to optimize grocery shopping. Developed a high-performance Go-based concurrent scraper for real-time pricing and integrated an LLM backend to parse natural language recipe requests and compute an optimal cross-store shopping cart.

• Distributed Systems Project: Developed a C++ distributed system using ZeroMQ for asynchronous messaging across a multi-node architecture. Containerized the PostgreSQL persistence layer, automated builds with Makefiles, and ran load testing with Locust to identify system bottlenecks.

• ACM Chapter Web Platform: Architected and maintained the official chapter website to showcase community members and technical initiatives, operating via an active GitHub open-source collaboration workflow.

• Claude Academy: Claude 101 & Claude Code 101
• AWS Academy Graduate: Cloud Foundations
• Coursera: Introduction to Next.js
• Microsoft: Introduction to Microsoft Azure Cloud Services
• IBM: Developing Interpersonal Skills

I am actively seeking opportunities for software engineering, SRE, DevOps or related internships and junior roles where I can apply my knowledge in distributed systems, infrastructure, and cloud-native development.

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/salomon-avila-271b49220
• Email: salomon.avila2506@gmail.com