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Angel Serrano

Senior Full-Stack Engineer building reliable web and AI-powered products.

I’m Angel Serrano, a software engineer with 9+ years of experience building and modernizing products with TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, and Django. I help teams turn product ideas, complex workflows, and AI prototypes into maintainable production systems.

Currently building Scholarfi and Himera LLC while exploring Senior Full-Stack and AI Application Engineering opportunities.

How I help teams ship

Capability-focused engineering across product, backend, AI applications, and production operations—not a logo wall of frameworks.

Product Engineering

I help teams turn product ideas into clear UI architecture, reusable components, and reliable frontend delivery.

Ship product-focused interfaces that stay maintainable as requirements evolve.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Frontend architecture
  • Reusable components
  • Product-focused development

Backend Systems

I build and modernize backend services for complex workflows, integrations, and data-driven products.

Design APIs and workflows that connect products to real operational processes.

  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Django
  • REST APIs
  • PostgreSQL
  • Integrations
  • Workflow automation

AI Applications

Developing

I help teams move from AI experiments toward structured, evaluable application workflows.

Apply AI where it improves product decisions—without pretending prototypes are production systems.

  • LLM integrations
  • Structured outputs
  • Tool calling
  • Retrieval systems
  • Evaluations
  • Reliable AI workflows

Architecture and Operations

I focus on maintainability, debugging, observability, and delivery practices that reduce operational risk.

Keep systems understandable, observable, and resilient in production.

  • System design
  • Maintainability
  • Testing
  • Observability
  • Debugging
  • CI/CD
  • Production reliability

Experience

Currently building Scholarfi and Himera LLC while open to senior full-stack and AI application engineering roles.

Scholarfi

May 2026 – Present

Self-employed

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

Building Scholarfi, a platform that connects academic achievement with blockchain-based rewards for schools, NGOs, and educational institutions.

  • Leading technology and product direction for an EdTech platform on Solana.
  • Designing transparent, verifiable reward systems that incentivize student engagement.
  • Building systems that help academic effort translate into on-chain recognition.

Active founding role alongside Himera LLC engineering work.

TypeScript Solana Web3 React Next.js

Himera LLC

2025 – Present

Self-employed

Lead Software Engineer, Full-Stack

Building full-stack and blockchain product features at Himera LLC, a blockchain services company.

  • Built full-stack features with Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and blockchain SDKs (Solana / EVM).
  • Led system design using Clean Architecture principles, decoupling business rules from frameworks and blockchain providers.
  • Participated in hackathons and startup programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners.

Active alongside Scholarfi founding work while exploring senior full-time opportunities.

React TypeScript Node.js Next.js Express.js Solana EVM
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Tech9

August 2022 – April 2025

Staff augmentation

Senior Software Engineer

Staff-augmentation engineer for Plexus Worldwide, focused on modernizing their e-commerce website.

  • Maintained the existing Angular 8 site while migrating projects to React, Next.js, and Contentful CMS.
  • Standardized reusable components across projects, improving development efficiency.
  • Helped the business analyst team investigate bugs using New Relic log monitoring to trace and identify root causes.
React Next.js Angular 8 Express.js TypeScript Contentful New Relic
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Pronto Housing

December 2021 – August 2022

Full-time

Full-stack Developer

Developed modules and dynamic forms to automate leasing compliance workflows for New York City affordable housing programs.

  • Built workflow automation modules and dynamic forms for affordable housing compliance.
  • Implemented the frontend with React and backend APIs with Django REST Framework.
  • Optimized processes to improve operational efficiency for leasing compliance.
React Python Django REST Framework
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NarrativeWave

April 2020 – December 2021

Full-time

Full Stack Engineer

Joined as the first full-stack developer and partnered with data science on tools for wind and solar asset technicians.

  • Built Insight Builder so technicians could provide feedback based on data analysis of wind turbines and solar panels.
  • Developed specialized dashboards to detect performance anomalies and optimize processes.
  • Simplified knowledge sharing to reduce troubleshooting time and help prevent future failures.
Angular Python Django REST Framework TypeScript
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VanillaSys

February 2017 – April 2020

Full-time

Full-stack Web Developer

Collaborated on client projects in Mexico and the USA across frontend and backend stacks.

  • Built applications with JavaScript, React, and Angular.
  • Used Node.js with Express and occasionally Python with Django for backend work.
  • Also worked with PHP and Laravel on client delivery when the project required it.
JavaScript React Angular Node.js PHP Laravel

Ways I can help

Whether you are hiring for a senior engineering role or need help shipping a product, there is a clear next step.

I’m hiring for a full-time role

Looking for a senior full-stack, backend, AI application, or tech lead engineer who can own product delivery end to end. I bring 9+ years building and modernizing production systems with TypeScript and Python.

Discuss a role

I need help with a software project

Need freelance product engineering, backend systems work, or technical consulting to move an idea, migration, or AI prototype into a maintainable production system.

Discuss a project

Let’s work together

Hiring managers and founders: tell me about the role or project. I am building Scholarfi and Himera LLC while exploring senior full-stack and AI application engineering opportunities.