# Andres Echeverria (estebanech)

> Software & AI engineering student in San Jose, CA. Apple software validation / CI/CD / hardware-software integration experience. Founder of DestinyX Studios; building Oppli.

## Profile

- Name: Andres Echeverria Giraldo (estebanech)
- Location: San Jose, California
- Focus: Software engineering, AI engineering, full-stack product development
- Site: https://estebanech.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/Estebanech1620
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andresecheverriag

## Summary

Software engineering student with professional experience in software validation, Python automation, CI/CD support, deployment workflows, and hardware-software integration testing. Independently developing Oppli, a full-stack career intelligence platform using React Native, TypeScript, Express, PostgreSQL, Redis, and LLM APIs.

## 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

## Projects

- [Oppli](https://www.oppli.app): AI-assisted career intelligence / job-matching platform (React Native, TypeScript, Express, PostgreSQL, Redis, LLM APIs)
- [DestinyX Studios](https://destinyxstudios.com): Personal software studio
- [VidVortex](https://github.com/Estebanech1620/VidVortex): Cross-platform media downloader
- [Oppli Dev Blog](https://www.oppli.app/blog)

## Skills

- Languages & frameworks: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Bash, React Native, React, Next.js, Expo, Express, Node.js
- Backend & data: PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, Redis, BullMQ, REST APIs, pgvector
- AI & GenAI: OpenAI API, Perplexity API, LLM workflows, embeddings, prompt orchestration
- Cloud & quality: Supabase, Railway, Google Cloud Run, GitHub Actions, EAS Build, CI/CD, automated testing

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