Christian Alvarez
About Christian Alvarez
Christian Alvarez is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Ventures, where he has developed a mortgage origination platform and led various engineering initiatives since 2020. He previously co-founded CorpBoost LLC and has extensive experience in software development and team growth across multiple organizations.
Work at Red Ventures
Christian Alvarez has been employed at Red Ventures since 2020, currently holding the position of Principal Software Engineer. His responsibilities include leading the engineering and architecture of a mortgage broker start-up named Sage Mortgage. He previously served as a Senior Software Engineer at Red Ventures from 2017 to 2020. During his tenure, he proposed and led the implementation of multi-tenancy within the mortgage origination platform, allowing support for multiple mortgage broker brands using a single code base.
Previous Experience
Before joining Red Ventures, Christian Alvarez co-founded CorpBoost LLC, where he worked as a Web Developer from 2013 to 2015. He developed a lead intake platform that significantly contributed to the organization's revenue. He also worked at Web Services LLC as a Web Developer from 2012 to 2013. Prior to these roles, he spent five years at Income Securities Investor Newsletter in social media marketing, from 2007 to 2012.
Education and Expertise
Christian Alvarez studied Computer Science at Miami Dade College, where he earned an Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree from 2010 to 2013. His technical expertise includes the use of monorepo technologies, React, GraphQL, SQS, and AWS Lambdas. He has focused on leveraging software solutions across various verticals to create revenue opportunities and streamline processes.
Achievements in Engineering Management
During his time at CorpBoost LLC, Christian Alvarez played a key role in growing the engineering team from two to twenty engineers. He led the implementation of a Loan Officer portal using the low-code platform Retool, which serviced over 100 loan officers at its peak. His initiatives have enabled business teams to make changes to experiences without the need for a lengthy software lifecycle process.