CTO at Micr · Product & Platform Engineer
From a first business idea or local website to a live product and platform, I connect direction, UX, engineering, operations, and economics. One accountable operator from concept through production.
Selected work · 01
Selected systems, the problems behind them, and the operating decisions that make the visible product possible.
A social gaming platform designed to turn one-off matches into compatible squads and lasting communities.
A profile builder that turns links, launches, proof, and momentum into a public page that reads like a living README.
A household lead-safety product that turns public recalls and evidence into clearer, source-linked next steps.
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A local-service platform connecting brand and acquisition to the owner workflow behind every lead.
Read the case studyOperating range · 02
Products usually become expensive or fragile at the seams. I work across those seams so the decisions stay connected.
Positioning, customer problems, UX, information architecture, prioritization, and the decision about what is worth building.
Full-stack products, APIs, data, real-time systems, cloud infrastructure, observability, deployment, and recovery.
Security, privacy, performance, operating cost, monetization constraints, and the evidence required before making claims.
About · 03
I’m Jose Alvarado, CTO at Micr and a product and platform engineer based in the South Bay of Los Angeles.
My strongest work sits where product, engineering, and operations overlap. I move from positioning and interface design into application architecture, data, infrastructure, security, and the practical economics of running the product.
That range matters because products rarely fail inside one discipline. UX affects architecture. Architecture affects cost and reliability. Security affects trust. I keep those decisions connected and responsibility clear.
Working rhythm · 04
No oversized discovery theater. Start with evidence, make the tradeoffs explicit, and verify what ships.
Clarify the user, business outcome, constraints, and evidence that would change the decision.
Deliver the smallest complete system that can prove value without creating hidden operating debt.
Test the critical paths, recovery, cost, and user experience before treating the work as finished.
Have an idea, a business, or a live product?
Send a short note about what you are starting, what exists today, and what needs to happen next.