About me.I'm a software engineer focused on back-end, cloud, and infrastructure.

Engineer I, The College Board

Northern Virginia, USA

Spanish (Native) · English (Fluent)

I'm currently a software engineer at The College Board, where I'm working on the BAWP Deliver Proctor Team. I also run Capitol Creative Collective, where I develop software for service-based businesses.

I'm a Peruvian-American engineer with a focus on back-end and cloud systems. I build scalable infrastructure, automate workflows, and help modernize products from concept to deployment. As a former QuestBridge Scholar, I've interned at Microsoft and Snap, Inc., and contributed to research at Yale's Interactive Machines Group and James Madison University.

Outside of work, I love tinkering with my home lab, where I run various self-hosted programs. AFK, I enjoy spending time outdoors. I love camping, fishing, learning to snowboard, and exploring art and photography. Martial arts is also a huge part of my life. I train Muay Thai and am a huge fan of Jiu-Jitsu.

Pssst… you can drag the photographs

I work across four disciplines

Back-end

Core

Services, data stores and APIs that stay fast and affordable as they grow.

Distributed caching (KeyDB / Redis)
API and service design
Python, Java, C# and C++
Databases and data pipelines

Optimized KeyDB cluster deployment, leading to an estimated annual savings of roughly $230,000 on staging clusters.

Backend Intern, Snap Inc.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud

Designing and running cloud infrastructure, from storage internals to ML workloads.

Microsoft Azure (certified)
Azure Batch and AutoML pipelines
High-performance cloud storage
Docker and Kubernetes

Established an Azure Batch endpoint for Project Silica's ML decode workflow and moved the AutoML pipeline to production.

Azure Core Intern, Microsoft

Automation & AI

Ops

Taking the busywork off people’s plates and putting self-hosted AI to work.

Self-hosted LLMs with Ollama
Retrieval-augmented assistants
CRM upgrades and migrations
Home lab and self-hosting

Deployed a self-hosted RAG-powered LLM assistant using Ollama, enhancing company-wide automation.

Software Engineer, Around Town Movers

Web & Product

Web

Shipping websites and products for local businesses and research labs.

React and TypeScript
Design in Figma
Full-stack web apps
IT and digital marketing

Building websites and providing IT solutions for local businesses while managing their digital marketing needs.

Founding Member, Capitol Creative Collective

Work Experience

Present

Engineer I

The College Board

New Grad Engineer on the BAWP Deliver Proctor Team, working mainly on infrastructure.

Early 2026

Research Assistant

James Madison University

Worked on Praxly 2.0, an IDE and translator for pseudocode languages.

2025 – Present

Founding Member / Designer

Capitol Creative Collective

Building websites and providing IT solutions for local businesses while managing their digital marketing needs.

Early 2025

Software Engineer

Around Town Movers

Upgraded SuiteCRM from v7.10 to 8.8.

Deployed a self-hosted RAG-powered LLM assistant using Ollama, enhancing company-wide automation.

Summer 2024

Backend Intern

Snap, Inc.

Optimized KeyDB cluster deployment by enabling single availability zone setups & reducing the minimum replication factor from 2 to 0, leading to an estimated annual savings of roughly $230,000 on staging clusters.

2023 – 2024

Specialist

Apple

Maintained a Net Promoter Score > 90 & ranked in the top-10 vendors in the store location during Q2 2024.

Contributed to the Apple Vision Pro launch through effective live demonstrations of key features.

Summer 2023

Azure Core Intern

Microsoft

Established an Azure Batch endpoint for Project Silica's ML decode workflow & transferred the AutoML pipeline to the XArchive subscription for production deployment.

Summer 2022

Azure Core Intern

Microsoft

Refactored serialization of NVDIMM/SSD drive maps from binary to JSON format for forwards compatibility with web tools; worked within the Direct Drive (Ultra Disk) team, providing high-performance cloud storage.