About
I'm a software engineer and founder based in Santiago, Chile. I dropped out of CS engineering at UdeC in 2024 to work on my own projects full time, and most of what I've shipped since is below: web platforms as a founding engineer, an iOS app, and control software for hardware that goes underwater or up in a balloon. I've competed at HackMIT three times and won a category once. Since March 2026 I've been studying Mandarin Chinese at the Confucius Institute UC.
Work Experience
Things I've shipped
Production platforms, underwater control systems, nanosatellites, and more: a selection of projects I've built from the ground up.
Built the entire platform as founding engineer: took a wireframe to production, led the React-to-Next.js rewrite, designed the multi-channel inventory sync, and set up CI/CD with automated testing. Currently in Early Access with active merchants.
iOS app for learning Mandarin vocabulary. FSRS-6 spaced repetition schedules each word right before you would forget it, with full HSK 2.0 and 3.0 decks, native audio, offline support, and a lock screen widget that turns every glance at your phone into a review.
Vortex Underwater Rover OSD
Engineered a low-latency, bidirectional ROV control system to seamlessly integrate live telemetry, video feeds, recordings, and controller-based navigation into one single dashboard.
Deep Hub
AI-powered geospatial platform for analysis of aerial and satellite data, accelerating environmental and industrial decisions. Built from the ground up. Recognized by local media for its impact on forestry operations.
Hackathons
Three trips to HackMIT, one category win, and seven other competitions. Each one was 48 hours of building something that shouldn't work yet, and making it work anyway.
AWS Breaking Barriers Challenge Chile
FCFM, Universidad de Chile — Santiago, Chile
Won the “Sustentabilidad” category (“Electromovilidad eficiente” challenge) and reached the finals of AWS's first Breaking Barriers hackathon in Latin America, with an energy-aware route planner for electric delivery fleets that schedules deliveries and charging stops under battery constraints, using real road distances from Amazon Location Service.
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platanus hack [25]
Santiago, Chile
Deployed an AI agent integrated with a fullstack web app to assist with personal finance management. Connects with Chilean Open Banking APIs (Fintoc) to analyze transactions, visualize spending patterns, and provide intelligent insights through natural conversation.
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platanus hack [24]
Santiago, Chile
Developed the frontend for a machine learning platform that predicts and optimizes medical diagnoses using graph theory, hypergraphs, and representation learning. This approach uncovered patterns in patient symptoms that enabled faster and more accurate diagnoses.
HackMIT '24
Boston, Massachusetts
Developed an AI-driven tool to measure and visualize similarity scores across your LinkedIn network, helping users discover relevant leads, mentors, and synergy within their professional circles.
Get in Touch
Want to talk? Reach me at cxrlos@kenobi.dev or DM me on LinkedIn. I respond faster to email.