Gaspar Garcia
Head Of AI Research And API at Vercel
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolGaspar Garcia is Head of AI Research and API at Vercel with 12 years of experience building scalable systems at the intersection of AI, large-scale data processing, and security. He rose through engineering and product roles at Vercel—from turbo builds to observability and strategic projects—bringing hands-on delivery experience to leadership. His background includes applied cryptography and research stints at Stanford, pairing rigorous academic training in AI and theory with production-grade engineering. An active contributor to Vercel’s Turborepo, he improved CLI remote caching and added HMAC-backed integrity for artifact transfers, reflecting a focus on secure, high-performance developer tooling. Based in San Francisco, he combines systems-level thinking with API and research vision to operationalize AI features for developer platforms. He’s as comfortable refactoring configuration and DevOps flows as he is defining research directions that bridge security and scale.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Long Beach Polytechnic High SchoolMaster of Science (MS) Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), Master of Science (MS) Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) at Stanford University
Spanish
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Github Skills (13)
caching10
go10
hmac10
web-cache10
cicd10
typescript-types9
typescript9
build-system9
build-tools9
typescripts9
rust8
javascript8
monorepo8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
vercel/turborepo
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Build system optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript, written in Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:123 reviews, 24 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Gaspar primarily focused on enhancing the Turborepo CLI and its interaction with remote caching capabilities. Their contributions included ensuring correct configuration file handling, particularly for SSO logins, and addressing edge cases in new repository setups. Furthermore, the user implemented HMAC signature verification for artifact uploads and downloads, increasing the security of cached assets. The user also refactored code to centralize access to configuration files and dependencies.
monorepoincrementalturborepobundlerrust
gaspar09/next.js
May 2022 - Apr 2024
The React Framework
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
reactjavascriptframeworkstorybookreact-framework
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