Summary
Backend-leaning Software Engineer with 5+ years shipping
production web platforms end-to-end, from system design and
database modeling through REST APIs, deployment, and security
hardening. Domain experience across legal, government, university,
and on-device AI systems.
Open to full-time remote roles and select contracts.
Experience
Independent Contractor
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Designed and shipped ATA Law Firm's case management platform
on AWS, in daily production use for over a year by up to 10
attorneys and support staff at a leading Surigao del Sur law firm:
case tracking, document automation, REST APIs, and a secure client
portal with role-based access control modeled on
attorney-client privilege.
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Built NEMSU Data Hub, a multi-campus file and submissions
platform across NEMSU's 4 campuses, currently in deployment,
with resumable uploads, queue-backed virus scanning, and
cryptographically signed PDF documents.
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Engineered an offline, on-device AI transcription tool for
confidential legal and medical audio, with zero cloud dependency.
Province of Surigao del Sur
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Built the province's E-PDS records platform and tourism
dashboard, digitizing 500+ civil-servant files and
giving planners live visitor data.
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Delivered an internal tooling suite (GSIS deductions, BIR tax
reporting, SMS notifications, an Android 201-files app) that cut
routine paperwork from hours to minutes.
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Cut response times on high-traffic reporting views by
~60%, profiling queries, resolving N+1 bottlenecks, and
adding indexes on legacy applications.
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Introduced Git, code review, and CI/CD deployment to the
team, cutting integration friction across government projects.
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Mentored 3 engineers on Laravel, server environments, and
release procedures.
Skills
Backend
PHP / Laravel · Spatie packages · Node.js / Express · MySQL / SQL Server · REST APIs · queue pipelines · Socket.io
Frontend
Vue.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Inertia.js · HTML / CSS / JS
AI & ML
Python · CTranslate2 · Whisper · NLP · Speech-to-Text · on-device inference · Claude / Claude Code (AI-assisted development)
DevOps & Security
Git / GitHub · CI/CD · AWS (EC2, S3, RDS) · Docker · Nginx · Cloudflare · ClamAV · role-based access control · PHPUnit / Pest · Linux
Go & Other
Go (tus, Bubbletea, PDF signing) · system design · Java (Android) · C# (.NET)
Selected Projects
Production case management system, case tracking, document
automation, client portal on AWS. Laravel, Vue.js.
File + submissions platform for NEMSU's 4 campuses, Google Drive
style. Laravel + Vue + Go tus uploads + ClamAV + Google Workspace.
Local speech-to-text with real-time waveform visualization, no
cloud, fully on-device. Python, CTranslate2, Whisper.
Civil servant records platform + tourism analytics for Province
of Surigao del Sur. Laravel, Vue.js, MySQL, SQL Server.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science