Jorge Carrera Diez
Software engineer · Product · Architecture
I am a computer engineer from the University of La Rioja, chartered by the Official Association of Computer Engineers of La Rioja. I work in enterprise environments leading technical decisions, collaborate as a freelance engineer with the Swiss foundation that publishes the Elite Quality Index under the University of St. Gallen, and build Snowy to work on product, frontend, backend, data, infrastructure, SEO and agents over a real system.
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Career
July 2026 - Present
Software engineer - EQx (Switzerland)
I work with the Foundation for Value Creation, the Swiss foundation that publishes the Elite Quality Index under the academic leadership of three University of St. Gallen institutes. It is a political-economy index, published since 2020, ranking 151 countries by how far each country's elites create value for society rather than extract it. I took over its digital products: the public index site and the private console alongside it.
- Handover from the previous developer with no interruption to the running product.
- End-to-end ownership of the user experience across both products.
- Direct contact with the index directors, designers and the people behind the rating model.
- Product-level prioritisation: deciding what ships for each client milestone.
- Remote work with an international team on an applied research project.
October 2025 - Present
Tech Lead - VidaCaixa
Frontend technical leadership on a strategic project in the insurance sector, defining architecture, development standards, best practices and the integration of generative AI into enterprise flows.
- Frontend architecture definition and key technical decisions.
- Leading the integration of generative AI across Caixa projects.
- Agent orchestration, use-case assessment and the technical landing of AI flows.
- Code reviews, quality standards and mentoring.
- Coordination with backend, QA and business.
March 2025 - October 2025
Lead Software Engineer - Openbank
Built the UI of a banking operations system for branches, focused on React, scalability, maintainability and hexagonal architecture patterns.
- Building scalable banking interfaces.
- Mentoring junior engineers on React and architecture.
- Applying good practices on a large-scale financial project.
June 2023 - March 2025
Full Stack and Frontend Developer - Minsait (Indra)
Development and maintenance of Inditex's store management terminal, deployed across thousands of points of sale worldwide.
- Frontend with React and TypeScript; backend with Java and Spring Boot.
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions, testing and quality improvements.
- Scrum teams and deployments on cloud environments.
February 2022 - June 2023
Full Stack and Frontend React Developer - Hiberus Digital
Web applications in production, reusable components and projects such as the Hiberus corporate site and SivasDescalzo.
- React, Next.js, Node.js, Jest and React Testing Library.
- Components for the internal OnlyUI library.
- Weather station management system as my final degree project.
September 2021 - December 2021
Frontend Vue Developer (intern) - JIG
Frontend internship with Vue, CSS, HTML, Docker and Git, building a site for transport users and an admin panel.
- Interface for bus line passengers.
- Control panel for monitoring fleet components.
- First professional contact with web product and real operations.
Technical skills
Frontend
React, Next.js, TypeScript, SSR, SEO, Tailwind CSS
Backend
NestJS, Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, APIs, Auth
Data and infrastructure
MySQL, Redis, Prisma, Docker, Coolify, AWS
AI and agents
Vercel AI SDK, RAG, LLMs, MCP, Tools, Evals
Product
UX, Roadmap, Automation, Analytics, CI/CD