Juan Carlos · Cali / Bogotá · Colombia

AI EngineerApplied AI & LLM AgentsCloud & Automation Architect

I design and ship production-grade AI systems on AWS — LLMs, RAG, and autonomous agents that replace manual, repetitive business processes with software that actually ships.

Currently designing and shipping production AI with LLMs, RAG, and autonomous agents.

Anthropic Claude
AWS Bedrock
NestJS
Next.js
TypeScript
Python

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Professional portrait of Juan Carlos Cadavid Ruiz in a workspace setting

01 / Expertise

Expertise

Applied AI & LLMs
I build LLM systems that ship — not demos. Prompt engineering, RAG, agents with tool use, and structured outputs.
- Anthropic Claude
- AWS Bedrock
- OpenAI
- Open-source models
- Prompt engineering
- RAG
- AI agents with tool use
- Structured outputs
Automation & integration
I replace manual workflows with webhooks, REST, event-driven pipelines and document-generation pipelines, bridging legacy and modern systems.
- AI agents
- Webhooks
- REST APIs
- Event-driven workflows
- Document generation pipelines
- Scripted automation across legacy and modern systems
Languages & frameworks
Pragmatic, typed stack. Monorepo architecture and REST API design.
- Python
- TypeScript / JavaScript
- Node.js
- NestJS
- Next.js
- Angular
- REST API design
- Monorepo architectures
Cloud & serverless
Serverless-first AWS architecture. Distributed systems without over-engineering.
- AWS Bedrock
- AWS Lambda
- API Gateway
- S3
- DynamoDB
- Cognito
- CloudFront
- Route 53
- RDS
Data & storage
Relational and document stores; vector stores for RAG; OpenSearch for analytics and retrieval.
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- DynamoDB
- SQL Server
- Vector stores (RAG)
- OpenSearch
DevOps & quality
CI/CD, automated quality hooks, testing and observability as a habit, not an afterthought.
- Docker
- Jenkins
- CI/CD
- Claude Code workflows
- Automated quality hooks
- Testing
- Static analysis
- Observability
Leadership & delivery
I translate AI capability into measurable business impact for non-technical stakeholders. Sustainable agile delivery.
- Agile / Scrum
- Jira
- Mentoring
- Stakeholder management
- Translating AI capabilities into business impact

02 / Case studies

Case studies

AI
2024-12 → present
CGIAR Agricultural Risk Intelligence Tool
Associate Team Leader — Digital Platforms · Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT (CGIAR)
Analysts assessed the financial and operational risk of agribusinesses by hand — reading scattered financial, market and climate data and writing reports manually, one business at a time.
- AWS Bedrock
- Anthropic Claude
- RAG
- NestJS
- Next.js
- TypeScript
View project
AI
2024-06 → present
IGAD — AI-powered agricultural intelligence & proposal generation
Associate Team Leader — Digital Platforms · Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT (CGIAR)
Writing strong funding proposals for the IGAD region is slow and uneven: teams reuse past proposals and prior experience by hand against each new call for proposals.
- AWS Bedrock
- Anthropic Claude
- LLMs
- RAG
- Node.js
- Angular
View project
Platform
2021-07 → present
MARLO · PRMS · STAR · CLARISA — platform architecture & delivery
Technical Lead → Associate Team Leader — Digital Platforms · Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT (CGIAR)
A family of CGIAR research-reporting platforms (MARLO, PRMS, STAR, CLARISA) had to be built and operated to a consistent engineering bar, integrated with each other, and deployed reliably across global environments.
- Node.js
- Angular
- MySQL
- AWS
- Azure
- Jenkins
View project
Agritech
2017-01 → present
AgroSmart / GoFruver — agritech e-commerce, end to end
CTO / Founder · AgroSmart Co (now Emelia Software)
Colombia's fresh-produce market is fragmented and intermediary-heavy, with little accessible technology connecting growers and buyers end to end.
- Node.js
- Angular
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- AWS
View project
Fintech
2023-01 → present
Credinova — microcredit & collections platform
Architect / Full-Stack Lead · Credinova
Lending to many types of borrowers means tracking originations, daily collections and accounting cleanly — hard to do across spreadsheets and disconnected tools.
- Node.js
- Angular
- MySQL
- AWS
- Accounting integration
View project
SEO & Marketing
2024-01 → present
Cali Smile Design — SEO & brand rebuild
Digital Product & SEO Lead · Cali Smile Design (Dra. Paola Chicué)
A cosmetic-dentistry practice needed a credible international digital presence and to rank for dental-tourism searches — its brand and site weren't built for it.
- SEO
- Web design
- Branding
- Benchmarking
- Information architecture
View project
SEO & Marketing
2024-01 → present
TLM Get Adviced — SEO website & digital product
Digital Product & SEO Lead · TLM Get Adviced
An accounting/tax/finance consultancy needed a website that communicated its differentiators and ranked — competing in a crowded Colombian advisory market.
- SEO
- Web design
- Benchmarking
- Keyword research
- Power BI
View project
Retail
2017-01 → 2021-01
PriceSmart — e-invoicing microservices across 47 clubs
POS Specialist — DevOps / Automation · PriceSmart
POS operations across 47 clubs in multiple countries needed near-real-time visibility and reliable electronic-invoicing reconciliation with tax authorities.
- C#
- SQL Server
- Angular
- Node.js
- DevOps automation
- Power BI
View project

