Reginald Roman (Reggie) Bigornia
Cebu City, Philippines | +63 9257774775 | reggietheroman@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/reggie-bigornia | github.com/reggietheroman | reggietheroman.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Versatile Full-Stack Engineer and AI Data specialist with 10+ years of experience spanning software architecture, DevOps, and team leadership. Proficient in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and C#, with a comprehensive understanding of end-to-end product delivery and system reliability. Currently leveraging extensive backend and infrastructure experience to design and deploy AI-driven solutions.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python (Proficient) | C# (Familiar) | PHP, Java (Prior Experience)
- Frameworks & Libraries: Ember.js, Express.js, Nest.js, React.js, ASP.NET Core, React Native, Flutter
- Cloud, DevOps & Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, IAM), GCP, Supabase, Firebase, Docker, Kubernetes
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, SQLite
- AI Engineering Tools: OpenAI API, LangChain, LangGraph, Hugging Face, OpenCode
- Methodologies & Core Tools: Git (GitHub/GitLab), CI/CD (CodeShip), Vite, Build Tools (NPM/PNPM/Pip/Maven)
- UI & Styling Frameworks: Tailwind CSS, daisyUI, Bootstrap, Bulma CSS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance – Remote
Full-Stack Engineer & AI Data Specialist | April 2025 – Present
- Modernized a critical legacy business platform, engineering a completely new web application from the ground up to replace an unmaintained, high-risk system.
- Strategized and executed critical patches on the pre-existing legacy environment, stabilizing ongoing operations and ensuring data continuity during the migration phase.
- Delivered technical keynotes and workshops on AI engineering, educating diverse professional organizations on leveraging LLM orchestration, agentic workflows, and modern AI tools to optimize operational workflows.
- Evaluated frontier Large Language Models (LLMs), conducting in-depth code review, adversarial testing, and RLHF on multi-language code generation to ensure structural integrity and reduce model hallucinations.
- Benchmarked complex LLM reasoning and code generation capabilities, leveraging years of full-stack expertise to establish high-precision training data across complex full-stack applications, backend architectures, database logic, and API integrations.
VerifiedTalent Inc. – Remote
Full-stack Developer, DevOps & Technical Team Lead | March 2021 – April 2025
- Led end-to-end technical execution and served as Technical Advisor for multiple cross-functional projects, steering architectural design and translating product requirements into concrete engineering deliverables.
- Architected and developed decoupled frontend and backend applications utilizing a high-performance microservices architecture to maximize platform scalability and domain separation.
- Designed and orchestrated AWS cloud infrastructure alongside robust CI/CD pipelines via Bitbucket, reducing deployment cycle times and automating web administration protocols across all production environments.
- Mentored and managed an engineering team, establishing code review standards and workflow best practices to increase sprint velocity and optimize project delivery timelines.
DevPartners – Remote
Full-stack Developer | June 2020 – February 2021
- Engineered robust web applications utilizing Ember.js for frontend interfaces and Node.js for scalable backend API architectures.
- Configured, secured, and maintained client-facing production systems hosted on Linux VPS environments, managing system dependencies and ensuring high platform uptime.
Neso Technical Solutions, Inc. – Cebu City, Philippines
Software Engineer | November 2016 – April 2020
- Developed and deployed commercial web applications for international and internal corporate clients leveraging JavaScript and PHP ecosystem stacks.
- Modernized application lifecycles by introducing CI/CD automation and containerization via Docker, drastically mitigating environment configuration drifts and improving pipeline consistency.
Sprobe, Inc. / Sprasia, Inc. – Cebu City, Philippines
Systems Developer | May 2014 – August 2015
- Built and optimized an in-house VoIP system, developing cross-platform native features across Android (Java) and iOS (Objective-C) codebases.
- Engineered backend web applications tailored for international clients using enterprise Java frameworks.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering University of San Carlos Technological Center – Cebu City, Philippines | 2014