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Salvador Bravo / Software Engineer

From infrastructure
to interface.

I build the systems behind the work. Engineering automation, reliability tooling, and full-stack platforms that help teams move from signal to action.

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Software Engineer II · Dell Technologies
Santa Clara, California

Software engineering. Systems thinking.A closer look

01 / Experience

Engineering that
makes a difference.

From enterprise infrastructure to rocket recovery, I work across disciplines to turn complex problems into usable systems.

JUN 2023 — PRESENT

Dell Technologies

Santa Clara, CA

Software Engineer II

Infrastructure and engineering operations automation, full-stack monitoring, and applied AI tooling for Site Reliability Engineering.

  • Designed and delivered a production platform using FastAPI, Redis, Elasticsearch, and Angular, refining it through feedback from internal engineering teams.
  • Built MCP integrations used daily by SRE engineers to act on mission-critical infrastructure, with an engineer in the loop on every action.
  • Built a Python and FastAPI telemetry backend for 100+ Jenkins controllers, with Celery and Redis background jobs.
  • Debugged production failures across a pipeline supporting 300+ daily builds.
2 days → 3 hrsRelease-branch provisioning
< 5 minutesTime to action after a stuck-job alert

Stuck production jobs previously went unnoticed in a backlog for 15+ days. Results reported in my resume.

SEP 2022 — MAY 2024

STAR · UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Recovery Lead

Led recovery operations across structures, avionics, and propulsion teams. Ran design reviews and readiness presentations to translate technical risk into clear go/no-go decisions.

Cross-functional leadershipDesign reviewsFlight readiness
Mach 2 · ~28,000 ftMINDI flight · Team member who proposed the launch-site stability fix

02 / Selected work

Systems in practice.

Selected initiatives spanning reliability, applied AI, release engineering, aerospace, and independent product development.

01 / RELIABILITYDell Technologies

SRE dashboard &
monitoring platform

A full-stack platform that brings infrastructure telemetry into one engineering workflow, replacing scattered manual checks.

CONTRIBUTION

Carried the platform from idea to production. Built telemetry collection across 100+ Jenkins controllers and optimized dashboard queries to stay under one second.

AngularFastAPIRedisElasticsearch
02 / APPLIED AIDell Technologies

MCP integrations
for SRE

Tool interfaces that let an LLM support infrastructure operations, with an engineer reviewing every action.

CONTRIBUTION

Built integrations used daily by the SRE team, connecting AI tooling to operational workflows.

MCPLLM toolingPython
03 / ENGOPSDell Technologies

Release provisioning
automation

Automated release-branch provisioning for high-priority enterprise clients, addressing delays identified with release and product teams.

RESULT

Reduced delivery time from two days to three hours.

AutomationRelease engineering
04 / PERSONALIndependent

SoTravel
trip-planning app

A collaborative app for coordinating group trips, built solo from idea to shipped product.

CONTRIBUTION

Owned the full stack — authentication, trip creation, invitations, and join flows — resolving SDK, routing, and data-contract issues along the way.

ExpoSupabaseSQLApple Sign-In
05 / AEROSPACESTAR · UC Berkeley

CALDERA
two-stage supersonic rocket

As Recovery Lead, led recovery systems for a two-stage rocket reaching supersonic speeds under tight design constraints.

CONTRIBUTION

Developed flight profile analysis to define the parameters for a successful staged flight sequence using commercial-off-the-shelf hardware.

Recovery systemsFlight profile analysisStaged flight
06 / AEROSPACESTAR · UC Berkeley

ALULA
liquid-engine rocket recovery

As Recovery Lead, coordinated the engineering team tackling recovery of a liquid-engine rocket.

CONTRIBUTION

Developed an Instron failure-load test to quantify recovery-hardware failure points. Designed a Y-harness that prevented parachute deployment loads from tearing the airframe — a failure known as zippering — enabling a successful recovery.

Liquid-engine recoveryFailure-load testingStructural design
07 / AEROSPACESTAR · UC Berkeley

MINDI
Mach 2 & a campus apogee record

Contributed to recovery and design as a member of the 20-person team behind a rocket with a 54 mm internal diameter. MINDI reached Mach 2 and set UC Berkeley’s campus apogee record at approximately 28,000 ft.

CONTRIBUTION

When the team discovered a center-of-pressure stability problem at the launch site, proposed the corrective design the team adopted under schedule pressure, enabling a successful flight.

Minimum-diameter designFlight stabilityProblem-solving under pressure

03 / Toolkit

Across the stack.

01

Backend & data

Python · FastAPI · Celery · Redis · PostgreSQL · SQLAlchemy · Alembic · Elasticsearch · SQL · REST APIs

02

Interface & integration

Angular · TypeScript · MCP integrations · LLM tool interfaces · Prompt engineering · Context design

03

Platform & reliability

Docker · Linux · Jenkins · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI/CD · AWS · Azure · GCP · Observability · Root-cause analysis

04 / About me

An engineer.
A community builder.

Salvador Bravo in a suit, with UC Berkeley’s Campanile in the background
Salvador Bravo Engineer · UC Berkeley alumnus

I care deeply about creating community and making a positive impact through technology.

I’m Salvador, a Software Engineer II at Dell and a UC Berkeley mechanical engineering graduate. My path has taken me from rocket recovery to infrastructure automation and applied AI. Across those disciplines, I’m most interested in what we can build together and who it can help.

Community in practice

Alongside my engineering work, I serve as Co-President of Dell Latino Connections’ West Coast Chapter. Building community is part of how I approach technology, too: listening to people, understanding their needs, and working together to turn ideas into useful tools.

What inspires me

I’m inspired by the possibilities that open up when people connect and share what they know. I want to create technology that helps people participate, collaborate, and make an impact in their own communities.

I spend as much time in conversation with the people who will use what I build as I do writing the code itself.

More about me on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
University of California, Berkeley

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

May 2024 · Certificate in Design Innovation

Languages

English — Native
American Sign Language — Fluent
Spanish — Professional

Recognition

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Top Scholar
Harvard Prize Book Award
Cal Alumni Leadership Award

05 / Contact

Let’s build something
that works.

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