A story in six worlds

Every product starts as an idea.

This is the story of the engineer who turns them into software. Scroll to travel through the worlds he has built in.

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World 01 · The Web · 2019

Where it all began.

My first lines of code at Cesde: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL. Pages that taught me how the web really works.

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • Bootstrap

World 02 · React · 2021

Thinking in components.

Academia Geek bootcamp: React, Redux and Firebase in team sprints. Then my first developer job, where I grew for four years.

  • React
  • Redux
  • Firebase
  • Hooks
  • Design Thinking

World 03 · TypeScript & Next.js · 2023

Making it solid.

Type-safe from front to back, server rendering and API routes: products that are fast, easy to find and hard to break.

  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • SSR & SSG
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Astro

Going deeper in private study repos: TypeScript · Next.js · Node.js

World 04 · Java & Spring Boot · 2025

Where the business logic lives.

APIs and integrations that scale, built with Java, Spring Boot and Node.js, in fintech teams alongside QA, product and business.

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Node.js
  • REST APIs
  • SQL

World 05 · Cloud & AI · 2026

Deployed, and now intelligent.

Google Cloud, Vertex AI and AI agents. Today I work as a Forward Deployed Engineer: close to the business, turning real needs into software.

  • Google Cloud
  • Vertex AI
  • AI agents
  • Cloud Functions
  • Fintech

● World 06 · Production · now

All of it, live.

Mercatto SaaS: Point-of-sale and sales management SaaS for supermarkets and fruit & vegetable stores. Each business registers its own company, employees sign in with Google or Apple, and new staff wait for admin approval.

Also shipped

  • Voix de la Beauté 2026

    Beauty editorial platform with an admin panel, user roles and its own REST API on Firebase Functions written in TypeScript.

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  • VentasTell 2025

    Sales software for a store that sells mobile phones and technology: products, customers and every sale in one place.

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  • Geek Platform 2021

    Learning platform built as a team during the Academia Geek bootcamp, working in sprints with React, Redux and Firebase.

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Some repositories are private because they hold code for real businesses in production and my own commercial products. Email me and I will gladly give you access.

The engineer behind the story

Jorge
Quintero.

3D avatar of Jorge Quintero with arms crossed

Jorge Quintero

Forward Deployed Engineer · Fintech

Medellín, Colombia

Email me

alejandrojj2018@gmail.com