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Jael

Senior Software Engineer · AI Products

My impact

6M+Wi-Fi networks indexed

Complex systems, user-first

H3 spatial indexing in PostgreSQL took Wayru's map from up to 7 seconds to under 500ms.

1stZKForge 2025, out of the whole field

AI-assisted velocity

ZalaryCheck was architected, AI-generated against a mock-first workflow, and shipped in under a week.

1,500Scooters under live control

Software that touches the street

Real-time control across 10+ fleets in 8 countries, plus an operator app rebuilt from scratch that became the fleet teams' primary daily tool.

~60Releases to Google Play and the App Store

Quality that compounds

Shipped to users in 100+ countries as the principal mobile engineer, owning release management end to end.

Six years of shipping

  1. Independent Projects & Freelance

    Senior Software Engineer · AI Products

    1st place at ZKForge 2025 · An extension on the VS Code Marketplace and OpenVSX · A clinic platform live in Chile.

    Freelance engagements alongside products built and run solo, end to end. The workflow is AI-native and self-made, comprising a Claude Code skill library that generates and maintains other skills, MCP servers and subagents, and Playwright suites on everything shipped.

    • TypeScript
    • Claude Code
    • MCP
    • VS Code API
    • Playwright
    • ZK Proofs

    11/2025 — PresentRemote · EcuadorFreelance & own products

  2. Shappi

    Software Engineer

    A dynamic table and form framework adopted across ~20 admin modules, cutting the time to build a new one by 60%.

    Cross-border e-commerce logistics in Flutter and Angular: warehouse operations, repacking, payment flows, and a self-service claims system that has replaced manual database queries. In addition, AI tooling was integrated into the daily workflow, with a LLM agent being developed as a prototype to manage tickets.

    • Flutter
    • Dart
    • TypeScript
    • Angular
    • Astro

    04/2025 — 05/2026Remote · US companyFull-time contract

  3. Wayru

    Mobile Application Developer

    Map queries over 6M+ networks cut from up to 7 seconds to under 500ms using Uber's H3 spatial indexing in PostgreSQL.

    Principal mobile engineer on a free Wi-Fi map with real social impact. Rearchitected a noisy codebase into a modular React Native app, added an offline mode that downloads a region's networks for no-signal use, and owned ~60 releases to both stores across 100+ countries.

    • React Native
    • TypeScript
    • Kotlin
    • PostgreSQL

    06/2022 — 10/2024Remote · US companyFull-time contract

  4. Hop Scooter

    Full Stack Developer

    Real-time control of 1,500 scooters across 10+ fleets, with white-label delivery cut from 3 weeks to 1.

    Built a white-label system that put 5 branded apps into production across 8 countries, then rebuilt the operator app from scratch with full design ownership. The operations team in Finland stated that it is faster and more intuitive than the previous app.

    • React
    • React Native
    • Express
    • Google Cloud Functions
    • Python

    10/2020 — 06/2022Remote · US companyFull-time contract

  5. Icono Sistemas

    Full Stack & Mobile Developer

    Two products delivered end to end as the sole developer, from client spec to launch.

    First commercial work: the Xtrema FM Ecuador streaming app with a Laravel admin module, and Icono HotSpot, selling limited-time Wi-Fi access in public spaces on Mikrotik hardware.

    • React Native
    • Expo
    • Laravel
    • Mikrotik

    02/2019 — 12/2019Remote · EcuadorFreelance

Education

  • Engineer's Degree in Software EngineeringUniversidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE-L · 10/2014 — 03/2021
  • English B2Cambridge · 2026
  • Zero Knowledge ProofsZkCore Ecuador · 11/2025

Certifications

  • ZKForge Hackathon 2025 — 1st Place WinnerZKForge · 2025
  • Triplebyte Certified in ReactTriplebyte · 2022
  • Scrum Master & Product OwnerCertiprof · 2020 — 2022

Let's build
something awesome.

If you are building in Fintech, web3, developer tools or AI infrastructure, and are seeking a long-term partner, I would like to hear about it.

Hired as a contractor by US companies, either through Deel or via a direct international transfer. No sponsorship needed.