{
  "name": "Jorge Quintero",
  "role": "Forward Deployed Engineer · Fintech",
  "location": "Medellín, Colombia",
  "summary": "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)"
  },
  "contact": {
    "github": "https://github.com/jorgejj2018",
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgeadj/",
    "x": "https://twitter.com/jorge_adj",
    "email": "alejandrojj2018@gmail.com",
    "upwork": "https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01576f660e4b4b0efd"
  },
  "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"
    ]
  },
  "specializations": [
    {
      "technology": "TypeScript",
      "title": "Type-safe by default",
      "description": "Strict typing across front and back end: shared models, typed APIs and fewer surprises in production.",
      "topics": [
        "Generics",
        "Type narrowing",
        "Typed APIs",
        "tsconfig"
      ]
    },
    {
      "technology": "Next.js",
      "title": "Full stack React",
      "description": "Server rendering, file-based routing and API routes to ship fast, SEO-friendly React apps.",
      "topics": [
        "App Router",
        "SSR & SSG",
        "API routes",
        "Deploys"
      ]
    },
    {
      "technology": "Node.js",
      "title": "APIs that hold up",
      "description": "REST services with Express: auth, validation, centralized error handling and automated tests.",
      "topics": [
        "Express",
        "REST",
        "Auth & roles",
        "node:test"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Mercatto SaaS",
      "year": 2026,
      "description": "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.",
      "tags": [
        "React",
        "Vite",
        "SaaS",
        "Multi-tenant",
        "Google & Apple sign-in"
      ],
      "live": "https://mercattosas.netlify.app/login",
      "code": "private, access on request by email"
    },
    {
      "name": "Voix de la Beauté",
      "year": 2026,
      "description": "Beauty editorial platform with an admin panel, user roles and its own REST API on Firebase Functions written in TypeScript.",
      "tags": [
        "React",
        "Vite",
        "Tailwind CSS",
        "Firebase",
        "TypeScript"
      ],
      "live": null,
      "code": "https://github.com/jorgejj2018/Voix-de-la-Beaut"
    },
    {
      "name": "VentasTell",
      "year": 2025,
      "description": "Sales software for a store that sells mobile phones and technology: products, customers and every sale in one place.",
      "tags": [
        "React",
        "JavaScript",
        "Sales"
      ],
      "live": null,
      "code": "private, access on request by email"
    },
    {
      "name": "Geek Platform",
      "year": 2021,
      "description": "Learning platform built as a team during the Academia Geek bootcamp, working in sprints with React, Redux and Firebase.",
      "tags": [
        "React",
        "Redux",
        "Firebase",
        "Teamwork"
      ],
      "live": null,
      "code": "https://github.com/ivanandresdiaz/geekPlatformDev"
    }
  ],
  "experience": [
    {
      "year": "2026",
      "title": "Forward Deployed Engineer · Mercatto SaaS",
      "description": "Software, APIs and integrations that scale for the business, and my own SaaS live in production."
    },
    {
      "year": "2025",
      "title": "Software Developer · Mente",
      "description": "Building and integrating products in fintech, plus Google certifications in Vertex AI Studio."
    },
    {
      "year": "2021",
      "title": "Academia Geek · Junior Software Developer",
      "description": "Front-end bootcamp with React and Design Thinking, then my first developer job, where I grew for four years."
    },
    {
      "year": "2020",
      "title": "Software Valley talent award",
      "description": "Recognized by the Medellín mayor's office for my training on Coursera within the city's Software Valley program."
    },
    {
      "year": "2019",
      "title": "Web developer intern · Cesde",
      "description": "First professional role: front and back end pages with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL and Bootstrap."
    }
  ]
}