Summary
Carl Velasco is a creator and software engineer with 8 years’ experience building full-stack web and mobile products that blend generative AI with pragmatic product design. He has founded startups and shipped classroom-focused SaaS and mobile apps, repeatedly pairing customer interviews and rapid iterations to find high-impact solutions for teachers and schools. Technically fluent across Next.js, NestJS, React Native, TypeScript and MongoDB, he integrates Google Gemini, OpenAI and Anthropic APIs to deliver AI-powered features and automated customer acquisition engines. His background in mechatronics and robotics gives him an uncommon systems-thinking edge when designing end-to-end products, and he’s repeatedly shortened development cycles with Copilot and LLM-driven tooling. Based in Auckland, Carl thrives in teams that value experimentation and data-driven product discovery while keeping real user needs central.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (with First Class Honours), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (with First Class Honours), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at The University of Auckland
English, Tagalog