Daniel
My grandpa Daniel is known for his charisma, love for helping, and will always greet you with warmth and a big smile (and a piece of wisdom).My grandpa Daniel is known for his charisma, love for helping, and will always greet you with warmth and a big smile (and a piece of wisdom).
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My grandfather Ricardo has been one of the boldest, hardest working people I’ve met in my life. RIP 1952-2021🕊️My grandfather Ricardo has been one of the boldest, hardest working people I’ve met in my life. RIP 1952-2021🕊️
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Full-Stack Software Engineer and UX/UI Designer

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My purpose is to transform the world through education and technology.

I am a bilingual Full-Stack Engineer who builds fast, scalable systems from UX to production. I've delivered measurable impact such as 50% faster load times and reducing project delivery from 6 to 3 months—by building across frontend, backend, and modern development workflows. I am known for my product ownership, clear communication, leadership, and problem-solving in complex domains, always striving for excellence. I am passionate about creating innovative, disruptive technology and the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), AR/VR, and Applied AI.
Let's work together

Tech Stack

Infrastructure & Tools

AWSAWS
AzureAzure
Google CloudGoogle Cloud
FirebaseFirebase
CloudflareCloudflare
gRPCgRPC
RabbitMQRabbitMQ
DockerDocker
KubernetesKubernetes

Design

FigmaFigma
ZeplinZeplin

Data

MongoDBMongoDB
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL

Web UI

Next.jsNext.js
AstroAstro
ReactReact

Backend

DjangoDjango
FastAPIFastAPI
.NET.NET
GoGo

Education

Education
Computer Science Major with Minor in Software Developmentlink
  • Awardee of Generacion E Scholarship for outstanding results in nation wide standardized exam
  • Award winning project Optika
  • Computer science student representative
  • Founder of EAFIT Black collective AFROEAFIT
  • 4.4/5 GPA
McKinsey & CompanyMcKinsey & Companylink

Communication for impact, Structured problem solving, Adaptability and resilience and more.

University of AlbertaUniversity of Albertalink

Design Patterns, SOA, Architectural Diagrams and Trade-offs

LearnQuestLearnQuestlink

Backend Development With Spring Boot

Most of my learning is done by reading, it allows me to engage in a deeper relationship with the information in trying to grasp. For technical books I usually reach for O'Reilly Media.

Here there is a list of books I’ve studied and constantly find myself going back to.
Reading

For my lifelong learning I pick one technical book and a non-technical book to study, sometimes I will pick a paper/article of interest to read.

Work

Job Experience

Dec 2025 - Sep 2025

Software Engineer

  • Led the redesign and development of strategic sections of the website (MCAC, Formación, Chocó–Darién Corridor), applying requirements gathering, Figma prototyping, and frontend development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Coordinated and delivered tech training sessions, designing content, assessments, and learning follow-up for the team.
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Formacion DesignMCAC Design

Dec 2024 - Jun 2024

Tech Intern

  • Developed a no code tool for building HTML templates and dynamic charts using React, Redux and .NET, cutting HTML templates development time.
  • Embedded a variable manager for inserting value placeholders in templates to create multiple HTML pages with different data.
  • Optimized backend and frontend API calls, improving template loading times by 50%.
  • Reduced project duration from 6 to 3 months
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Jun 2024 - Ene 2023

Capstone 1 Teaching Assistant

  • Mentored 200+ students on full stack development
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Featured Projects

Some cool stuff I’ve worked on throughout the years.

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Best solution award winner at GEMIS awards 2022 Link Icon

Home security system with facial recognition for real time detection of trusted individuals and possible intruders.

  • Face detection and recognition pipeline for identity verification.
  • IoT device with camera and servo-controlled door mechanism
  • Web application for adding facial recognition to trusted visitors, detection logs, video streaming from Optika Camera, and trigger email alerts.
  • Firebase
  • Azure
  • Django
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Arduino

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KarelDB

Multithreaded in-memory database management system with AOF (Append-only file) persistence mechanism.

  • TCP Server implementation using Sockets and Threads
  • Implemented basic INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT operations, ensuring data integrity in a multithreaded environment using locks.
  • Added 5 data types (int, string, datetime, boolean, array), foreign key support and CREATE database operation from a JSON database schema
  • Java CLI client for managing a KarelDB instance
  • Java
  • Python

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Carpeta Ciudadana

Digital Citizen Folder System for secure personal files management.

  • FastAPI Microservices orchestrated using Google Kubernetes Engine and Kong API Gateway
  • MongoDB Databases for each microservice and Cloud Storage for file storage
  • Cloud-based storage for uploading, managing, and downloading personal files
  • Document transfer and requests between citizens using the system.
  • Google Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • MongoDB
  • FastAPI

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Technological Solutions for Clients

I solve business problems of your company with technology:

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Inspired by the vibrant colors of the brand and their chivas I designed and developed TuryChivas website to showcase their offering and streamline customer inquiry resolution and booking.

  • SEO Optimization
  • Analytics dashboard
  • Content management system
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Let’s get in touch

Currently open for software engineering roles or related

Let’s build together.

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