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Daniel Alexis Cruz
Philippines (Remote)
Full-Stack Developer | Building at the Intersection of AI & Web3
"Sailing into the unknown, building as I go."
Lakbay, the Filipino word for journey
About Me
I originally started with aspirations in medicine, but discovered I could help people through technology instead. That mission carried me through multiple universities to Computer Science at UP Cebu, where I graduated Cum Laude.
My internship at ChatGenie (Techstars '23) taught me to ship complete applications in 3-day sprints using tech stacks I'd never touched. That pressure-tested approach stuck. By October 2025 I was learning Solidity from scratch, by November building distributed systems, and by December orchestrating multi-agent AI workflows.
Most recently I shipped production systems at JinFortis Digital with Django and React, and I continue to build projects that push into new territory. I learn best by building things that actually work.
Education
BS Computer Science
Cum LaudeUniversity of the Philippines - Cebu
Current Focus
Building production-ready applications with:
AI IntegrationBlockchainSecurity Architecture
Interests
Full-Stack Development
Cybersecurity
Gaming
Travel
Journey Timeline
How I got here
2023
Philippine Startup Challenge 8
Best PitchCo-founded SQAN - Won Best Video Pitch
2024
ChatGenie.PH Internship
Internship at ChatGenie (Techstars '23) - Built 2 full-stack apps in 3-day sprints using Rails and Vue.js from scratch
2025
JinFortis Digital - Full Stack Developer
CompletedContract role building full-stack applications with Django, React, and PostgreSQL on AWS
Rapid Specialization Arc
Solidity from zero in Oct, distributed systems in Nov, multi-agent AI orchestration in Dec - 18 projects shipped
Google Cybersecurity Specialization
Completed comprehensive security training and certification
BS Computer Science - Cum Laude
Cum LaudeGraduated from University of the Philippines Cebu
WILLS 2025 Conference Presenter
InternationalPresented MAGSEL research at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Japan
2026
Story Stream LLC - AI Agent Engineer (Contract)
CompletedShipped features across an AI manuscript-analysis platform (Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, Stripe, Vercel): took a paid product to verified-in-production, hardened security and workflow reliability, and built an automated error triage-to-fix pipeline