Santiago Aguirre

• Spearheaded innovative Generative AI projects as a Tech Lead, driving idea generation and strategic execution in a dynamic startup environment.
• Managed and guided a skilled team of programmers, designers, and technicians; allocated tasks effectively and ensured adherence to performance targets.
• Played a key role in updating project timelines, advancing design concepts, and implementing feature enhancements within the Generative AI domain.
• Authored comprehensive technical manuals on software development methodologies, establishing a foundational guide for IT personnel in future AI initiatives.

Currently building web3 NFT based simulation/strategy game for Basketball fanatics.

• Establish frontend architecture of web3 strategy basketball game that utilizes real ownership and NFTs, creating seamless user experience for players
• Participate in product discovery, design and decision making.
• Design and implement responsive and intuitive user interface, leveraging React and Next.js.
• Implement blockchain interactions using Django, ethers.js and websockets.
• Utilize Redis as message-queue and as caching strategy.
• Conduct extensive testing and optimization to ensure game's performance and scalability, leveraging tools like k6, Jest, and Puppeteer.
• Build smart contracts using Solidity to support the game on-chain infrastructure and NFT management.

Built decentralized app for the tracing of the drug production and delivery chain

• Managed 4 person team from Tech Lead position.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment
• Developed from scratch using React.js, Next.js, Ethers.js, Typescript and Solidity.
• Implemented smart contracts using HardHat framework - Integrated ERC-721 standard contracts for tracking of pharmaceutical drugs and their production chain.
• Worked with websockets, and blockchain events to provide real-time experience for users.

Built platform for internal management of underwriting, accounting and insurance claims for multibillion dollar company Odyssey Reinsurance.

• Joined advanced project built with Angular 2+, .NET Core and Node.js.
• Migrated entire project to micro frontends using React.js, Typescript and Lerna.
• Improved performance of main processing flow by 34% adding several caches and queues, using Redis and BullMQ.
• Processed, parsed and rendered complex reporting analytics data using Node.js and d3.js.

Built platform for management of 50+ educational centers for the Uruguayan Government, reaching more than 50,000 children and education professionals.

• Implemented from scratch with React.js, Node.js and Typescript.
• Conformed to heavy security regulations pertaining user and governmental information.
• Built data processing pipeline, implementing Pipes & Filters pattern.
• Streamlined postprocessing and reporting of data, including displaying data in several types of charts, using Chart.js.

Built platform for discounts, coupons and promotions for the same Supermarket chain group, with more than 300,000 users.

• Developed from scratch using React Native, Node.js and Typescript
• Managed location services with custom map features.
• Mapped barcode and QR code scans to stock products.
• Integrated with several identity providers, using Federated identity architectural pattern.