Richard Valera
Desarrollador Full Stack Proyecto MENTA (Chatbot De IA)
Santiago, Cartago Province, Chile
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Top SchoolRichard Valera is a pragmatic full-stack developer with 9 years of experience, currently building an AI-powered mental health chatbot (Proyecto MENTA) that increased access by 30% and earned recognition at eAwards 2025. He specializes in backend systems, APIs and microservices with Python, Django and FastAPI, and has applied NLP models like DistilBERT to personalize user interactions and boost engagement. His background includes delivering scalable health-sector platforms for the Superintendencia de Salud, where he moved projects from integration to production-ready modular services. Based in Santiago, Chile, he blends hands-on engineering with a product focus—often enabling offline and WhatsApp functionality to reach users beyond traditional web channels.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
PlatziIngeniería en sistemas, Computer Engineering Technology/Technician, Vicerrectorado Luis Caballero Mejías - Núcleo Guarenas, Ingeniería en sistemas, Computer Engineering Technology/Technician, Vicerrectorado Luis Caballero Mejías - Núcleo Guarenas at UnexpoProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
omivalera/bsale_front
Mar 2022 - Mar 2022
Contributions:57 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
omivalera/mvs
Mar 2017 - Sep 2019
GitHub Pages
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
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