Jefferson Vaca-Santana
Ph.D. in Physical Sciences | AI Architect & Complex Systems
n8n
LangGraph
AI Agents
APIs REST
Python
HPC
Scientific Computing
Professional Experience
Automation, Integration & Software
Tech Lead & Automation / AI Engineer
2023 — 2025Consultoría y Proyectos Aplicados | Ecuador
- Automation & Generative AI: Designed and implemented automated workflows using n8n and Python scripts to optimize repetitive manual tasks in operational and commercial areas.
- Business Integrations: Developed and integrated critical data communication and synchronization flows (customers, billing, and orders) between business systems and the corporate ERP using REST APIs and Webhooks, ensuring database integrity.
- Infrastructure & IT Security: Managed local and cloud servers, establishing computer security policies, corporate access controls, and scheduled backups to ensure service stability and continuity.
Full-Stack, BI & Web Developer (Freelance)
2023 — PresentCorporate Projects | Ecuador
- Dashboard Development (Power BI): Designed business and operational analytics dashboards in Power BI, integrating relational databases, structured files, and custom APIs to define executive KPIs.
- Web & Corporate Portal Management: Managed and optimized corporate web portals using HTML/CSS, integrating forms and securely managing domains, hosting, and SSL certificates.
- Transactional Systems: Developed Next.js transactional backends, automating billing flows and integrating them with payment gateways and notifications.
Scientific Computing & Process Optimization
Scientific Researcher & Lecturer
2015 — PresentUSM, PUCV and EPN | Chile and Ecuador
- Scientific Computing (HPC): Parallel programming and optimization of high-efficiency algorithms in Python and C++ executed on high-performance computing clusters.
- Server Administration: Maintenance, automatic backups of scientific data, and permission management on laboratory computing servers.
Academic & Continuing Education
2025
Ph.D. in Physical Sciences
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María & PUCV | Chile
2021
M.Sc. in Astrophysics
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) | Mexico
2019
Physicist (Modeling & Numerical Simulation)
Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN) | Ecuador
2016—2025
*Continuing Education
Stochastic Processes & Optimization
* Advanced seminars and specialization courses in applied Stochastic Processes (PUCV), Time Series Analysis (USFQ), Group Theory (EPN), and international participation in IX and VIII Mathematical Physics Schools (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) focusing on computational geometry and mathematical optimization.
Leadership & Distinctions
First Place in Netlife National Hackathon (2026): Designed and developed a competitive intelligence automation solution utilizing web scraping, ETL pipelines, and KPI dashboards.
Leadership & Fellowships: Graduate student representative (USM), EPN Politécnico Council member, and doctoral excellence fellow at USM (Chile) and CONACYT (Mexico).
Mathematical modeling of complex tensorial systems: Published in peer-reviewed international journals (Q1/Q2):