Available for engineering roles Taguig, PH

Lowie Dave Dichoson

Software Engineer

Financial workflowsAPIs + reportingLegacy-safe delivery

Full-stack software engineer building finance-grade systems where correctness, handoff clarity, and calm delivery matter. I turn messy workflows into dependable portals, APIs, reports, and documentation recruiters can verify fast.

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Work Timeline

3 chapters

01
Current role

Vantage Financial Corporation

Analyst Programmer

Solo Backend DeveloperFinancial SystemsCross-team Liaison

Aug 2023 - Present 4 tracks
System Development
3 notes

01
Owned backend delivery for a client-facing investor portal, including data modeling, API design, business logic, frontend integration, and PDF report generation.

Angular .NET Web API PostgreSQL QuestPDF
02
Built an internal tool on top of a legacy Oracle database, automating transaction checks and approval validation for an 8-person operations workflow. Picked Alpine.js to keep the stack lean — no SPA build on top of ASP.NET MVC.

Alpine.js ASP.NET MVC Oracle SQL RDLC
03
Implemented access-control modules for an internal reporting system, including user management, RBAC, password recovery, password policy enforcement, and role-driven navigation. Built in-house rather than integrating a third-party IAM into the existing Web Forms app.

HTML/CSS/jQuery ASP.NET Web Forms MS SQL RDLC
Data Management
2 notes

01
Resolved a data type issue in transaction archiving, enabling 3M+ records from 2021 to 2024 to move from production to archive safely.

MS SQL
02
Added audit logging across rollback, retrieval, processing, and settlement flows, with soft deletion for traceability and root-cause analysis.

ASP.NET Web Forms VB.NET MS SQL
Production Support
2 notes

01
Built backend API and schema for one client-facing application and designed one internal web app, while keeping four legacy production systems stable.

02
Shipped 60+ production deployments over roughly 2 years, spanning new rollouts, enhancements, and fixes.
System Analysis
2 notes

01
Designed APIs and workflows that settlement, accounting, sales, and operations teams could agree on and ship against.

02
Documented 300+ system modules from legacy codebases as part of a docs-as-code initiative, giving the team a reliable reference for handoff, onboarding, and audit work.
02

EastWest Banking Corporation

Software QA Tester Intern

Manual & Automated TestingBug DocumentationCross-team Collaboration

Apr 2023 - Jul 2023 1 track
Testing & Quality Assurance
2 notes
1. 01
  Conducted manual and automated testing of banking software, identifying bugs and documenting issues clearly enough for development handoff.
2. 02
  Wrote bug reports and reproduction steps clear enough for development handoff, and verified fixes against the original requirements.
03

University of Makati

Computer Science Student

BS Computer ScienceUnity 2D Thesis GameApplication Development Major

Aug 2019 - Aug 2023 1 track
Thesis Project: Educational Game Development
1 note
1. 01
  Designed and developed a 2D educational game in Unity and C#, applying pathfinding and gameplay pacing for preschool learning flows.
  
  Unity C# Pathfinding Algorithms

Case Files

Production systems and personal builds, framed by problem, ownership, and impact.

5 files

PEMI ClientEase

Client-Facing

Live investor portal Backend owner

Self-service investor portal that replaced manual back-office account creation and update workflows.

Angular

.NET Web API

PostgreSQL QuestPDF

Open case file

LOI Generator

Internal Tool

Daily ops workflow Full-stack builder

Automated Letter of Intent generation from database records for an 8-person operations team.

Alpine.js

ASP.NET MVC

Oracle SQL RDLC

Open case file

Report Generator

Internal Tool

Access control repair Module owner

Centralized IAM module with RBAC and dynamic permissions, replacing manual SQL-based provisioning.

HTML/CSS/jQuery

ASP.NET Web Forms

MS SQL RDLC

Open case file

Dave Delivers

Personal

Craft showcase Product-minded build

Experimental macOS-inspired portfolio with CLI, desktop sim, and interactive easter eggs.

SvelteKit Turso SQLite

TailwindCSS

Open case file

Algorithm Visualized

Personal

Craft showcase Software Developer

A web app that visualizes common algorithms and data structures with interactive demos.

React

TailwindCSS

Open case file

Field Notes

A featured memo from production work — the rest live on the field notes page.

3 memos

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Proof Ledger

Delivery breadth, release rhythm, legacy ownership, and handoff care.

4 signals

01
Systems Built & Enhanced

Client-facing portals, internal tools, and workflow fixes carried into real use.

Build range
02
Production Deployments

Careful releases inside legacy-heavy environments where small mistakes are expensive.

Release rhythm
03
Legacy Systems Kept Stable

Proof
04
Modules Documented

Code-aligned documentation for maintenance, onboarding, and recovery work.

Handoff care

Working Style

Small habits around the work, what keeps me steady, and what I am sharpening next.

Taguig, PH

Fuel

Usually two coffees a day, timed suspiciously close to production edge cases.

Soundtrack

Hands All Over by Maroon 5 is still the steady-focus album.

Off-hours

Story-heavy RPGs keep me curious about pacing, systems, and user flow.

Current mode

Strengthening fundamentals on purpose because tools change fast.

GitHub Pulse

Quiet feed

Public rhythm, recent moves, and the repositories getting the most hands-on time.

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0 Repos Seen

0 repos touched

Last 30 Days

Public feed

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Repository Signal

Updated Sep 2

Repo activity is quiet right now.

Full-Stack Loadout

Tools grouped by the kind of work they support, not just the logo list.

Backend

APIs, business rules, authentication, and production fixes.

.NET

Node.js

VB.NET

PHP

.NET

Node.js

VB.NET

PHP

.NET

Node.js

VB.NET

PHP

.NET

Node.js

VB.NET

PHP

Frontend

Interfaces that sit close to real workflows and data entry.

JavaScript

TypeScript

Angular

Svelte

Alpine.js

jQuery

JavaScript

TypeScript

Angular

Svelte

Alpine.js

jQuery

JavaScript

TypeScript

Angular

Svelte

Alpine.js

jQuery

JavaScript

TypeScript

Angular

Svelte

Alpine.js

jQuery

Databases

Schema work, reporting queries, migration checks, and archives.

MS SQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle SQL

MySQL

MS SQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle SQL

MySQL

MS SQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle SQL

MySQL

MS SQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle SQL

MySQL

Tooling

Release support, source control, API testing, and container basics.

Git

GitHub

Docker

Postman

Git

GitHub

Docker

Postman

Git

GitHub

Docker

Postman

Git

GitHub

Docker

Postman

Credentials

Formal background and database credential behind the production work.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Major in Application Development

University of Makati, Makati City

August 2023

IT Specialist: Databases

Certification

Certiport

January 2023

Lowie Dave Dichoson

Vantage Financial Corporation

EastWest Banking Corporation

University of Makati

PEMI ClientEase

LOI Generator

Report Generator

Dave Delivers

Algorithm Visualized

Archiving 3M+ Transactions Without Breaking Production