David Arce
Tech Lead @ Inditex · AI Engineering Enabler
Building agentic workflows that help teams ship value faster
I lead a team on Inditex's buying and supplier platform, and I give engineers the tools, skills and agentic software factories to work with AI safely and at scale. Java and distributed systems are the foundation.
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Skills, libraries and MCPs
Internal libraries that plug AI agents into the development lifecycle through reusable skills.
Agentic software factories
Autonomous flows with human-in-the-loop, so the team can focus on the business and the acceptance criteria.
Teams that work differently
AI-assisted workflows adopted across several teams, faster delivery, and backend and frontend engineers picking up each other's tasks.
Humans own the why and the what. Agents handle the how.
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Technical Lead · Inditex
Leading a core internal platform in the buying and supplier management domain, part of the Inditex Open Platform (IOP) that powers operations across 96 markets.
- Drive technical decisions, architecture standards and team growth.
- Champion AI adoption as a first-class engineering practice, moving teams from implementation-focused work to higher-value architectural thinking.
- Build agentic software factories: autonomous, human-in-the-loop workflows so the team focuses on business understanding and acceptance criteria while agents handle the rest.
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- API-first development and event-driven systems.
Senior Software Engineer · Capitole
Client: Inditex. Scalable microservices and distributed systems for one of the world's largest retail platforms, plus a leading role in AI-first development adoption.
- Trained developers across several teams on AI-assisted workflows, context engineering and Spec-Driven Development (SDD).
- Built internal libraries that integrate AI agents into the development lifecycle through reusable skills and structured workflows.
- Enabled a cross-functional model where backend and frontend engineers take on each other's tasks while keeping code quality and security standards.
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- Designed and built event-driven microservices with Kafka, improving platform scalability and resilience.
- Developed reactive applications with Spring Boot and WebFlux for high-throughput, low-latency use cases.
- Implemented API-first REST services and rigorous testing practices (JUnit, Karate).
Software Engineer III · dLocal
Built high-volume, low-latency services for dLocal's payment platform, processing transactions across multiple markets, focused on reliability, observability and performance.
- Development and maintaining new generation of microservices within the architecture
- Implement defined requirements, with a combination of system architecture and programming skills
- Design solutions, code, test, and deploy them, while optimizing existing products
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- Write clear, maintainable code that will perform on multiple platforms
- Solve integration problems, prototype and develop custom solutions
Software Engineer II · dLocal
Developed and maintained core backend services for dLocal's payment processing platform, with event-driven architectures and RESTful APIs in a fast-paced FinTech environment.
Senior Backend Engineer · Vortech
ING - Contingent Worker
- Design, develop and test the code that will shape the different components of the application
- Ensure the requirements of functionality, quality and performance
- Deliver in Production a working software by giving the best use to technology and development practices
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- Support Production by analysis and fixing any bugs that occurs
Senior Software Engineer · Appgate
Secure Access Products & Services
- Development and maintaining microservices used to manage internal products in the company
- Responsible of application security vulnerabilities
- Add improvements to our current processes.
Senior Java Developer · Yuxi Global
Apex Supply Chain Technologies
- Development and maintaining Java/Spring Microservices used to manage our online vending and locker systems.
- Responsible of application security vulnerabilities
- Add improvements to our current processes.
Senior Software Engineer · Almundo
E-commerce platform
- Development and implementation of components for the company
- Integrated with other components, solved problems across subsystems and products, to produce a final product
- DevOps
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- A/B testing with Google Analytics
- Responsible of application security vulnerabilities
- Add improvements to our current processes.
Software Architect · Ceiba Software
- Known in general the scope of the project, the vision and the general goals, as well as its release plan
- Develop software requeriments under the language of required programming and with policies, procedures, and guidelines established by the company for all products
- Promote and adequate communication and cooperation environment with the members of the project team
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- Value the objectives of the project over personal or particular, supporting all team members in the solution of the difficulties
Software Developer Advance · Heinsohn Business Technology
- Develop software requirements under the language of required programing and with policies, procedures, and guidelines established by the company, for all products
- Develop software under the procedures and quality standards established
- Serve support in customer service
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AI & Agents
Technical Leadership
Backend
Architecture
Cloud & Data
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Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Systems Engineering
Universidad del Quindío
Ethical, critical, and autonomous professional capable of leading interdisciplinary teams. Specialized in Software Engineering, IT Infrastructure, and Technology Management, with the ability to design, develop, and implement innovative solutions for complex organizational challenges.
- AI IntegrationCodely
- MCP FundamentalsHugging Face
- MCP AutomationHugging Face
- Clean ArchitecturesCodely
- Web Apps & ArchitectureEducative
- Advanced Go Course: RESTPlatzi
- Scrum DeveloperScrum Alliance
- Git and GithubPlatzi