# 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
- 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, the staff-only operations layer for LOLE Boutique (Admin, POS, and Developer shells over Shopify commerce truth, Supabase state, Railway workers, and 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