AI engineer and consultant · Bogotá, UTC−5
I understand your problem. Then I build the AI that solves it.
The consultantHalf the job is understanding your problem.
The engineerThe other half is building the thing.
One person. Both halves.
The consultant
Half the job is understanding your problem.
- StrategyScoping, trade-offs, deciding what not to buildSpotFeed · ~$77M tracked
- UnderstandingListening, discovery, English and SpanishPadrino’s · manager interruptions down ~75%
The engineer
The other half is building the thing.
- ArchitectureSystems, data flows, retrievalCortado · replies from minutes to under one
- VisionComputer vision, documents, OCRPackt · 2021
- DeliveryAgents, orchestration, shippingCrescendo Creative
- ProductionEvals, monitoring, guardrailsCharming Chad · compliance 12.5% → 82.3%
One person. Both halves.
Selected work
All projects →Document AI · 2025
$77M in political ad spend, made searchable
40k FCC filings turned into structured spend data that analysts can query.
Read the case study →Legal AI · 2026
Immigration answers an attorney can stand behind
Memo-style answers in any language, grounded in live agency data. About a third of readers go on to book a consultation.
Read the case study →Voice AI and evals · 2026
A voice coach that grades itself
Live voice and avatar practice with an AI referee. An eval-driven rework took compliance from 12.5% to 82.3%.
Read the case study →Retrieval · 2024
Answers in under a minute, not minutes
Rebuilt the retrieval behind AI guest messaging for a property-rental platform.
Read the case study →Fourteen years, three eras.
Full experience →Software engineering
Backend systems and microservices for insurance, fintech and adtech.
S4N · Mesfix · Wivo · MahisoftML engineering
Computer vision, NLP and forecasting in production. Wrote a book along the way.
Blue Orange Digital · Mahisoft · Freelance CVAI engineering
LLM systems, agents, retrieval and evals. Independent, with 12 production systems shipped since 2024.
ContractPod · Cortado · Crescendo Creative · SpotFeedIn their words.
“…reworking an over-engineered behemoth into a lean, mean retrieval machine. My team would recommend Jesús to anyone looking to master modern machine learning for the age of artificial intelligence.”
“He built us Forge: eight assistants we talk to in Slack… I don’t think about it anymore, which is about the best thing I can say about a piece of software.”
“No more digging through binders… ask the agent in plain English or Spanish… It’s been a game changer.”
Author
TensorFlow 2.0 Computer Vision Cookbook
Hi, I’m Jesús.
An AI engineer who starts with the problem, not the model. Fourteen years in software, ten of them shipping machine learning, based in Bogotá and working US hours.
More about me →Let’s figure out what to build.
Three ways to work with me. Pick the one that fits.
DataSmarts
A project with DataSmarts
My agency. We scope it together, then bill per project, not per hour, so the cost stays predictable. Built to production, and we stay for the long run.
Just talk
Not sure yet? Message me on LinkedIn.
Message me →Open to the right full-time role. Download CV