# About Andres Echeverria

> Software engineering student and independent software developer focused on full-stack systems, applied AI, automation, and developer tools. I build practical software across mobile, web, backend, and local AI environments, with an emphasis on reliability, privacy, and real-world use.

- HTML: https://estebanech.com/about
- Markdown: https://estebanech.com/about.md
- Portfolio: https://estebanech.com
- LLM index: https://estebanech.com/llms.txt

## Profile

- Name: Andres Echeverria Giraldo (estebanech)
- Location: San Jose, California
- Focus: Software engineering, AI engineering, Full-stack product development, Local and agentic AI systems
- Email: estebanech16@gmail.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/Estebanech1620
- DestinyX GitHub: https://github.com/DestinyX-Studios-LLC
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andresecheverriag

## Experience (current)

- Lead Software Engineer & Founder — DestinyX Studios — 2024 – Present (San Francisco Bay Area). Software product and AI engineering company with a selective partner-engineering practice. Owned products: Oppli and Forge. Partners: private platforms, agents, automation, and custom infrastructure. Long-term direction: agent infrastructure, model specialization, and original AI systems when evidence justifies it. Case study: https://estebanech.com/projects/destinyx

## Experience (contract)
- Freelance Software Engineer — LOLE Boutique — July 2026 (Remote, Independent Contractor). Completed client engagement delivering LOLE OS, a staff-only internal commerce operating system (Shopify mirrors, Supabase auth/RLS, Railway workers, controlled OpenAI workflows). Sole engineer. Repository private. Not employment at LOLE Boutique. Case study: https://estebanech.com/projects/lole-os

## Experience (Apple)

- Lab Engineer | Machine Learning Platform Technologies — May 2026 – Jul 2026 (Cupertino, CA)
- RF Test Engineer — NPI Validation — Feb 2024 – Feb 2026
- Lab Lead | Early Field Failure Analysis — Aug 2023 – Feb 2024
- Mac Genius — Mar 2019 – Mar 2023
- Technical Specialist — Feb 2020 – Apr 2021
- AppleCare Technical Advisor — Apr 2020 – Jun 2020

## Experience (other)

- Computer Science Summer Institute — Google — Jul 2020 – Aug 2020 (Mountain View, CA)

## Education

- Western Governors University — B.S. Software Engineering (expected Dec 2026)
- Western Governors University — M.S. AI Engineering (expected May 2027)

## Certifications

- ACMT
- ACiT
- Python Scripting for Automation
- Bash Scripting & Shell Programming

## Skills

### Languages

- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Python
- SQL
- Bash

### Application Engineering

- React
- React Native
- Next.js
- Expo
- Node.js
- Express
- Server Actions
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
- webhooks
- OAuth

### AI Systems & Agents

- Tool-calling agents
- RAG
- structured outputs
- model routing
- Context management
- semantic memory
- multimodal workflows
- OpenAI
- Groq
- Ollama
- Qwen
- MCP
- Vercel AI SDK

### Data & Persistence

- PostgreSQL
- Supabase
- SQLite
- FTS5
- LanceDB
- Drizzle ORM
- pgvector
- Redis
- BullMQ
- Row-Level Security

### Infrastructure & Integrations

- Vercel
- Railway
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
- EAS Build
- Shopify Admin API
- Discord Gateway
- Lavalink
- background workers

### Quality, Security & Operations

- CI/CD
- automated testing
- debugging
- observability
- Role-based access control
- audit logging
- feature flags
- Software validation
- hardware-software integration
- Python automation

## Philosophy

- Ship real software, not demos
- Think in systems, not features
- Explain tradeoffs, don't hide them
- Learn from failures, celebrate wins
- Build for scale, optimize when needed