Computer Science graduate building a career at the intersection of software engineering, data, and AI — fields I find genuinely exciting because they create real-world impact. I am currently expanding my expertise in backend development, data engineering, and machine learning through hands-on projects and continuous learning.
Work Experience
Software / Web Developer
8Con Academy
June 2025 – Present
  • Developed and maintained web-based systems and automation tools to support business operations and improve workflow efficiency.
  • Led technical implementation and deployment processes for company websites and internal systems using modern web technologies.
  • Collaborated with team members and stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.
CS Intern
8Con Academy
May 2025 – June 2025
  • Assisted in frontend and backend development tasks for web-based projects using modern development tools and frameworks.
  • Supported debugging, testing, and system troubleshooting to improve application functionality and user experience.
Projects
8Con Edge — Thesis Project
Lead Developer
www.8conedge.com
  • Designed a 9-indicator consensus engine with ML-augmented signals.
  • Built a forex fundamental analysis decision support system and deployed to production with RBAC.
8Con Academy Website — Internship Project
Team Lead Developer
www.8conacademy.com
  • Developed a full-stack marketing platform for a forex trading school.
  • Integrated Nodemailer for transactional emails delivering a complete lead-capture workflow.
Jkloting Website — Client Project
Developer
www.jkloting.store
  • Built and deployed a marketing and quote-request site for a custom apparel business.
  • Implemented AJAX quote forms via Web3Forms with a fully serverless, zero-backend architecture.
StaySure — Hotel Cancellation Predictor
Developer
huggingface.co/spaces/neuralxjam/staysure
  • Trained a Random Forest classifier on 119,390 hotel bookings achieving F1 = 0.85 and AUC = 0.958 across LR, RF, and XGBoost baselines.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Pambayang Dalubhasaan ng Marilao
June 2022 – May 2026
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Polytechnic University of the Philippines — Sta. Mesa Campus
Aug 2020 – Feb 2022
Key Achievements
  • Best Thesis — 2026 BSCS Public Forum (8ConEdge, Group Leader)
  • Software / Web Developer — 8Con Academy (promoted from CS Intern)
  • 3rd Place — Java Programming Competition
  • Champion — 2019 Division Science Fair, Robotics Team Category (Team Leader)
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