Founder — Bit & Byte Ideas

Built by
someone
who's been
there.

Founder & Engineer

Carlos
Barajas

github.com/bit-and-byte-ideas

I've been building software and infrastructure since 2008 — starting as a programmer analyst and working my way through senior engineering, management, and platform leadership roles across fintech, energy, and financial services.

Most recently I've focused on platform engineering: running developer experience, designing GitOps workflows, and building the cloud infrastructure that engineering teams depend on daily. Before that, I managed site reliability at Shell Recharge Solutions, where I stood up end-to-end observability, incident management, and Kubernetes-based container orchestration across AWS — all managed as code with Terraform.

Earlier in my career I led a software engineering team of 20+ people, introduced TDD practices and CI/CD pipelines from scratch, and helped start the first DevOps team at LightStream. I also spent a year teaching Java and JavaScript at Coleman University.

I founded Bit & Byte Ideas in 2024 to bring that same engineering discipline to small businesses and startups who deserve reliable, well-built software — without the overhead of a large agency.

What I Work With

Frontend

  • React & TypeScript
  • HTML / CSS
  • Static Site Generation & SSR
  • Progressive Web Apps

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Azure (Static Web Apps, Functions)
  • AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3)
  • Terraform & OpenTofu
  • Kubernetes & Helm
  • Docker

DevOps & GitOps

  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI / Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus
  • PagerDuty
  • Ansible & SaltStack

Languages & Backends

  • TypeScript / JavaScript
  • Go
  • C# & .NET
  • Java (Spring)
  • Python

Best Fit For

Small Businesses & Local Services

You need a professional web presence that actually converts visitors — not a template site that looks like everyone else. I build custom web applications tailored to your brand and your customers.

Startups & Founders

You're moving fast and need cloud infrastructure done right from day one. I help founders avoid the expensive mistakes — architecture, CI/CD, deployments, and observability set up before they become problems.

Teams Needing a Technical Partner

You have a product idea or an existing codebase that needs engineering horsepower. Whether it's building a new feature, migrating to the cloud, or improving your developer experience — I work alongside your team.

Ready to build something?

Let's Talk.