Angel Baez
AI Engineer
- [email protected]
- Cancun, MX
- angel-baez.com
AI Engineer and entrepreneur with 10+ years building software that ships and scales. I design and deploy AI agents, agentic workflows, and full-stack platforms in TypeScript, Python, and Node.js.
Experience
Co-founder & Lead Developer — Prepa IN
Sep 2019 – Present- Designed and built the MVP from scratch, validating the market and securing the company's first seed capital.
- Architected and scaled the platform on WordPress and LearnDash to 20,000+ active students.
- Owned product and engineering end-to-end: architecture, feature delivery, and infrastructure.
Senior Web Developer — HUSL Digital
Aug 2018 – Present- Architected a modular WordPress boilerplate with automated testing, cutting new-project development time by 25% and reducing bug rates by 37% across 15+ client engagements.
- Shipped 20+ full-stack plugins and custom platforms on WordPress, PHP, Node.js, and TypeScript, maintained at 99.5% uptime in production.
- Led migrations to component-driven frontends using React, React Native, Redux, Gatsby, and Astro across multiple teams.
- Owned end-to-end delivery from architecture to deployment and earned promotion to Senior Developer for sustained performance.
Semi-Senior Web Developer — KTBO (acquired by Globant)
Feb 2017 – Aug 2018- Led front-end development of a Coca-Cola World Cup chatbot that processed 2M+ user interactions and exceeded campaign engagement targets by 35%.
- Delivered high-performance sites and landing pages for Starbucks, Grupo Bimbo, and Mattel on Vue.js, Drupal, WordPress, and Laravel with 3-second load times and 99.5% uptime.
- Prototyped a generative music model using Restricted Boltzmann Machines in Python and TensorFlow for creative campaigns.
- Promoted to Semi-Senior in 6 months after leading two high-visibility client projects.
Junior Web Developer — TERAN TBWA
Nov 2013 – Feb 2017- Built a lightweight seasonal e-commerce platform on the Google Sheets API and Angular.js with real-time inventory, cutting client implementation costs by 90% while holding 99.9% uptime through peak holiday traffic.
- Developed and optimized websites for Nissan, McDonald's, BBVA Bancomer, and Volaris serving millions of monthly users.
- Accelerated from trainee to Junior Developer in 3 months by consistently over-delivering on project timelines.
Projects
Google Developers Group
Community LeaderFounded and managed a Google Developers Group chapter, growing it into one of the largest developer communities in Mexico.
Education
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
2014 – 2016Coursework toward B.S., Economics
Instituto Politecnico Nacional
2012 – 2014Coursework toward B.S., Electrical Engineering
Instituto Politecnico Nacional
2009 – 2012High School Technician, Telecommunications and Electronics
Skills
- Languages
- JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, Bash
- Frameworks & Libraries
- React, Next.js, Gatsby, Astro, Node.js, WordPress, Redux, Three.js
- AI & Machine Learning
- LLMs, AI Agents, Agentic Workflows, RAG, TensorFlow
- Cloud & DevOps
- AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Cloudflare, Docker, Linux, Git
Certifications
- Introduction to subagents — Anthropic
- Managing Social and Human Capital — The Wharton School
- Marketing — The Wharton School
- Agentic AI: Building Data-First AI Agents — LinkedIn
- Model Context Protocol (MCP): Hands-On with Agentic AI — LinkedIn
- API Gateway Skill Badge — Google
- React Native, v3 — Master.dev (Frontend Masters)
- AI Agent: From Prototype to Production — Master.dev (Frontend Masters)
- Build AI-Powered Apps with OpenAI and Node.js — Master.dev (Frontend Masters)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) — Amazon Web Services
Languages
- Spanish (Native speaker)
- English (Professional working proficiency)
- Italian (Elementary proficiency)