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TL;DR (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
From Manila’s 🇵🇭 hustle -> to Singapore’s 🇸🇬 skyline -> to Tallinn’s 🇪🇪 tech scene — I partner with people to understand requirements, design effective solutions, automate processes, and deliver robust, well-tested software that improves efficiency and drives business outcomes. With experienced across FinTech 📈, Banking 🏦, Telco 📡, and iGaming 🎲 industries, I bring cross-functional skills from concept to real-life value.
Long version ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
Hey there! Thanks for stopping by — I’m guessing you want to know a little about me. 😊
I started my career in Manila, Philippines (I’m Filipina 🇵🇭). I was part of the team that builds loan application systems for financial institutions in Australia and the UK. We used Smalltalk language (which is for those who never know, was the first Object-Oriented Programming language started by Alan Kay, the father of OOP).
While I was still Junior, I didn’t just learn how to code — I learned how to think critically. We were expected to understand the functional requirements behind every project: What are we building? Why does it matter? Who will use it? I was lucky to have incredible mentors, especially, the first one, who shaped the way I work to this day.
While enjoying my time there (and the occasional visits to the UK and Australia offices), an unexpected opportunity led me to Singapore 🇸🇬.
I accepted a role at a major French corporate bank, building various in-house banking solutions. This was where I evolved from being “just” a developer to becoming more of a backend engineer — and discovered that’s where I wanted to focus on. Frontend work is rewarding (you see results instantly), but backend engineering satisfies the perfectionist in me. I loved writing tests, automating processes, deploying code anywhere, and getting consistent results every time.
Over time, I wore many hats — from operations and development to starting projects from scratch, running proof-of-concepts, and leading as a Technical Lead. My team and I transformed monoliths into microservices, containerized applications, moved workloads to the cloud, and explored diverse tech stacks. It was an exciting, transformative chapter.
Eventually, I accepted a new role in Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Asia’s largest telco. In the Network department, I helped orchestrate products and use cases for 5G technology — work that felt like helping to modernize the world! This was also when I dipped deeper into DevOps, expanding beyond pure coding into infrastructure coding, automation, and systems thinking.
Life then took me to the Northern Hemisphere — to Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪 — where I joined an MNC casino and lottery company in the iGaming division. Being new to the industry took me back to my teenage years, when I was obsessed with video games 🎮. I’d play adventure and RPG for hours without sleep, completely immersed in those worlds, (and btw I noticed that I’m still the same if I’m really hyperfocus at my work). Back then I vividly remember, I dreamt of building games. Now, I’m actually doing it — and that’s a dream come true.
I build configurable, highly scalable and resilient platforms that enable the gaming experiences to be more engaging. To make our work life even more productive, I fully enjoy building dashboards, alerts, monitoring capabilities - I feel very satisfied for each problem that gets solved. And now, with the help of AI, I enjoy streamlining processes by building cost-effective AI Agents 🤖, MCP tools - that increases individual productivity which drives business outcome. I felt fortunate to have these experiences and learning. I’m excited and hungry to keep learning, building, and exploring what’s next. 🍀
