Anglian Dental, Google, Maya, Myridius — and the path here

This timeline is the employment record for Al Beltran, software engineer. Related case studies are on the projects page. Notes from that work appear in the engineering journal.

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1. 2026 — Present

   Anglian Dental

   Software Engineering Lead

   Software Engineering Lead at Anglian Dental, a UK dental equipment and surgery specialist.

   Responsibilities

   • Lead software engineering for Anglian Dental
   • Set technical direction, delivery standards, and engineering quality
   • Work with stakeholders on systems that support the business

   Achievements

   • Appointed Software Engineering Lead at Anglian Dental

   Business impact

   Leads software engineering for a UK dental equipment and surgery business.

   Software engineering

   Technical leadership

2. 2026

   Google (via High Spring)

   Software Engineer

   Software Engineer at Google through High Spring, contributing to production software delivery in a large-scale engineering environment.

   Responsibilities

   • Build and maintain production software as part of Google engineering teams
   • Collaborate with cross-functional partners on design, implementation, and code review
   • Follow Google engineering standards for quality, testing, and operational readiness
   • Ship incremental improvements with clear ownership and measurable outcomes

   Achievements

   • Engaged as a Software Engineer at Google via High Spring
   • Operated in a high-scale product and platform engineering context

   Business impact

   Supported Google product and platform delivery through reliable engineering contribution under High Spring engagement.

   Software engineering

   Distributed systems

   Code review

   Production delivery

3. 2025 — 2026

   Maya

   Software Engineer

   Built event-driven backend services for card activation and loyalty rewards in a regulated fintech environment.

   Responsibilities

   • Design event-driven architecture for card activation and loyalty reward flows
   • Integrate Talon.One for real-time campaign processing and reconciliation
   • Build scalable Node.js APIs and backend services for financial products
   • Produce system design docs used by engineering and stakeholders

   Achievements

   • Shipped activation-to-reward pipelines with AWS messaging and serverless processors
   • Documented integration contracts that reduced ambiguity across teams

   Business impact

   Supported reliable card activation rewards at fintech scale, with clearer campaign operations for product and engineering.

   Node.js

   AWS

   SQS

   SNS

   Lambda

   Talon.One

   REST APIs

4. 2024 — 2025

   Myridius

   Technical Lead

   Led engineering for multi-tenant product delivery and enterprise programs including National Geographic and Disney, mentoring developers and hardening production quality.

   Responsibilities

   • Own technical direction and delivery for the engineering team
   • Deliver National Geographic, Disney Institute, Disney Experiences, and Disney Crew Management workstreams
   • Design architecture for scalable multi-tenant applications
   • Establish coding standards, review processes, and mentoring rituals
   • Prioritize and clear production technical debt with measurable outcomes

   Achievements

   • Drove resolution of 50+ production technical debts
   • Improved delivery consistency through clearer architecture and review standards
   • Shipped reusable AEM components and crew-management API improvements on Disney programs
   • Supported a flagship National Geographic publishing experience used worldwide

   Business impact

   Reduced operational drag from accumulated debt and delivered maintainable National Geographic and Disney platform work at enterprise scale.

   React

   Node.js

   TypeScript

   AEM

   Java

   Spring Boot

   System Design

   Multi-tenant architecture

   Related projects: National Geographic, Disney Institute Platform, Disney Experiences, Disney Crew Management APIs

5. 2023

   Asurion

   Software Engineer II

   Maintained high-availability services for a global insurance technology platform with frequent production releases.

   Responsibilities

   • Build and maintain high-availability services for global insurance tech
   • Improve system performance through architecture and query/path optimization
   • Ship frequent production releases in an agile delivery model

   Achievements

   • Improved system load times from approximately 15 seconds to 2 seconds

   Business impact

   Faster load times improved usability of critical internal and customer-facing workflows.

   JavaScript

   Node.js

   Performance optimization

   Agile delivery

6. 2023

   Yondu

   Full Stack Developer

   Delivered full-stack web solutions for enterprise clients with shared React component systems.

   Responsibilities

   • Develop full-stack web solutions for enterprise clients
   • Build reusable React component systems shared across projects
   • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in agile delivery cycles

   Achievements

   • Reduced duplicate UI work by shipping reusable component patterns

   Business impact

   Accelerated client delivery by reusing UI and API patterns across engagements.

   React

   Node.js

   Full-stack web

7. 2021 — 2023

   Accenture

   Software Engineer

   Delivered enterprise web, AEM, and serverless platforms inside structured client delivery frameworks.

   Responsibilities

   • Build reusable front-end and AEM patterns at enterprise scale
   • Ship serverless ETL pipelines and APIs inside structured delivery frameworks
   • Contribute architecture patterns adopted by multiple teams

   Achievements

   • Improved maintainability of shared front-end patterns on large content sites
   • Shipped serverless data pipelines with production monitoring

   Business impact

   Supported enterprise content and data platforms with more maintainable surfaces.

   AEM

   React

   Node.js

   Java

   AWS

   Spring Boot

   Related projects: ETL Data Processing System

8. 2020

   Upwork

   Freelance Software Engineer

   Delivered full-stack web projects for international clients with end-to-end ownership.

   Responsibilities

   • Scope, build, and deploy full-stack web projects for international clients
   • Own delivery from requirements clarification through production support

   Achievements

   • Completed client engagements with sole ownership of architecture and delivery

   Business impact

   Helped early-stage and SMB clients ship working products without a full in-house engineering team.

   React

   Node.js

   PHP

   REST APIs

9. 2019 — 2020

   GoETU

   Junior Software Engineer

   Started professional engineering career building web application features in a startup environment.

   Responsibilities

   • Contribute backend and frontend features for web applications
   • Learn production practices in a fast-paced startup setting

   Achievements

   • Built foundational full-stack delivery habits used throughout later senior work

   Business impact

   Supported early product iteration while developing reliable engineering fundamentals.

   JavaScript

   Web applications