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Nico Kaka

@nicokaka

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Software Engineering student building AI-powered RAG and full-stack systems; eager for my first role.

Uruguay

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking my first professional opportunity to contribute meaningfully and grow. I want a team that values both technical excellence and real-world AI impact, with collaborative problem-solving and practical ownership from day one.

I’m a Systems Engineering student at Universidad ORT Uruguay (7th semester) and I’ve completed my intermediate degree as a Software Engineering Assistant. I enjoy turning complex problems into reliable software, and I learn fast when the technical challenge is real.

My hands-on work focuses on AI-powered systems—production-oriented RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and LLM-integrated applications—paired with solid full-stack development. I bring experience building RESTful APIs, working with relational databases, and delivering modern single-page application experiences.

In projects, I’ve shipped an AR 3D restaurant SaaS platform (MiraloMenu) with clean architecture and an agentic AI integration, and I’ve built an open-source, privacy-first real-time speech translation desktop app (LiveTranslate). I’m looking for a first professional opportunity where technical excellence and real-world AI impact both matter.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

MiraloMenu AR Platform

Current

MiraloMenu

Jan 2026 - Present (7 months)

Built an AR 3D restaurant management SaaS with dual Next.js apps (admin dashboard and QR-based public client) and session-based auth. Integrated Tripo AI for 2D-to-3D generation, MercadoPago payments/subscriptions, and self-hosted infrastructure with Docker, SSE order streaming, and CORS-hardened APIs.

TurboRepo Next.js React TypeScript Clean Architecture DDD BetterAuth Prisma PostgreSQL Tripo AI Draco Compression Cloudflare R2 Docker SSE REST APIs

LiveTranslate Desktop App

LiveTranslate

Jan 2026 - Present (7 months)

Developed an open-source privacy-first real-time speech translation desktop app using Tauri 2 (Rust) with a TypeScript/Vite frontend. Implemented a multi-process AI engine with Python/FastAPI integrating speech-to-text, translation, and TTS, including real-time subtitle overlay and a voice cloning feature.

Tauri Rust TypeScript Vite Python fastAPI Parakeet TDT Piper TTS Pocket TTS HuggingFace Model Auto Download WASAPI Virtual Audio Cable Routing TTS Voice Cloning Real Time Subtitles Overlay HTTP Localhost Integration

Agentic-RAG Movie Recs

Universidad Ort Uruguay

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Built an agentic RAG movie and series recommendation system over ~20,000 titles using semantic vector search. Implemented a full agentic pipeline for data processing, embeddings, and dynamic tool-based recommendation generation.

LangGraph Pinecone Vector Search Embeddings Agentic RAG Tool Based Recommendation Generation

Algorithms Optimization C++

Algortimos2

Implemented sorting and search algorithms in C++ as an algorithms optimization project.

C++Sort Algorithms

Docentes ANEP Lesson Tool

Docentes ANEP

Developed a lesson planning tool for teachers.

TaskTrackPro Task Manager

TaskTrackPro

Created a task manager project using Blazor and .NET.

Blazor .NET

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering

Activities and societies: Relevant coursework includes Software Engineering, Web Development, Database Management, and Data Structures & Algorithms.

Systems Engineering degree at Universidad ORT Uruguay, currently in the 7th semester with expected completion in 2027.

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Artificial Intelligence Specialization Course, Artificial Intelligence

2025 - 2025

Activities and societies: Focus areas: RAG pipelines, embeddings, AI agents, and hands-on LLM application development with advanced prompt engineering.

Artificial Intelligence specialization course at Universidad ORT Uruguay covering RAG pipelines, embeddings, AI agents, and advanced prompt engineering.