Work Experience

DEC 2022 - Present

Senior Android Engineer

Ravn
United States
  • Developed and maintained an Android white-label application for a leading on-demand food delivery platform connecting customers with local restaurants.
  • Contributed to the development of an AI-powered feature to enable customers to place orders on the app through speech-to-text, thereby enhancing user experience and increasing app engagement.

JUne 2021 - AUG 2021

Software Engineer

Teip
El Salvador
  • Maintained and added features to digital bank app.
  • Worked on functionality that allows users to make secure payments to SMEs.

AUG 2018 - AUG 2021

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Applaudo
El Salvador
  • Designed, developed and maintained several fully functional native Android applicationsfor production.
  • Led multiple projects, including a native application for one of the major banks in El Salvador.
  • Served as a trainer in several training programs, providing junior engineers with technicalsupport and helping them feel integrated with their coworkers.
  • Worked collaboratively with cross-functional teams that included product managers, iOSengineers, backend engineers, QA engineers, and UX/UI designers.

MAR 2017 - NOV 2017

Teaching Assistant

Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas
El Salvador
  • Conducted lab sessions and tutorials for the Programming and Numerical Methods module.
  • Collaborated in the development and grading of assignments and tests.

Education

SEP 2021 - DEC 2022

MSc Artificial Intelligence
and Machine Learning

1-year programme
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom

Completed as a Chevening Scholar, the UK's prestigious scholarship for future leaders, decision-makers, and opinion formers.

Relevant modules:

  • Machine Learning and Intelligent Data Analysis
  • Neural Computation
  • Mathematical Foundations of AI and Machine Learning
  • Current Topics in AI and Machine Learning.

Dissertation topic: Analysing news articles about Russia’s war on Ukraine using Latent Dirichlet Allocation based topic modelling (Python).

JAN 2018 - APR 2018

Exchange Semester in Electrical and Computer Engineering

1-semester programme
University of New Brunswick
Canada
  • Completed with ELAP (Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program) scholarship.

MAR 2014 - OCT 2019

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

5-year programme
Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas
El Salvador

Received merit scholarship from University for Academic excellence.

‍Relevant Modules:

  • Programming and Numerical Methods.
  • Mathematical Models and Simulation,
  • Probability and Statistics,

Dissertation topic: Prototype Implementation of Distributed Generation of Renewable Energy utilising Blockchain Technology.

Grades: First Class

Nelson Quintanilla Portfolio

Lumio
Crmb
Teip
Plnar Snap
Niu (previously Bim)
Fiado
LifeMiles
Sharefest
Fisherman Wealth Management
Parque Arauco