About Me
Get to know more about me and my journey
Hey, I'm Marc! 👋
I'm a Platform/DevOps Engineer and AI Developer based in Barcelona, Spain. With over 8 years of experience in cloud architecture, DevOps, and AI integration, I specialize in building production-ready systems that scale.
By day, I work as a Platform Engineer at OpenGamma, optimizing AWS costs and infrastructure. By night, I'm a Web Developer building AI-powered products that solve real problems. I believe in building in public and sharing the journey.
My Indie Hacker Journey
I've challenged myself to spend 1 hour on development with AI and 1 hour on marketing every day for 3 months. My goal is to see how far I can get with consistent daily progress.
The Beginning
Started my coding journey with a passion for solving real problems.
Professional Growth
Worked as a CloudOps and DevOps Engineer, gaining experience in cloud architecture and deployment.
First Project: CanITravelTo
Launched my first public project during the pandemic to help people navigate travel restrictions.
The AI Revolution
Embraced AI tools to accelerate development and enhance productivity.
Current Challenge
Committed to daily progress: 1 hour coding, 1 hour marketing. Building in public!
Professional Experience
Over 8 years of experience in cloud architecture, DevOps, and AI development across fintech, travel tech, and various industries.
- Optimized AWS spending by 40% through effective right-sizing, resource optimization, and redundancy elimination while maintaining high security and reliability
- Enhanced Infrastructure-as-Code implementations, streamlining deployments and reducing manual intervention
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth and efficient cloud operations
- Spearheaded infrastructure deployment using Terraform, Terragrunt, and Pulumi on AWS, ensuring robust autoscaling and reliability for microservices and Lambda functions
- Engineered CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows to reduce deployment time and improve efficiency
- Developed monitoring solutions with Datadog and Logstash/OpenSearch, setting up intuitive dashboards and participating in on-call rotations
- Collaborated on cost-effective cloud strategies including DDoS protection using CloudFront and Cloudflare
- Import and export of networking goods, selling mainly on Amazon
- Implemented website/infrastructure and automations for the e-commerce side
- Managed import of goods and accounting operations
- Drove Infrastructure as Code adoption and GitOps practices across multiple projects
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines across diverse projects using Gitlab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Bitrise
- Strengthened security protocols via improved AWS permissions and Kubernetes Secrets
- Led migration and deployment of microservices in Kubernetes (GKE) environments
- Created Integration environment for Scheduling Engine using Kubernetes and GitOps
- Implemented automatic deployments using ArgoCD
- Configured RabbitMQ for Integration Environment
- Developed Java-based microservices with Spring Boot
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines for Scheduling Engine project using BB pipelines
- Containerized microservices using Docker
- Implemented ELK stack for logging and tracing
- Collaborated on FTL rules implementation in distributed systems
Education
Comprehensive engineering program focusing on software development, computer science fundamentals, and practical application of engineering principles.
Skills & Expertise
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3)
- Terraform & Infrastructure as Code
- Kubernetes & Docker
- Cost Optimization (FinOps)
DevOps & Automation
- CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab)
- Monitoring (Datadog, ELK Stack)
- GitOps & ArgoCD
- Security & Compliance
Backend Development
- Python & Java (Spring Boot)
- PostgreSQL & MongoDB
- REST APIs & Microservices
- RabbitMQ & Message Queues
AI & Machine Learning
- OpenAI API Integration
- Computer Vision & Image Processing
- Natural Language Processing
- AI Model Deployment
Business & Product
- Product Development & Strategy
- E-commerce & Marketplaces
- Stripe Payment Integration
- Multi-tenant SaaS Architecture
Frontend & Tools
- React & Next.js
- TypeScript & JavaScript
- TailwindCSS & Responsive Design
- Git & Version Control
Fun Facts
My mini-schnauzer Chop is often my coding buddy. He has strong opinions about my code.
I'm based in Barcelona, but love to travel and work from different cities when possible.
I once built a simple website that unexpectedly got featured on a tech blog, bringing in hundreds of visitors overnight.
I'm a Formula One enthusiast and had the amazing experience of attending the Barcelona Grand Prix!
Let's Connect!
Whether you want to discuss a potential collaboration, have questions about my projects, or just want to say hi, feel free to reach out!