03 / Methodology

JCSPECS

Constitution-first, spec-driven development for AI agents — across Claude Code, OpenCode, and Google Antigravity.

JCSPECS (SDD JC) is my open-source methodology for AI-assisted development. It is constitution-first and spec-driven: product intent, UX direction, technical design, implementation tasks, tests, and validation evidence all live in repository documentation, so humans and AI agents work from the same durable context. Published on NPM as sdd-jc-methodology with a portable sdd-jc CLI.

Read the methodology View on NPM View on GitHub

04 / Experience

Experience

12/2024 — PresentCali, ColombiaCurrent
Associate Team Leader — Digital Platforms
Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT (CGIAR)
- Lead the design and delivery of the CGIAR Agricultural Risk Intelligence Tool, a serverless NestJS + Next.js monorepo on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Bedrock) that uses LLMs and RAG to turn unstructured agricultural and climate data into actionable risk insights.
- Architect and ship AI agents and automation pipelines that integrate Anthropic Claude and AWS Bedrock with internal APIs, replacing manual reporting and document generation workflows with scalable, production-grade services.
- Own end-to-end delivery: rapid PoCs → production, prompt engineering, integration with existing CGIAR platforms (MARLO, PRMS, STAR, CLARISA), deployment, observability, and stakeholder-ready outputs.
- Define engineering standards (Claude Code workflows, automated quality hooks, monorepo conventions) and mentor engineers across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Translate complex AI capabilities into measurable business impact for senior, non-technical stakeholders across global research programs.
- AWS Bedrock
- Anthropic Claude
- OpenAI
- RAG
- NestJS
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Python
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- S3
- DynamoDB
- Docker
- Jira
- Agile
04/2022 — 12/2024Cali, Colombia
Technical Lead — Digital Platforms
Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT (CGIAR)
- Architected and built intelligent automation pipelines combining LLMs, RAG, and custom AI agents to eliminate manual workflows across document generation, data harmonization, and stakeholder reporting.
- Led API and webhook integrations between AI services and legacy platforms (MARLO, PRMS, STAR, CLARISA), unlocking cross-system intelligence and dramatically reducing executive-reporting cycle times.
- Standardized software delivery using Agile/Scrum, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), DevOps practices, and design-first workflows (Figma + Business Analyst function).
- Established specialized QA and user-support roles to strengthen operational excellence and customer experience.
- Mentored engineers and championed sustainable delivery: balanced workload, improved project management, and strengthened team retention.
- AWS
- AWS Bedrock
- NestJS
- Node.js
- Angular
- Jenkins
- Docker
- MySQL
- Jira
- DevOps
07/2021 — 04/2022Cali, Colombia
Full Stack Developer
Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT
- Developed the Online Submission Tool and restructured its architecture for maintainability and scalability.
- Implemented hexagonal architecture to decouple business logic and improve modularity.
- Established backend testing practices and static code analysis to raise quality and reduce regression risk.
- AWS
- Node.js
- Express
- Angular
- MySQL
- Testing & static analysis
01/2017 — PresentCali, Colombia
