Who I Am

I’m a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Kueski, IEEE Volunteer, and Career Coach with extensive experience in fintech and engineering leadership. I specialize in building scalable ML platforms, cloud architecture, and mentoring high-impact engineering teams.

Current Role

🚀 Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Kueski

August 2024 – Present

Leading ML operations and infrastructure for Mexico’s largest online consumer lender (recognized as one of the world’s top fintech companies in 2025), serving millions of users with secure, scalable machine learning platforms.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Model operations and lifecycle management for production ML applications
  • Infrastructure design and management for data science and ML teams
  • Cloud security protocols and application architecture oversight
  • Engineering team mentorship and cross-functional collaboration

Impact: Maintained 99.9% uptime for critical ML services while scaling to handle millions of daily transactions.

Professional Journey

🏢 Kueski - Complete Journey (4+ Years)

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Aug 2023 – Aug 2024)

  • Developed internal MLE platform enabling seamless data integration across products
  • Led R&D initiatives for ML/DS tools and service architectures
  • Managed cloud infrastructure ensuring efficient operations and scalability

Machine Learning Engineer (Apr 2021 – Sep 2023)

  • Designed CI/CD pipelines for ML model lifecycle automation
  • Built microservices architecture and provisioned scalable ML infrastructure
  • Implemented automated deployment and monitoring systems

🏦 Previous Experience

Data Engineer - OPI Analytics (Aug 2020 – Apr 2021)

  • Built end-to-end data pipelines for data science team
  • Implemented CI/CD for ML models and automated deployment workflows

Software Engineer - BBVA en México (Jan 2019 – Jul 2020)

  • Developed backend systems for ML models in production
  • Led data-focused digital transformation projects serving millions of customers

Technical Leader - Troy Energía (Sep 2016 – Apr 2018)

  • Managed large-scale electric meter control systems and communication infrastructure
  • Led technical team responsible for monitoring thousands of devices

IEEE Leadership & Community Impact

Building the engineering community across Latin America for 10+ years

Current Leadership Roles

Treasurer, IEEE Veracruz Section (Jan 2023 – Present)

  • Financial management and international funding acquisition
  • Board expenditure oversight and compliance reporting

R9 Representative, IEEE Young Professionals Mentoring Program (Jun 2022 – Present)

  • Regional leadership for Latin America engineering mentorship
  • Program development and mentor-mentee connection facilitation

Previous Leadership Experience

  • Young Professionals Coordinator (2021-2022)
  • Membership Development Coordinator (2019-2020)
  • Conference Leadership: Secretary General, Webmaster (2015-2016)
  • Student Leadership: Branch Chair, Society Chair (2013-2015)

Education & Continuous Learning

Master’s Degree in Information Technology - IEXE Universidad (2021-2022)

Professional Development:

  • Cloud DevOps Engineer Nanodegree - Udacity (2021-2022)
  • Data Engineering Nanodegree - Udacity (2020)
  • Engineering/Industrial Management - Lidr.co (2023)

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechatronics Engineering - Universidad Veracruzana (2011-2016)

Technical Expertise

🤖 Core Competencies

  • MLOps & Platform Engineering: Model lifecycle management, automated deployment, A/B testing
  • Cloud Architecture: AWS, Azure, Infrastructure as Code, security protocols
  • Data Engineering: Real-time processing, pipeline design, ETL/ELT workflows
  • Engineering Leadership: Team management, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration

🛠️ Technologies

Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Bash
ML/Data: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn
DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, SageMaker), Azure (VMs, AKS, Azure ML)

Achievements & Recognition

  • Third Place at Polython 2019 – Global/Main Challenge
  • Published Research: “Design of an advanced telemetry mission using CanSat” (IEEE Xplore, ICCSAT 2015)
  • 10+ Years of active IEEE volunteer leadership
  • Regional Representation: IEEE Young Professionals Mentoring Meet Coordinator for Latin America

Languages & Location

  • Spanish: Native
  • English: Professional proficiency
  • Location: Veracruz Metropolitan Area, Mexico