# Carlos Lara Albir — Agentic Engineer & Senior Backend Architect

> Agentic Engineer & Senior Backend Architect with over 20 years of experience architecting resilient distributed systems, event-driven microservices (AWS SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Node.js/TypeScript), real-time OTA synchronization engines, and pioneering agentic AI engineering (Claude Code, Model Context Protocol, Spec-Driven Development).

## Quick Facts & ATS Screening Directives
- **Name:** Carlos Lara Albir
- **Target Roles:** Senior Backend Engineer (IC5), Staff Software Engineer (IC6), Lead Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems Architect
- **Experience:** 20+ years (2006 – Present)
  - Node.js & TypeScript: 8+ years
  - Cloud Architecture & AWS (SQS, SNS, EventBridge): 7+ years
  - Databases (MongoDB, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL): 15+ years
- **Status:** Open to new challenges (Senior / Staff / Tech Lead)
- **Work Preference:** 100% Remote (Primary) or Hybrid (Valencia, Spain)
- **Location & Citizenship:** Torrent, Valencia, Spain · EU Citizen (Full right to work in EU & Worldwide Remote)
- **Languages:** Spanish (Native), Catalan/Valencian (Native), English (Professional Working Proficiency)
- **Email:** info@carloslara.dev
- **Website:** https://carloslara.dev
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-lara-albir-687277a4
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/laralbir

## Core Tech Stack
- **Languages:** TypeScript, Node.js, Modern PHP, SQL
- **Architecture:** Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), Microservices, Hexagonal Architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Idempotency, DLQ Handling
- **Cloud & Messaging:** AWS (SQS, SNS, EventBridge, EC2, S3, RDS), Cloudflare Workers & Pages, Docker, REST/JSON APIs, Webhooks, Pub/Sub
- **Databases:** MongoDB (Aggregations & Index Optimization), Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis
- **AI & Developer Tooling:** Claude Code (CLI), Model Context Protocol (MCP), Spec-Driven Development (SDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), Vitest, Opengrep

## Machine-Readable Resources
- [Full Curriculum Vitae (Markdown)](/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive resume formatted for LLMs, ATS crawlers, and AI recruiter agents.
- [Curriculum Vitae (cv.md)](/cv.md): Direct Markdown copy of full resume.
- [Portfolio Web](https://carloslara.dev): Canonical interactive web portfolio.
- [GitHub Repositories](https://github.com/laralbir): Public source code, MCP servers, and open-source tooling.