# Jorge Quintero

> Forward Deployed Engineer · Fintech based in Medellín, Colombia. I turn your idea into software that drives your business. Software, APIs and integrations that scale: React, Next.js, Spring Boot, GCP and AI agents.

## About
- I am a developer with 7+ years of experience building web applications with React, Next.js and JavaScript. Today I work as a Forward Deployed Engineer in fintech: close to the business, turning real needs into software, APIs and integrations that scale.
- I enjoy the whole path from idea to product: interfaces and reusable components, API integrations, and backend work with Java and Spring Boot. I have worked in Agile teams alongside backend developers, QA engineers, product teams and business stakeholders, which made me a better teammate and communicator, not just a better coder.
- I chose software because it lets me turn ideas into something real while I keep discovering what I am capable of. I love learning, sharing knowledge and taking on challenges that help me build reliable, valuable products, like Mercatto SaaS, my own sales platform for supermarkets and fruit & vegetable stores.

## Highlights
- Experience: 7+ years
- Focus: Fintech · APIs · integrations
- Core stack: React · Next.js · Spring Boot · GCP
- Based in: Medellín, Colombia (UTC−5)

## Skills
- Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Astro, Redux, Tailwind CSS, styled-components, Material UI
- Backend & data: Node.js, Express, Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Relational databases, Firebase, Cloud Functions
- Cloud, AI & tooling: Google Cloud (GCP), Vertex AI, AI agents, Git & GitHub, Vite, Postman, node:test, Netlify

## Projects
- Mercatto SaaS (2026): 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. Live: https://mercattosas.netlify.app/login
- 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.
- VentasTell (2025): Sales software for a store that sells mobile phones and technology: products, customers and every sale in one place.
- Geek Platform (2021): Learning platform built as a team during the Academia Geek bootcamp, working in sprints with React, Redux and Firebase.

## Experience
- 2026 · Forward Deployed Engineer · Mercatto SaaS: Software, APIs and integrations that scale for the business, and my own SaaS live in production.
- 2025 · Software Developer · Mente: Building and integrating products in fintech, plus Google certifications in Vertex AI Studio.
- 2021 · Academia Geek · Junior Software Developer: Front-end bootcamp with React and Design Thinking, then my first developer job, where I grew for four years.
- 2020 · Software Valley talent award: Recognized by the Medellín mayor's office for my training on Coursera within the city's Software Valley program.
- 2019 · Web developer intern · Cesde: First professional role: front and back end pages with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL and Bootstrap.

## Contact
- Email: alejandrojj2018@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgeadj/
- GitHub: https://github.com/jorgejj2018
- Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01576f660e4b4b0efd
- X: https://twitter.com/jorge_adj