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Patricio Contreras Pardo

Lead Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure & Tech Lead

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

I work on distributed systems and a multicloud platform at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Before Oracle, I built software and optimization systems for industrial clients and led engineering teams in banking and payments.

I grew up around computers. My dad maintained a Novell network and programmed in Clipper. Pascal was my first programming language. Based in the Greater Seattle Area. U.S. permanent resident.

Distributed systems · Multicloud platform · Optimization

Now · Multicloud platform

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Lead Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer (IC5), Tech Lead

Optimization impact

Engineered a distributed optimization backend that reduced product losses by 56%, resulting in an estimated $500K in annual savings.

Fintech leadership

Ran ATM network operations and customer technical support with a team of 50, keeping 98% network uptime across systems processing 100M+ transactions a year.

Selected projects

Optimization, logistics, and the practical decisions behind the software.

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Packaging optimizer with a production-line Gantt schedule, SKU table, and stock forecast.

Packaging batch optimizer

CP-SAT models that assign, sequence, and cut packaging batches across a plant's lines, run by queue-driven workers that replaced a simulated-annealing optimizer.

.NET Core · C# · PythonSee details Raw-materials dashboard with daily received tonnage in a stacked bar chart by transport provider.

Raw-materials simulator

Greenfield platform that tracks raw-material movements and plans truck assignments with an integer model built from the operation's own history.

Angular · C# · .NET CoreSee details Dispatch planner with a Gantt schedule by product and date above a lot table for setting dispatch dates.

Warehouse deliveries

Dispatch scheduling platform for a mining company, with a D3.js Gantt planner over shipping plans, lots, and dispatch history, fed by configurable integration workers.

Angular · TypeScript · D3.jsSee details

Blog

Thoughts on software development, AI agents, and engineering practice.

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