About the founder
Alexander
Talavera Karslake
I build customer-focused, AI-driven products end-to-end, from architecture and fullstack delivery through to QA automation and go-to-market. I work directly with clients and stakeholders to translate fuzzy ambitions into shipped, measurable outcomes.
01 / Product proof
Shipped products with real traction.
Impact first: live products people install, use, and come back to.
Smart Translate
Wear OS AI translator
Downloads and usage
10K+total installs
Rounded Google Play Console milestones from a live app: recurring monthly users, thousands of installs, and thousands of active devices.
- 1K+
- monthly active users
- 10K+
- total installs
- 3K+
- active devices
durable usage milestone
Google Play install base
active installed devices
Ahorita
Native iOS + Android app
Ahorita teaches conversational Spanish through story-based lessons, native speaker audio, AI-powered speech feedback, and gamified progress.
Native apps
iOS and Android store presence
AI feedback
Speech practice with guided corrections
Story engine
Scenario-based Spanish learning
Premium-ready
Subscription flow and growth loops
02 / The story
More from less.
I am a technology enthusiast with over a decade of experience in software development. I believe great products start with a deep understanding of requirements, followed by the patience to learn the right technology and apply it to get more out of less.
I am customer-focused and AI-driven. I bridge the gap between technical complexity and business needs, engaging directly with clients and stakeholders to define a vision worth building. I have led teams, mentored junior developers, and fostered code-review cultures that actually feel safe, the kind that move work forward instead of stalling it.
I have a track record of reducing operational costs and accelerating release cycles. Most recently I have been building AI-driven products under TalkarTech, including Anubix, our cloud-based AI coding workspace, and consulting on architecture and automation.
Native in both English and Spanish. B2 in German and French and still climbing. I learn a new skill every day, even if small.
Respect, first.
Every guiding principle starts here. It shapes how I write code, give feedback, and talk to clients.
Learn something every day.
Even small. Compounded over a decade, that is how a generalist becomes useful in many rooms.
Precise communication.
Most engineering problems are communication problems wearing a costume. I try to undress them early.
03 / Experience
A decade of shipping.
From restaurant POS systems processing millions of sales to customer-facing apps for satellite ground stations.
- Went all-in on TalkarTech: shipped Ahorita (flagship, native iOS + Android), Anubix (cloud AI coding workspace), Smart Translate and Train Zone (Wear OS), and VolKnob (macOS, Swift).
- Grew Smart Translate to 10K+ installs, 1K+ monthly active users, and 3K+ active devices (Google Play Console verified).
- Built production AI pipelines end to end: Claude and OpenAI APIs, MCP agents, speech scoring, TTS, and automation with n8n and Playwright.
- Covered every business angle solo: product strategy, pricing, ASO/SEO, analytics, and customer support.
- Earned four Anthropic certifications: Model Context Protocol, Claude API, agent skills, and Claude Code.
- Built MCS Lite, a React app for satellite ground station management, cutting customer onboarding time.
- Hardened REST APIs (Java + TypeScript) with rigorous integration tests, reducing suite time from 2 minutes to 10 seconds.
- Authored a Playwright automation framework that replaced large blocks of manual QA.
- Partnered with customer solutions to translate UX pain points into product fixes that reduced support load.
Mar 2022 to Jul 2022
Frontend Engineer · E-bot7 (Conversational AI)
Munich, Germany
- Delivered the customer-facing platform for an AI chatbot powered by a custom intents library.
- Built scalable Stencil.js components for a reusable design system.
- Worked with the NLU team to refine intent recognition, lifting answer accuracy and CSAT.
Mar 2021 to Mar 2022
Fullstack Engineer & UX Specialist · Flat.mx
Mexico City, Mexico
- Led the migration from Vue.js to Next.js with SSR & SSG, dropping page loads to sub-second and improving SEO rankings.
- Refactored a tangled codebase into a modular architecture the team could move fast on.
- Stood up analytics pipelines with Segment and Google Analytics that shaped product direction.
Jan 2017 to Sep 2020
Senior Product Engineer · Quipro Software Solutions
Mexico City, Mexico
- Built chanfle.mx, a POS system with hardware integration that has processed 1M+ sales to date.
- Introduced automated build pipelines so new restaurant locations could onboard from a single JSON file.
- Designed and shipped AI-powered products alongside full-time roles: AutoBuddy.ai, PetWorld.live, LearnMexicanSlang.
- End-to-end MVPs with integrated analytics, heavy SEO, and automation, built for rapid go-to-market.
- Leveraged OpenAI APIs, MCP agents, and tools like n8n and Playwright to deliver intelligent, scalable solutions.
- Worked directly with hundreds of clients to scope, architect and ship high-impact software.
- Selected stacks, designed architectures, and implemented AI, automation, and fullstack apps.
- Built lasting relationships through clear communication and rapid, results-driven delivery.
Jun 2012 to Aug 2012
Electronics Craftsmanship · CP Electronics
London, UK
- Assembled hardware for the energy efficiency sector, with early lessons on hardware/software synergy.
04 / Toolkit
The stack I reach for.
Pragmatic over fashionable. I pick what fits the problem, and I have shipped enough variety to know the difference.
AI & Automation
- OpenAI APIs
- MCP agents
- NLU pipelines
- n8n
- Playwright
- Cursor / Copilot
Frontend
- TypeScript
- React (Suspense, RSC, Hooks)
- Next.js
- Redux / Zustand / React Query
- Tailwind
- Design systems
- WCAG
Native & Mobile
- Swift (macOS)
- Core Audio / real-time DSP
- Cocoa menu-bar apps
- Kotlin (Wear OS)
- React Native / Expo
Backend & Data
- Node.js
- Python / Django
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Express
- tRPC
- REST
Cloud & DevOps
- AWS (EC2, S3, IAM)
- GitHub Actions
- CI/CD orchestration
- Containerized deployments
Quality & Testing
- Playwright (preferred)
- Jest
- Integration testing
- Smoke & regression
- CI/CD management
Atlassian Ecosystem
- Jira automation
- JQL
- Confluence macros
- Bitbucket Pipelines
05 / Selected work
Things I built.
06 / Education & certifications
UNAM
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Electrical & Electronic Engineering · 2012 to 2016. Completed all the “Extra Science” credits, including algorithms and data structures. Took third place in a differential equations competition.
Anthropic certifications
Available for select work
Got something hard to build?
AI products, complex frontends, automation, or rescuing a codebase that has gone sideways, let's talk.