Senior Consultant @ Thoughtworks | Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture | Founder & Principal Engineer @ KaiNext
Operating cloud-native platforms at enterprise scale in production • Owning production outcomes • Executing personally, not delegating
Senior platform engineer focused on designing and operating cloud-native systems at enterprise scale. My work centers on reliability, developer autonomy, and delivery efficiency in complex, regulated environments.
At Thoughtworks, I work as a Senior Consultant within LATAM Airlines' eMantto domain, focusing on platform foundations, developer self-service, and automation patterns. Alongside this role, I run KaiNext, a founder-led technical consulting practice where I personally execute all technical work for organizations running systems in production and startups transitioning to operational scale. My work typically sits where systems are already running, constraints are real, and failure has a visible cost.
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Enterprise point-of-sale platform operating under production constraints
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Cross-platform mobile app connecting artists with audiences
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| Platform Engineering | Multi-cloud architecture • Infrastructure as Code • Developer self-service • Platform foundations |
| Software Architecture | API design • Microservices • System design under production constraints |
| Infrastructure & Delivery | CI/CD pipelines • Container orchestration • Observability • Delivery automation |
| GenAI & Automation | AI-assisted engineering workflows • Automation patterns • Developer tooling |
For conversations where platform engineering decisions have real operational consequences and constraints are non-negotiable:
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alejandrehl
I do not engage in staff augmentation or exploratory advisory without execution ownership.
Engineering judgment, long-term system health, and ownership under real operational constraints.