Chief Technology Officer / Founder
AgroSmart Co
- Lead end-to-end product delivery for an agritech venture: requirements, software design, architecture, and team leadership.
- Implemented CI/CD and continuous deployment using AWS, Docker, Jenkins, and PM2.
- Grew within Colombia's innovation ecosystem (El Campo a un Click, Fondo Emprender, Apps.co).
- Node.js
- Angular
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- AWS
- Docker
- Jenkins
- PM2
- Jira
01/2017 — 01/2021Colombia
POS Specialist — DevOps / Automation
PriceSmart
- Supported global POS operations across 47 clubs, improving operational tooling and customer-facing workflows.
- Led development of a microservices-based web portal for near real-time data insights and department management.
- Built systems for support tickets and documentation, improving traceability and operational responsiveness.
- Delivered audit tooling for electronic invoicing and additional customer utility features (Colombia).
- C#
- SQL Server
- Angular
- Node.js
- DevOps automation
- Power BI
01/2015 — 01/2017Cali, Colombia
Software Engineer
Carvajal Tecnología y Servicios
- Developed payroll management software; customized Oracle PL/SQL functions and procedures integrated with the core system.
- Designed accounting integration connecting payroll transactions with external accounting systems; implemented across multiple enterprise clients.
- Oracle DB
- PL/SQL
- Oracle Reports
- Oracle Forms
01/2010 — 01/2015Cali, Colombia
Chief Technology Officer
Almacenes La 13 S.A.
- Created and formalized the IT department (Software, Networks, Support); defined budgets and the annual strategic plan.
- Centralized the data center and implemented enterprise ERP (CGUNO, SIESA) across purchasing, inventory, sales, HR, and BI.
- Upgraded store operations via telecom unification, POS expansion, labeling automation, inventory improvements, and VPN connectivity.
- ERP
- Infrastructure
- BI / SQL
- Project & people management

05 / Certifications

Certifications

Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Google Cloud
Google Generative AI Leader
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali
DevOps Professional Diploma

06 / About

About me

AI Engineer and Technical Lead with 15+ years building software, cloud platforms, and intelligent automation.

Currently designing and shipping production-grade AI solutions powered by LLMs (Anthropic Claude, AWS Bedrock, OpenAI), RAG architectures, and autonomous agents that replace manual, repetitive business processes. Hands-on across the full lifecycle — from identifying high-friction workflows and prototyping PoCs, to scaling them on serverless AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Bedrock) with NestJS, Next.js, TypeScript, and Python. Self-taught, curious, and driven by solving real business problems with technology that ships.

07 / Contact

Get in touch

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Prefer email? jucacar22@gmail.com

AI Engineer · Applied AI & LLM Agents · Cloud & Automation Architect

Applied AI & LLMs

Automation & integration

Languages & frameworks

Cloud & serverless

Data & storage

DevOps & quality

Leadership & delivery

Associate Team Leader — Digital Platforms

Technical Lead — Digital Platforms

Full Stack Developer

Chief Technology Officer / Founder

POS Specialist — DevOps / Automation

Software Engineer

Chief Technology Officer

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Google Generative AI Leader

DevOps Professional Diploma

AI EngineerApplied AI & LLM AgentsCloud & Automation Architect