Rodmar Zavala
Software built to last, teams built to ship.
Fifteen years leading distributed teams and shipping backend systems across Latin America and Europe. Today I am the tech lead at Fundamental, a venture studio in Guatemala, taking products from zero to production.
- 15+
- years shipping backend systems
- 2
- continents: Latin America & Europe
- 6
- open-source packages maintained
Selected work
Client projects are under NDA and listed for context. Ask me about any of them.
- 01Media & Entertainment
FOX International Channels
Content management system for Fox Deportes
- 02Telecom
Cable & Wireless
Service quotation platform
- 03Enterprise SaaS
PragaWebStudio
SkillsBoards, talent management platform for France & Poland
- 04Fintech
Vudy
Cloud infrastructure for cross-border payments & crypto APIs
- 05AI · SaaS · EdTech
Fundamental
Simon and Enko, from zero to production
Experience
- Present
Fundamental
Tech Lead
Architecture, delivery and DevOps for the venture studio portfolio. Leading distributed teams across Latin America.
PragaWebStudio
Senior Backend Engineer
Enterprise SaaS for European clients in France and Poland. Symfony, cloud infrastructure and team delivery.
FOX International Channels
Backend Engineer
Built the CMS powering Fox Deportes editorial operations for a high-traffic media audience.
Cable & Wireless
Software Engineer
Service quotation platform for the telecom sales organisation.
Powdev
Web Developer
First professional role in web development.
Open source
Most of my work lives in private repositories. These are deliberate contributions to the Central American developer ecosystem.
infile-php
PHP · Symfony · Laravel · WooCommerce
The only open-source PHP ecosystem for SAT/FEL electronic billing in Guatemala. Core library plus framework packages.
View on GitHubrecurrente-sdk
TypeScript · Node.js
Typed, composable SDK for Recurrente, a payment gateway for Guatemala and Central America.
View on GitHubgt-utils-js
TypeScript
Utility functions for developers building for the Guatemalan market.
View on GitHub
How I can help
Technical leadership
Fractional tech lead or architect for founders and engineering teams: decisions, delivery and hiring.
Backend architecture
System design and APIs in PHP, Node.js and Go. Typed, tested and built to be changed years later.
Cloud & DevOps
AWS, DigitalOcean and Cloudflare foundations: containers, CI/CD, observability and predictable costs.
Payments & compliance
Electronic billing, payment gateways and fintech integrations for Guatemala and Central America.
- PHP
- Symfony
- Laravel
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- Go
- AWS
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
- Cloudflare
- DigitalOcean
- Astro