
Juan Manuel Lopez Garcia
@juanmanuellopezgarci
Senior Software Engineer at ARKUSNEXUS leading an Internal AI Platform and building an assistant for company data.
What I'm looking for
At ARKUSNEXUS, I lead architecture and end-to-end development of an Internal AI Platform that centralizes financial, operational, and workforce reporting. I built an AI assistant that answers questions about billing, customers, and employees using historical company data.
Through my ARKUSNEXUS engagement with Drata, I led the architecture and production delivery of Enterprise Workspaces and the migration to granular, permission-based authorization. I also led OpenSearch adoption in high-latency product areas and designed API/OAuth integrations with enterprise platforms.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead
ArkusNexus
Jul 2019 - Present (7 years 2 months)
Lead architecture and end-to-end development of an internal AI platform for financial, operational, and workforce reporting. Built an AI assistant using historical company data and developed frontend, backend, and AI components with React, TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Claude, pgvector, AWS, and local LLMs.
Led platform engineering through ArkusNexus, contributing to Drata's growth to 8,000+ customers and $100M+ ARR. Led OpenSearch adoption, technical leadership of multiple teams, platform architecture for Enterprise Workspaces, RBAC migration, enterprise integrations, production reliability, and AI-assisted development.
Contributed to Drata's platform engineering through ArkusNexus, focusing on performance and search, technical leadership, platform architecture, authorization, enterprise integrations, production reliability, and AI-assisted development.
Freelance Software Engineer
Self Employed
Jun 2013 - Jul 2019 (6 years 1 month)
Designed and delivered custom web applications, learning management systems, and eLearning solutions for academic and corporate organizations. Advised on technology strategy and platform architecture while delivering end-to-end software solutions.
Education
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Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán
Bachelor of Science, Computer Systems Engineering
2005 - 2010
Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán, completed in 2010.
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