Lester Bonganay Paderan

Developed and optimized backend services for real-time user presence, synchronization, and session management across distributed web applications. Built scalable full-stack features using modern frontend and backend technologies, improving system reliability and user experience. Integrated avatar systems, interactive environments, and real-time collaboration features across client and server layers. Optimized rendering workflows, asset loading, and application performance, improving overall performance by 30%. Improved frontend responsiveness and backend API efficiency for real-time user interactions. Worked closely with product, design, and QA teams to deliver stable production releases. Contributed to 8 production releases with a 22% reduction in user-reported crashes. Participated in code reviews, debugging, performance tuning, and release planning. Supported remote team collaboration through clear documentation, async communication, and Agile delivery practices. Helped maintain production-quality systems focused on scalability, performance, and reliability.

Developed and maintained scalable software features for collaborative digital platforms and real-time user experiences. Reduced application latency and improved session stability by 25% through profiling, debugging, and performance optimization. Engineered collaborative virtual environments for meetings, live events, and interactive user sessions. Implemented avatar interaction, voice presence, and spatial collaboration features to improve user engagement. Designed and maintained backend APIs for authentication, session management, and data persistence. Improved application reliability by strengthening API structure, error handling, and backend logic. Worked with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into production-ready software. Supported frontend and backend development across the full software lifecycle. Maintained clean, reusable, and scalable code across multiple application modules. Collaborated with remote teams using Agile practices, Git workflows, and regular delivery cycles.

Designed and developed backend services for commerce, financial, and user-facing application workflows. Built and maintained APIs supporting authentication, data processing, transaction-related workflows, and platform functionality. Designed a smart contract prototype for a community commerce platform, supporting early Web3 product exploration. Implemented real-time interaction logic and persistent environment behaviors for improved platform functionality. Optimized application assets and backend processes to improve performance on mobile and low-end devices. Worked with databases, backend services, and integration layers to support secure and reliable application behavior. Improved backend maintainability through structured code, clean API design, and debugging practices. Collaborated with distributed teams to deliver product features in a remote environment. Participated in testing, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution. Supported system improvements focused on performance, reliability, and user experience.

Built search-driven web applications using ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and backend database technologies. Developed full-stack features across frontend interfaces, backend services, and relational databases. Improved application response times through backend optimization, query tuning, and database performance improvements. Managed database migrations and performance improvements in PostgreSQL and MySQL. Set up Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed, release consistency, and engineering productivity. Built and maintained internal tools, business applications, and customer-facing software systems. Conducted code reviews and mentored junior developers on clean, maintainable, and scalable coding practices. Collaborated with project managers, designers, QA teams, and clients to deliver production-ready features. Supported debugging, testing, deployment, and long-term maintenance of web applications. Helped improve engineering quality through documentation, version control, and Agile development practices.