Senior Software Engineer and AI Engineer

I design, build, and operate my own software products end to end, from architecture and data modeling through payments, deployment, and operations.

My work includes TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, React, PostgreSQL, Stripe, Vitest, Playwright, Vercel, Python, and LLM APIs. I build products with comprehensive CI coverage, pull-request review, and automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.

Freelance role in Booking.com's FinTech organization, building agentic AI workflows and enabling AI-assisted software delivery with Product and Engineering teams.

I build MCP-enabled workflows for workshop preparation, experiment tracking, and data-informed value-stream mapping. I configure bounded AI agents and reusable skills with evidence rules and clear human accountability for outputs.

I supported DevSecOps teams responsible for mission-critical fulfilment, logistics, and mechanisation systems.

I led GitHub Copilot adoption with review and testing guardrails and designed hands-on AI-assisted development workshops for engineering and product teams.

I founded and operated a consultancy and training initiative focused on e-commerce sourcing and IT transformation.

I built Python automation scripts using LLM APIs for product research and sourcing, and designed and taught a six-week live program for more than 50 participants.

I led delivery roles across embedded software, cloud platforms, and mobile applications in an EV charging company.

I launched and coached a CI/CD team that built release pipelines and improved release frequency and cycle time. I also ran delivery for a release train of more than 10 teams, including Eichrecht-certified chargers for the German market.

I worked as a senior backend engineer on enterprise digital banking applications for international banks.

I designed and implemented REST APIs and microservices using Java 11 and Spring Boot, containerized services with Docker, deployed them on Kubernetes, and collaborated with solution architects on end-to-end system design.

I worked remotely as a senior offshore developer for ON24, building modules for an enterprise webcasting SaaS platform serving US clients.

I developed servlets, JSP pages, business logic, OAuth 2.0 social sharing features, SQL and PL/SQL data access, Jenkins pipelines, and Angular components. I practiced TDD and BDD for high-volume platform features.

I worked as a senior Java engineer for Tickr, building custom enterprise analytics modules for customers including Google and O2.

I developed Java 8 modules and REST services using Guice dependency injection, JPA/JPQL, and JUnit tests, helping accelerate frontend integration through API specifications.

I ran my own company delivering e-commerce and custom web applications for clients.

I redesigned servlet applications with JSF, PrimeFaces, JPA, and EJB to improve scalability, and built customized online stores with PrestaShop and PHP.

I held my first engineering roles building Java web applications for healthcare, public-sector GIS, and education organizations in Colombia.

I developed Spring MVC, JPA, JSP, Hibernate, JavaScript, and Oracle solutions. At IGAC, I built a GIS module for mapping traffic signs and advised a team of approximately 10 developers on design decisions.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering in Bogotá, Colombia.

Scholarship-based international internship in Enterprise Java in Mysore, India.

C1 English proficiency studies completed in Eastbourne, England.