Miguel Damien Garcera
Software Engineer · Developer
01 — ABOUT
From Business Requirements to Production Systems.
Hi, I'm Miguel! A software engineer from the Philippines who is passionate about turning business requirements into production-ready systems. I come with hands-on experience building enterprise-scale systems, years of collaborative development work, and a self-driven approach to learning that has carried me from fundamentals to real-world solutions
02 — EXPERIENCE
Apr 2026 — May 2026
Remote
Freelance Full-Stack Developer
Tavidell Law Offices
Architected and delivered a serverless billable-hours tracking system for a growing law firm as the sole developer, replacing each lawyer's separate Excel sheets with one place to log hours. Partners approve entries there and track every lawyer's progress against their billable-hour quota.
Jan 2025 — Dec 2025
Hybrid
Full-Stack Developer (Contract)
Ateneo de Naga University
Built key modules of ADNUONE, the university-wide employee portal for 1,200+ faculty and staff, where employees check their own attendance and deans, chairs and office heads oversee their teams. For Phase 2 of the university's HRIS, developed new management modules and redesigned the reporting-line schema to support offices with multiple unit heads, a foundation both systems rely on.
Jul 2023 — Jun 2024
Hybrid
Application Developer Intern
Ateneo de Naga University
Co-designed a new UI/UX in Figma for RACER, the university's legacy record management system for research and creative works, as part of the MIS Office development team. It was later built from our design.
03 — PROJECTS
OTHER PROJECTS
2026
04 — ACHIEVEMENTS
Cum Laude — BS Information Technology
Ateneo de Naga University · GPA 3.55 / 4.00
Graduated with Latin honors from Ateneo de Naga University, Batch 2025.
Idea2Startup Fund Awardee
LGU Naga City · ₱53,874 grant
Selected by the Local Government Unit of Naga City as one of the top startup proposals, receiving a grant to fund the testing and initial deployment of an AI-powered platform.
Ateneo Freshmen Computer Programming Competition
Ranked 9th of 97 participants
An individual competitive programming competition held within the university.
