Juan.
Currently Founding Engineer at Ardent.ai. Previously built at Facebook, Stripe, and two robotics startups. 14 years making tools I wish existed.
Robotics → VR → DevTools → AI
What I'm up to.
Last updated: January 2026Building @ Ardent.ai
Founding engineer helping reimagine software in the age of AI. Building tools that make people more efficient and effective at their work.
Full-Stack AI
Owning every layer so agents can be extended with user-created skills, execute securely in sandboxes, and surface results through purpose-built UI.
Agentic Architecture
Building a code-first agent architecture. Rather than tool-calling loops, agents generate and execute code in secure sandboxes. Dramatically faster and more token-efficient.
Come Work With Me
Looking for a senior/staff Product Engineer. TypeScript, React, and a love for shipping. Remote, real equity, no BS interviews.
View role →Where I've shipped.
14 years of building products that people actually use.
- Building tools that make people more efficient and effective. AI that gives users superpowers
- Owning every layer so agents can be extended, execute securely, and surface results through purpose-built UI
- Led Radar fraud detection platform as tech lead
- Founding engineer on Internal Docs. Turned a top 5 company pain point into a highly-rated tool
- Developer Experience: GitHub Enterprise consolidation (8+ hr backups → 30 min), Stacked PRs system
- Led robotics team shipping autonomous navigation and collision avoidance
- Built harvesting simulator that reduced testing cycles from 5+ hours to 15 minutes
- Built social VR experiences for Facebook Spaces and Oculus Rift
- Shipped Groups integration, multiplayer video/music playback, and 360° photo portals
- Built tools to automate solar plant layouts, reducing design time from days to minutes
- Developed AWS infrastructure and real-time monitoring for plant performance
Greenbotics- First role out of college. Developed control firmware for robotic solar panel cleaners
- Deployed to 100+ units. Acquired by Sunpower
Thoughts & learnings.
Essays on engineering, AI, and building products.
Beyond the code.
Dad of two amazing girls. Private and glider pilot. Former giant scale RC aerobatics competitor, now teaching it on YouTube. Sim racer (yes, that's a simulator in my office!).
Beyond the code.
Dad of two amazing girls. Private and glider pilot. Former giant scale RC aerobatics competitor, now teaching it on YouTube. Sim racer (yes, that's a simulator in my office!).