Angel Baez

Senior Software Engineer | AI, Agentic & Full-Stack Systems

Senior Software Engineer and entrepreneur with 12+ years building production web applications, AI agents, internal workflows, and full-stack systems. Scaled platforms to 20,000+ users and led software architecture, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and cross-functional delivery that shortened release cycles, improved quality, and expanded team capability.

Experience

Founding Engineer & Co-founder — Prepa IN

Sep 2019 – Present

Co-founded and led engineering for an education platform enabling adults in Mexico to complete high school in under four months.

  • Built and launched the company's MVP from the ground up, validating product-market fit and helping secure the company's first seed investment.
  • Architected and scaled the learning platform to support 20,000+ active students, leading major platform evolution, performance optimization, and infrastructure decisions.
  • Owned engineering end-to-end, defining system architecture, delivering product features, and building the infrastructure and developer workflows that enabled rapid iteration.

Senior Web & Agentic Engineer — HUSL Digital

Aug 2018 – Present

Lead full-stack delivery and agentic engineering systems across concurrent client engagements.

  • Reduced end-to-end development and QA time for standard builds from roughly 50 hours to 8, an 84% improvement, through AI-first workflows while continuing to meet requirements, review standards, and deadlines.
  • Built reusable Claude skills and internal AI workflows adopted by other developers, extending faster and more consistent delivery across the team.
  • Architected a modular WordPress boilerplate with automated testing, cutting development time by 25% and reducing bug rates by 37% across 15+ client engagements.
  • Delivered 20+ production plugins and custom platforms using PHP, TypeScript, Node.js, and WordPress, supporting systems with 99.5% uptime.
  • Owned multiple client engagements from architecture through deployment and earned promotion to Senior Developer for sustained performance and reliability.

Semi-Senior Web Developer — KTBO (acquired by Globant)

Feb 2017 – Aug 2018

Front-end engineering for Fortune 500 brand campaigns and internal platforms.

  • 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.
  • Promoted to Semi-Senior in 6 months after leading two high-visibility client projects.

Junior Web Developer — TERAN TBWA

Nov 2013 – Feb 2017

Web development for major brand digital properties and seasonal platforms.

  • 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 Leader

Founded 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 – 2016

Coursework toward B.S., Economics

Instituto Politecnico Nacional

2012 – 2014

Coursework toward B.S., Electrical Engineering

Instituto Politecnico Nacional

2009 – 2012

High 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 — Apr 2026
  • Managing Social and Human Capital — The Wharton School — Jul 2025
  • Marketing — The Wharton School — Jun 2025
  • Agentic AI: Building Data-First AI Agents — LinkedIn — May 2025
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP): Hands-On with Agentic AI — LinkedIn — May 2025
  • API Gateway Skill Badge — Google — May 2025
  • React Native, v3 — Master.dev (Frontend Masters) — Mar 2025
  • AI Agent: From Prototype to Production — Master.dev (Frontend Masters) — Jan 2025
  • Build AI-Powered Apps with OpenAI and Node.js — Master.dev (Frontend Masters) — Oct 2024
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) — Amazon Web Services — Jan 2022

Languages

  • Spanish (Native speaker)
  • English (Professional working proficiency)
  • Italian (Elementary proficiency)

Profiles