Juan Cortés is a developer experience and developer relations leader with 11 years of experience building community-driven programs and AI tooling across education and developer ecosystems. He has led large-scale initiatives at GitHub—growing student programs, integrating generative AI into curricula, and reaching 100,000+ researchers—then moved into senior DevRel roles focused on making AI interactions intuitive and accessible. Skilled in program design, event strategy, sponsorship relations, and data-driven KPIs, he combines product thinking with hands-on implementation (Python/SQL dashboards and front-end work). Based in San Francisco, he’s known for scaling communities globally and for a pragmatic, human-centered approach to tooling that amplifies user feedback. A self-described analogue thinker in a digital world, he brings a creative, community-first lens to technical programs and documentation.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence at Facultad de Ingeniería de la UNAM
Bachillerato, Bachillerato at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB), Business, Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB), Business at Harvard Business School Online
A simple app for logging twitch's chat to a PostgreSQL database.
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 4 months
postgresql-databasechatloggingtwitchdatabase
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