Hi, I’m Felipe.

I’m a software engineer in Miami. I build infrastructure, platforms and the systems underneath products — the parts that have to keep working long after launch day.

Based in: Miami, FL
Now: Lead Software Engineer · Exowatt
Alongside: CTO, Olie · Co‑owner, Copper
Studied: B.S. Computer Science · FIU

A.1 · Background

How I got here

2018 → today, drawn to scale

Florida International University (opens in a new tab)2018 – 2021
B.S. Computer Science
Upsilon Pi Epsilon · lead backend developer at FIU SparkDev
Johns Hopkins APL (opens in a new tab)Summer 2020
Software engineering intern
Benchmarking tools for a Monte Carlo simulation server
MicrosoftSheet 072022 – 2026 · intern 2021
Intern → Software Engineer, Azure
Azure’s incident platform, its release pipelines and sovereign clouds
OlieSheet 062025 → · side project
Founding engineer & CTO
A cross-border wealth app, from the screen to settlement
ExowattSheet 01Jul 2026 →
Lead Software Engineer
Agent infrastructure, the energy fleet, models and internal platform
CopperSheet 05Sep 2026 →
Co-owner & maintainer
A small, fast, quiet browser for the Mac

Fig. A.1 — Background, to scaleFull-time · studyIntern · side projectCurrent

A.2 · For fun

Off the clock

Hackathons · side projects

Hackathons

ShellHacks · 2019 · 2020 · 2024

I keep going back to ShellHacks, FIU’s annual hackathon: one weekend to build something real, then demo it.

A.2.1 · ShellHacks 2019
Blossom
2019
A plant-care app that identifies houseplants from a photo.
I led a team of three: the backend, the app and the model’s training scripts.
Devpost (opens in a new tab)GitHub (opens in a new tab)
A.2.2 · ShellHacks 2020
CareCart
2020Wolfram Award
Matches volunteers with people who need groceries delivered, without the fees.
I built the backend and deployed it.
Devpost (opens in a new tab)GitHub (opens in a new tab)
A.2.3 · ShellHacks 2024
GALACTIC
2024
A bootstrapper that scaffolds, deploys and monitors full-stack projects from one UI.
We built it in a weekend, then kept shipping it for months.
Devpost (opens in a new tab)GitHub (opens in a new tab)