Summary
Fernando Contreras is a software engineer and founding AI architect with 11 years of experience building backend-first, revenue-focused systems—primarily in Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL—for fintech, logistics, and education. He moves beyond feature work to architect platforms that run businesses autonomously, from a 0-to-1 logistics engine at Litebox Parcel to Studio Link, a production SaaS handling payments, biometric attendance, and a WhatsApp-first contact agent. His pragmatic focus is connecting LLMs and automation tools like n8n to real operations so AI reduces manual work and plugs revenue leakage rather than being a marketing pitch. He prioritizes diagnosing the real problem before coding, building high-reliability systems that scale without accruing technical debt, and shipping what measurably moves the needle. Based in Monterrey, Mexico, he routinely hands off day-to-day ops to concentrate on architecture and product-market fit, helping founders go from idea to customer-ready MVPs. An uncommon thread across his career is treating technology explicitly as a revenue asset—designing systems whose operational outcomes are as important as their code.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Grado en Ingeniería Informática del Software, Grado en Ingeniería Informática del Software at Universidad de Oviedo
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code Camp
Tecnico en Mecatronica Industrial, Mantenimiento, Tecnico en Mecatronica Industrial, Mantenimiento at Escuela Industrial Alvaro Obregon
Fullstack Developer, Angular, Django, NodeJS, Fullstack Developer, Angular, Django, NodeJS at Platzi
Software Engineering, Web application development, Software Engineering, Web application development at Facultad de Ingenieria Mecanica y Electrica
Spanish, English, French