About

Eric N. Garcia

I'm a Principal Engineer who still stays close to the code. My work spans React/React Native design systems, cloud-native services, and operational reliability — including 24-hour security response on enterprise platforms.

I lead technical direction without losing the details that make systems shippable: contracts, CI, performance, and clear ownership.

Currently Principal Engineer – Systems Architect at Verizon, I architect multi-platform component systems used by 7,000+ internal users. Previously at IBM, I built Quote-to-Cash microservices, enterprise migration tooling in Go, and helped maintain Carbon Design System open source.

I started in mobile development (B.S., Full Sail University) and still care about the full path from design tokens to production code — accessibility, developer experience, and systems that hold up under real load.

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Experience

Impact-focused highlights. Full chronology and credentials live on the resume.

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Principal Engineer – Systems Architect

Verizon

Jan 2024 – Present

Lead architecture for cross-platform design systems and enterprise mobile/web experiences used by thousands of internal users.

• Built a mobile design system from the ground up (shadcn/ui, React Native reusables, NativeWind), aligned to brand and developer workflows.
• Scaled systems to 7,000+ active users; improved prototype velocity ~40% after launch.
• Delivered an AI-powered feedback sanitization pipeline for customer and reseller comments.
• Set technical roadmaps, package boundaries, and monorepo release practices (Nx, design tokens).

Senior Full Stack Developer (Quote to Cash)

IBM

Jul 2021 – Dec 2023

Owned core sales deal microservices and reliability work on the Q2C platform.

• Built and maintained services in Go, React, and TypeScript; modernized legacy paths and improved database performance.
• Drove critical security fixes to production within 24 hours.
• Core maintainer of open-source gatsby-theme-carbon (Carbon Design System) — major upgrades, a11y, and global portal quality.

Staff Software Engineer (Migration, Analytics & API Connect)

IBM

Feb 2017 – Jun 2021

Enterprise tooling and analytics for IBM API Connect.

• Designed a high-performance Go migration utility for clients moving between major API Connect versions, including globalization.
• Built analytics and enterprise integration endpoints for high-throughput API management.

Software Engineer (MobileFirst Platform)

IBM

Jul 2015 – Feb 2017

Level-3 product support and developer relations for IBM MobileFirst.

• Diagnosed customer iOS/Android issues and shipped core product patches.
• Authored push notification samples and tutorials (Swift, Java, Objective-C) for the developer community.

Skills

Grouped by how I use them in production — not an exhaustive keyword dump.

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptGoSwiftKotlin / JavaObjective-C

UI & platforms

ReactReact NativeNext.jsGatsbyStorybookRadix / shadcnNativeWind

Architecture & delivery

Design systems & tokensMonorepos (Nx)MicroservicesGraphQL / RESTDocker / KubernetesCI/CD

Craft

WCAG / a11yDesign-to-code workflowsTechnical leadershipAI-assisted product workflows

Education

Full Sail University

Bachelor of Science in Mobile Development · 2015

Native iOS and Android, mobile UX, scalable data infrastructures, and cross-platform foundations.

• Mobile Media Design
• Scalable Data Infrastructures
• Visual Frameworks
• Mobile User Experience
• Objective-C I & II
• Java I & II
• Application Deployment
• Cross-Platform Dev