Francesc Sarrate

Software Architect
Rubí, Barcelona
Profile

Software Architect with 17+ years of experience building production systems at scale. Specialized in AWS serverless platforms, TypeScript, and API-first design. Built two end-to-end SaaS platforms with full CI/CD pipelines. Currently architecting pharma manufacturing software at Aizon. Focused on scalable architecture and developer experience.

Experience
Software Architect 2023 – Present
Aizon · Barcelona
  • Architected Aizon Execute, a MES SaaS platform for pharmaceutical manufacturing — serverless on AWS with multiple SPAs via CloudFront.
  • Built an alarm classifier using Bedrock (embeddings + LLM summaries), S3 vector storage, and DynamoDB that reads CloudWatch logs, clusters errors, and auto-creates issues with debugging context — reduced noise by 20x
  • Set up architecture with OpenAPI, TypeScript, React, AWS Powertools, and JSON-schemas
  • Implemented API-first strategy, accelerating frontend development and decoupling teams
  • Designed scalable infrastructure: Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, SPA, PWA
  • Led architecture team focused on prototyping and evaluating emerging technologies
Backend Developer Team Lead 2021 – 2023
Aizon · Barcelona
  • Led 8-person team building the Aizon Platform backend for AI-driven pharmaceutical manufacturing.
  • Designed data ingestion pipeline for thousands of IoT devices using serverless architecture
  • Built high-availability infrastructure with API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, and Glue data lake
  • Established testing culture and mentored team on modern TypeScript practices
Senior Staff Engineer 2016 – 2021
Aizon · Barcelona

Core backend contributor from the earliest days. Introduced AWS Lambda adoption, mentored interns, built front-end with jQuery and Handlebars. Grew with the company from 5 to 100 employees.

Senior Developer 2015 – 2016
Interactius · Barcelona

Built WordPress solutions with CI/CD pipelines. Led development of "Em dic Manel" for CCMA, a transmedia project.

Program Manager 2011 – 2015
BCNbit · Barcelona

Managed project portfolio across .NET, PHP, and Node.js for clients including BIMSA, BSM, HP, and ICO.

Developer 2007 – 2011
BCNbit · Barcelona

Built and optimized applications using .NET, WordPress, and PHP.