Operator
- $FF4052
- NAME
- NAME →DANIEL PLAS RIVERA
- $FF40B0
- CALLSIGN
- CALLSIGN →MORPHUS56K
- $FF4000
- STATE
- STATE →$08 — IN FIGHT (SHIPPING)
- $FF4008
- UPTIME
- UPTIME →15+ YEARS, COUNTING DOWN NEVER
- $2E
- ROLE
- ROLE →LEAD SOFTWARE ARCHITECT · McKINSEY & CO
- $2A
- LOCATION
- LOCATION →NEW YORK CITY
- $FF4290
- DOMAIN
- DOMAIN →GENAI · DATA ENG · CPS-2 · 68000 · VQ-BET
15+ years building production software. I specialize in GenAI/LLM integration, data engineering at scale, and cloud infrastructure. Outside of work, I reverse engineer arcade hardware and contribute to the retro gaming preservation community.
/ Capabilities
- Languages & Frameworks
- Python · TypeScript · SQL · FastAPI · Django · React · Next.js
- AI/ML & GenAI
- OpenAI GPT-4 · Claude (Opus/Sonnet) · Gemini · LangChain · pgvector · RAG
- Data Engineering
- Snowflake · Spark · AWS Glue · Kinesis · Kafka · Airflow · dbt
- Cloud & DevOps
- AWS · Terraform · Docker · Kubernetes · GitHub Actions · CloudFormation
- Databases
- PostgreSQL · MongoDB · DynamoDB · Redis · Snowflake
/ Service record
Lead Software Architect
2023 - PresentMcKinsey & Company
Architecting Big Data solutions and GenAI/LLM product development for 25+ teams.
- Built intelligent document processing platform integrating 8 LLMs in parallel (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity)
- Implemented multi-model comparison with automated hallucination detection and quality scoring
- Engineered PostgreSQL/pgvector migration achieving sub-100ms similarity search on 100K+ vectors
- Designed AWS S3 infrastructure with Terraform, KMS encryption, and compliance audit trails
Python · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · pgvector · Claude API · OpenAI · Gemini · AWS · Terraform
Lead Senior Software Engineer
2020 - 2023McKinsey & Company
Lead data engineering for multiple teams managing 10+ data sources.
- Architected Slack platform with 10+ AWS Glue pipelines, reducing API calls from 16.5M to sub-million daily
- Reduced AWS expenditure by 99.6% ($47k/year) by rearchitecting to AWS Kinesis
- Achieved 80% unit test coverage across 10+ Glue pipelines from 0%
- Resolved 10+ critical security vulnerabilities including EC2 IMDSv2 migration and S3 CMK enforcement
Python · AWS Glue · Spark · Snowflake · Kinesis · Terraform · Pydantic
Master Software Engineer (Contract)
2019Capital One
Architected/rebuilt the Credit Risk Rating Platform enabling risk rating of customers and facilities for credit-approval decisions and portfolio management.
- Built dockerized microservices with per-service documentation
- Built the probability-of-default model microservice; code reviews + epic breakdown for the team
Python · Flask · SQLAlchemy · Oracle · Postgres · Jenkins · Docker
Developer
2019 - 2020PwC
Created PwC Data Landscape, an analyzer to determine the risk level of client data.
- Built backend for React SPA with Django and GraphQL
- Developed security risk detection and assessment system
Python · Django · GraphQL · React · Docker
/ Decorations
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Amazon Web Services certification.
- AngelHack 2016 Manhattan - Grand Prize
- Won Hackcelerator + Best Use of AWS for 'New York Minute' app.
- Hack NYU Hackathon - MVP
- SudoLove connects participants, sponsors, and mentors for global hackathons.