Hugo Baptista / Paris, France

Full-stack AI engineer

Building tools, systems, and products

Capability map

01

Full-stack product engineering

Interfaces, backend services, databases, deployment, and product judgment from freelance and personal builds.

  • Svelte
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • UX
02

AI / LLM tooling

LLM-based Python pipelines for structuring interview data and reusable internal tooling.

  • Python
  • LLMs
  • Context engineering
  • Safeguards
03

Backend & data reliability

Rust, gRPC, PostgreSQL, microservices, production safeguards, and rigorous code reviews.

  • Rust
  • gRPC
  • PostgreSQL
  • Microservices
04

Cloud / DevOps / infrastructure

Hands-on OpenStack, Kubernetes, networking, resilience, and automation practice across on-premise NUC clusters and internal platforms.

  • OpenStack
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Networking
05

Cybersecurity foundations

Cybersecurity exchange coursework, ethical hacking, virus analysis, and practical cluster hardening with security services such as Boundary.

  • Cybersecurity
  • Ethical hacking
  • Boundary
  • Hardening
06

Strategy & leadership

Project management, teaching, IT strategy work, and coordination of event teams for 1,000+ participants.

  • IT strategy
  • Teaching
  • Coordination

My work

  1. IT strategy & AI tooling internship

    OCTO Technology

    Led a GenAI impact study through structured interviews and built an LLM-based Python pipeline to analyze and structure interview data at scale.

    • Python
    • LLMs
    • Interviews
    • Internal tooling
    • Strategy
  2. Leadership

    Events non-profit

    Coordinates light, sound, video, scenography, artists, external partners, and board members for events with 1,000+ participants.

    • Coordination
    • Leadership
    • Events
    • Operations
  3. School IT strategy project

    Healthcare digital transformation

    Managed a 7-person team, audited current operations, defined a target operating model and roadmap, and presented recommendations to a mock executive committee.

    • IT strategy
    • Architecture
    • AI
    • Project management
  4. Kubernetes administration

    Major intranet Kubernetes cluster

    Administered the Kubernetes cluster powering the major intranet and multiple internal apps, improved resilience, and deployed security services including Boundary.

    • Kubernetes
    • Resilience
    • Boundary
    • Security
    • Platform operations
  5. School cloud infrastructure project

    OpenStack self-service cloud

    Deployed a self-service OpenStack cloud on three Intel NUCs, learning cloud internals, networking, and infrastructure automation through Ansible and Terraform.

    • OpenStack
    • Networking
    • Ansible
    • Terraform
    • Infrastructure
  6. Software engineering internship

    Stockly

    Worked on e-commerce inventory integrations in Rust with gRPC and PostgreSQL; implemented database safeguards to mitigate production failures and integrated new partners onto the platform.

    • Rust
    • gRPC
    • PostgreSQL
    • DevOps
    • Code reviews
  7. Freelance

    Upwork full-stack missions

    Delivered client projects from design to deployment and maintenance, including a ticket management system and donating platforms custom WhatsApp integration.

    • Svelte
    • Backend
    • Database
    • Hosting
    • WhatsApp API
  8. Teaching

    C# & OCaml teaching assistant

    Taught labs and supervised practical programming sessions for first-year EPITA students.

    • Teaching
    • C#
    • OCaml
  9. Hackathon

    AssoGrow

    Full-stack management platform for non-profit associations and food banks, built during GottaGoHack #1.

    • Node.js
    • Full-stack
    • Associations
    • Hackathon
  10. Erasmus course

    Malware analysis

    Analyzed and reverse-engineered various malware samples, including ransomware, cryptominers, and obfuscated scripts, using static and dynamic analysis techniques.

    • Binary Ninja
    • x64dbg
    • WireShark
  11. Erasmus project

    Freighty

    Cross-platform freight management desktop application with a Rust core and Svelte + TypeScript front-end.

    • Tauri
    • Rust
    • Svelte
    • TypeScript
    • Mapbox GL
    • Zod
  12. Erasmus project

    A Simple Forum

    Web forum application with a real-time chat service built at VILNIUS TECH using PHP, MySQL, and Docker.

    • PHP
    • MySQL
    • Docker
    • Socket programming
  13. Engineering school projects

    EPITA low-level projects

    Built a POSIX shell, Tiger compiler, HTTP server, memory allocator, Linux find rewrite, OCR Sudoku solver, and Unity multiplayer game.

    • C
    • C++
    • OCaml
    • C#
  14. Internship

    Tenacy

    Refactored core application modules, implemented automated documentation tools, and researched cybersecurity workflows.

    • Backend
    • Documentation
    • Cybersecurity
  15. Internship

    Cybergraph

    Maintained small-business websites and built automation scripts for updates, reducing manual work and downtime.

    • Linux
    • Drupal
    • Proxmox
    • Automation
  16. Personal product

    Silant

    Real-time music management app for parties with MVP validation, user surveys, microservices architecture, and Spotify API integration.

    • Real-time
    • Microservices
    • Spotify API
    • Product
  17. Creative systems

    Exoly

    Game development role focused on multiplayer and backend development.

    • Game dev
    • Multiplayer
    • Backend