Alan Torres is a seasoned engineer and two-time founding engineer with 15 years of experience building AR and interactive video products, blending on-device deep learning and tracking algorithms into consumer-facing apps. Based in California, he helped build Octi鈥檚 AR app powered by on-device neural models and created interactive video experiences at Fuisz Video, demonstrating a strong focus on real-time perception and user interaction. Comfortable across the stack, he contributes front-end improvements鈥攕uch as enhancing drag-and-drop behavior in a React/Slate rich-text editor鈥攁nd tackles integration and build issues hands-on. Trained as a mechatronics engineer and PhD candidate in AI, he brings a rare mix of hardware-aware systems thinking and applied machine learning. A pragmatic builder at heart, he favors shipping robust, user-centric features that bridge research prototypes and production constraints.
15 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering, Electronics, Mechanics, Informatics, Control and Automation, Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering, Electronics, Mechanics, Informatics, Control and Automation at Tecnol贸gico de Monterrey
Contributions:1 review, 26 commits, 12 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alan primarily focused on enhancing the drag-and-drop functionality within the rich-text editor, a React-based application. They added a new drag-and-drop story, ensuring it integrated well with existing features. The contributions include refactoring code, adding filters, and optimizing component behavior, with a focus on preventing specific deletions. These changes involved interactions with Slate.js plugins and involved fixing build issues and removing unused imports.
Contributions:18 reviews, 12 PRs, 42 pushes in 2 months
reactslate-pluginsslatenext-gentypescript
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