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Some engineers write code.I architect what comes next.

I build backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack products that solve real problems — the kind that need to hold up when real users show up at scale. If you're looking for someone who thinks before they type, you're in the right place.

Guadalajara, MX · UTC-6Available for the right project

01.About

I started building software to solve problems that bothered me. That instinct never left.

Today I design backend systems and cloud infrastructure for products that need to work — really work — when real users show up. I think in architectures before I think in code. I care about what happens after launch, not just before it.

Outside work, I'm competing in ICPC, researching neural network models at CIBLab, or exploring how AI tools are changing the way engineers work.

Based in Guadalajara, México. Available for the right project, anywhere.

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02.Experience

Cloud Full Stack Engineer (Associate) @ IBM

Mar 2026 – Present · Guadalajara, México · Hybrid

Designing backend services and REST APIs with Python (FastAPI, Django) for cloud-native applications used by enterprise clients. AWS serverless architectures — Lambda, S3, EventBridge, RDS — and full-stack web platforms within cross-functional Agile teams.

Cloud Full Stack Intern @ IBM

Sep 2025 – Mar 2026

Selected for IBM's competitive internship program. Contributed to production systems from day one with AWS, Python backends, and the MEAN stack alongside senior engineers.

ICPC · 2022–2025

Gran Premio de México

Four consecutive years. 10+ challenges solved at regional level.

Oracle ONE Program · 2024–2025

700+ hours

Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Oracle Cloud, AI tools.

CIBLab · CUCEI · 2024–2025

Research Intern

Hybrid systems for hyperparameterized neural network models.

2025

Certifications

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Foundations Associate
  • IBM Generative & Agentic AI Foundation

03.Projects

01 / POR
brand · catalog · react

P—01 · Featured

Porelia — Brand Identity & Catalog Site

A K-Beauty skincare brand needed a way to show their vision before going live. No existing brand, no web presence — just a product they believed in. I designed the brand identity and built a catalog site: color palette, typography, visual language, product catalog with category and skin-type filters, and an order flow so visitors could request products directly.

ReactViteCSS custom properties
02 / LFY
ai · 3d · social · node

P—02

Leafy.ai — AI-Powered Urban Garden Platform

An urban garden planning platform with AI-generated care guides, 3D interactive visualization, and a social layer — posts, comments, likes, JWT auth. Backend on a service-repository architecture. Built because the problem was real and the solution was worth engineering properly.

ReactNode.jsTypeScript
03 / SPM
electron · ipc · modular

P—03

Space-Manager — Modular Productivity Desktop App

A desktop application for managing custom workspaces — grouping apps, web tools, and productivity modules in one place. Modular architecture with tasks, analytics, plugins, and automation. Secure frontend-backend communication via contextBridge and IPC. The kind of tooling problem nobody solves. So I did.

ElectronReactTypeScript
04 / ETL
python · playwright · pandas

P—04

Automated Data Pipeline — Web Scraping & Reporting

Automated extraction, cleaning, and export to Excel — ready for business intelligence workflows. Manual data collection is a solved problem.

PythonPlaywrightPandasOpenPyXL
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04.Skills

The tools I reach for — and why. Not every technology I've touched. The ones I've used in production, understand deeply, and trust to build on.

Languages

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptC++JavaSQL

Backend

FastAPIDjangoNode.jsExpressSpring Boot

Cloud

AWS EC2LambdaS3RDSCloudFrontEventBridgeDocker

Data

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedis

Frontend

ReactAngularViteTailwind CSS

Tooling

GitGitHubClaude AIGitHub Copilot

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025Certified Foundations Associate

IBM Generative & Agentic AIFoundation Certification

05.CraftCode Studio

~/ technical practice · for founders & businesses

Some projects need more than a developer. They need someone who understands the business problem before opening a code editor. That's what CraftCode Studio is for.

A small technical practice for founders and businesses who want their digital product built right — with architecture that holds, code that can be handed off, and a partner who stays accountable after launch.

Custom web applications

From marketing sites to full-stack platforms.

Data automation & scraping

If you're doing it manually, it can be automated.

API development & integrations

The backend your product actually needs.

Working with clients in the US and Latin America · craftcode.studio

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06.Contact

Let's talk.

If something here resonated — a project, a role, or just a problem you're thinking through — I'd like to hear about it.

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