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Location: South America (EST/CST Timezone aligned)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Node.js, REST/GraphQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Google Pub/Sub, Cloudflare, Docker, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Svelte, Astro, Tailwind CSS, LLMs, RAG (PoC), Git, Linux, Figma, Sentry, PostHog

Résumé/CV: https://go.jimynicanor.com/cv

Email: dev.jimynicanor@gmail.com

Website: https://www.jimynicanor.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimy-nicanor

Software Engineer (Not a vibe coder) with strong foundations and creative critical sense to find the correct solution based on your budget and requirements with +5 YOE my key achievements:

- Real-Time Performance: Boosted rendering performance by 400% in a live data visualization app using custom data structures (Queues/DAGs) to eliminate unnecessary React re-renders

- Backend Messaging & Queues: Built asynchronous pipelines using Node.js, Google Cloud Pub/Sub (with Dead Letter Queues), and background job processors for reliable data flow

- AI Integrations & RAG: Built Proof of Concepts (PoCs) integrating LLM APIs (Gemini) with structured prompt engineering and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for AI-driven workflows

- Product Delivery: Re-architected a stalled core codebase in 4 weeks to unblock development and ship the MVP to production



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