I build the platforms behind ambitious products.
I am JC, a founder and senior software engineer working across AI products, backend systems, data platforms, developer tooling, and production operations. I build the connective tissue between product velocity, infrastructure, queues, observability, data, and teams.
Aranx
Founder
Autonomous AI publishing platform
John Deere
Senior Software Engineer
Data and computer vision for autonomous machinery
Grandy
Founding Engineer
Family-services web and mobile product
Koalike
Founder
Marketing growth platform
Sep 2024 to present
Aranx
Founder
I am building Aranx, an agentic AI product that puts search engine optimization and generative engine optimization on autopilot: it researches a market, picks winnable topics, writes and illustrates articles, publishes daily, and tracks how AI assistants cite the brand.
2019 to 2024
John Deere
Senior Software Engineer, Data and Computer Vision Platform
Five years building the data and computer vision platform behind John Deere's autonomous machinery, at its AI division Blue River Technology: the in-house labeling system, the first shared deep learning training cluster, the lakehouse pipelines, and the developer tools around them.
2018 to 2019
Grandy
Founding engineer
Founding engineering work across the Grandy web app, backend API, admin tools, public site, and mobile app: private family spaces, messaging, calendars, video visits, interviews, games, rewards, payments, notifications, support workflows, and senior-friendly onboarding.
2015 to 2018
Koalike
Founder
My first founder chapter: I built Koalike as a business-to-business marketing automation and organic growth platform for Instagram, taking it from zero to roughly $20k in monthly recurring revenue with targeting workflows, task queues, dashboards, subscriptions, account linking, support tools, analytics, and daily operations.
2013 to 2015
StarMaker Interactive
Backend Engineer
I built backend APIs, worker systems, web and mobile product surfaces, and admin tools for a global consumer music platform: Python services, Objective-C and Swift mobile work, media processing, publishing workflows, moderation, rights logic, subscriptions, notifications, and operational tooling.