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Adan Condori C.

Full Stack Engineer @ Playbypoint USA
Master's in Software Engineering
Payment Systems Expert

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About

I’m Adan Condori, a Senior Engineering Leader with 10+ years building scalable payment systems and fintech products. I currently lead payment integrations at Playbypoint (USA), and I write here about the work behind real-world payments: gateway architecture, 3DS, ADRs, distributed systems, and the engineering practices that make all of it shippable.

What I do

  • Payment systems engineering — Multi-gateway architectures, idempotency, capability registries, reconciliation, 3DS 2.0, PCI scope reduction. Production systems handling $5M+ in transactions.
  • Engineering leadership — Hiring, mentoring, on-call rotations, sprint triage, incident reviews. I care about teams that ship, not just teams that talk.
  • Software architecture — Architecture Decision Records, design patterns, layered systems, cloud migrations (IBM → AWS), refactoring at scale.

Why this blog exists

I write what I wish I’d had when I was learning. Most engineering posts skim the surface; I try to ground every post in the specific incidents, code, and metrics that taught me the lesson. If a post doesn’t include real numbers (MTTR, latency, error rate, transaction volume), it didn’t make the cut.

Posts are mostly in Spanish — there’s a real shortage of senior-level engineering content in Spanish, and that’s something I want to help fix. I publish English versions when the topic warrants it.

Where to find me

Education

  • Master’s in Software Engineering — Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM), Bolivia
  • Multiple specialization courses in distributed systems, payment security (PCI-DSS), and cloud architecture

Selected work history

  • Playbypoint (USA) — Senior Full Stack Engineer / Payment Systems Lead. Multi-gateway payment platform, 3DS 2.0 integration, reconciliation pipelines.
  • Multiple prior roles across Banco Fassil, NETACTICA, and consulting engagements in payment platforms, banking integrations, and high-availability systems.
  • University teaching role — guest lecturer on software architecture and design patterns.

Full timeline in my CV (PDF).

Speaking, teaching, mentoring

I’m available for:

  • Internal engineering talks (payment systems, architecture, ADRs, engineering practice)
  • Podcast appearances on fintech / payments engineering
  • 1:1 mentoring for senior engineers transitioning into payments
  • Code review and architecture review for payment platforms

Reach out if any of this is useful: adan.condoric@gmail.com.

Editorial policy

  • Every post is written by me, from first-hand experience. No AI-generated content.
  • I cite primary sources (Stripe docs, EMVCo 3DS spec, PCI-DSS, RFCs) when applicable. References section at the bottom of each long-form post.
  • If I get something wrong, I update the post and note the change. Corrections are a feature, not a bug — the last_modified_at date in the schema reflects when each post was last reviewed.
  • Code samples are illustrative — production systems always have more context than fits a blog post.
  • No sponsored content. No affiliate links. No paywall.