Architecture grounded in production reality
I'm Juan José Gómez López, a backend and cloud architect based in Cuernavaca, Mexico. I turn complex business requirements into resilient platforms that teams can understand, operate, and evolve.
Building for Scale and Resilience
With over 9 years of full-stack development experience, my career has been defined by turning intricate business requirements into high-availability digital infrastructures. I specialize deeply in the PHP ecosystem, particularly in architecting enterprise solutions using Drupal (versions 7 through 11) and WordPress.
I have a proven track record of designing multisite architectures and high-availability systems. Whether it's executing zero-downtime migrations for tens of thousands of users, or building complex synchronization systems that process massive transactional queues, my goal is always to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient platforms.
The Engineering Philosophy: From Enterprise to Micro-Frameworks
My background in electronics instilled in me a fundamental appreciation for how things work "under the hood." This drives my approach to software architecture: choose the right tool for the job.
I stay close to implementation. Architecture should reduce risk, make tradeoffs visible, and leave delivery teams with systems they can confidently maintain—not diagrams that drift away from reality.
Technical Leadership
My work connects stakeholders, engineers, infrastructure, and business-critical workflows. I define standards, share knowledge, make architectural decisions explicit, and help teams release complex changes safely.