You learn.

You build.

You break things.

You iterate.

Can you ship?

Cebu City • 3+ Years Building

Elgen MarArinasa

Software Engineering Intern — Frontend & RnD bridging autonomous AI automation and workflows, frontend engineering (Angular / React), and mission-critical enterprise platforms.

3+
Years Building
55+
Courses Done
TOPCIT
Level III
Elgen Mar Arinasa
Elgen Mar Alternate
AI × SYSTEMS
Available
scroll
👤

A little bit about myself...

>Name:Elgen Mar Arinasa
>Loc:Cebu, Philippines
>Age:21
>Edu:University of San Carlos

Hello, there! I'm Elgen.

I operate at the intersection of applied data science, systems architecture, and technical research. While many talk about "AI hype," I dedicated my freelance years to delivering 40+ multidisciplinary technical papers—covering everything from memory hierarchy optimization to rigorous statistical evaluation.

I don't just "build apps." I architect structured, defensible systems that turn loosely defined requirements into production-ready insights. Whether I'm leading workshops as a Data Science Core Officer at GDGOC (Google Developer Groups on Campus - USC) or training a 5-CNN ensemble pipeline and YOLOv11 for clinical diagnostics at the University of San Carlos, my focus is singular: Execution over fluff.

If you need someone who can get the job done on time, I'm your guy.

Whether I'm shipping mission-critical backends, technical benchmarks, or engineering data pipelines, my focus is singular: Unrelenting execution.

TypeScript
Next.js 16
React 19
Angular
WebMCP
Chrome DevTools MCP
Three.js / R3F
GSAP 3
NestJS
TypeORM
MySQL / Docker
Python
YOLOv11
TensorFlow
Grad-CAM
Django / Wagtail
Flutter
Playwright E2E
n8n & Workflow Automation
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Multi-Agent Systems
RAG & Vector Pipelines
TypeScript
Next.js 16
React 19
Angular
WebMCP
Chrome DevTools MCP
Three.js / R3F
GSAP 3
NestJS
TypeORM
MySQL / Docker
Python
YOLOv11
TensorFlow
Grad-CAM
Django / Wagtail
Flutter
Playwright E2E
n8n & Workflow Automation
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Multi-Agent Systems
RAG & Vector Pipelines
TypeScript
Next.js 16
React 19
Angular
WebMCP
Chrome DevTools MCP
Three.js / R3F
GSAP 3
NestJS
TypeORM
MySQL / Docker
Python
YOLOv11
TensorFlow
Grad-CAM
Django / Wagtail
Flutter
Playwright E2E
n8n & Workflow Automation
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Multi-Agent Systems
RAG & Vector Pipelines
TypeScript
Next.js 16
React 19
Angular
WebMCP
Chrome DevTools MCP
Three.js / R3F
GSAP 3
NestJS
TypeORM
MySQL / Docker
Python
YOLOv11
TensorFlow
Grad-CAM
Django / Wagtail
Flutter
Playwright E2E
n8n & Workflow Automation
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Multi-Agent Systems
RAG & Vector Pipelines
01.Philosophy

The Mindset

◈

Autonomous AI & Agent Runtimes

I engineer sovereign agent environments, MCP tool interfaces, and token-efficient memory compounding—turning development workspaces from passive editors into self-orchestrating systems.

⬡

Resilient Systems Architecture

I begin with strict boundary contracts and data integrity—pairing modern Angular and React frontends with typed APIs, TypeORM migrations, and containerized backends that hold up outside localhost.

△

Explainable Machine Learning & Craft

I reject black-box guesswork. Whether through Grad-CAM cellular saliency heatmaps or dock-side B2B field validation, every model and UI interaction is built for stakeholder trust and mathematical clarity.

S2.5 · How I build with agents

Context first.

Every project starts with written context: a research folder, a router doc, and notes on what I am building and why. Agents read it before they touch anything.

Three agents. One context.

Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity work the same project side by side, reading the same context, so none of them starts from zero.

Context is king.

A workspace agent I run keeps track of what I do, so decisions and notes carry over between sessions. Skills load only when a task needs them.

Then it runs without me.

The same thinking goes into AI automation and workflows that take repeat work off people. I review everything before it ships.

Lanes

  • EMA

    Elgen

    Conductor · human in the loop

  • Claude Code

    Architecture, fixes and reviews

    queued
  • Codex

    3D scenes and visuals

    queued
  • Antigravity

    Tooling and debugging

    queued
02.Background

Experience Timeline

Lead Systems Architect & Founder

Axio Labs / Elgen-OS

2025 – Present

Applied AI engineering across autonomous agents, AI automation and workflows, and award-winning products. Built Elgen’s OS (my context-first agent workspace), HitchKa (IBPAP Best UX Winner & DICT PSC XI Entry), and FreshCatch (HackUSC 3rd & Best in Design).

  • Run a context-first agent workspace: every project gets a research folder and router doc, a workspace agent keeps track of what I do between sessions, and 1,000+ skills load on demand
  • Founded HitchKa: Won Best UX Design Award (IBPAP Hackathon) and qualified as Region VII startup entry for DICT Philippine Startup Challenge XI (PSC XI)
  • Built HackUSC 2026 award-winning platform FreshCatch with dock-side validated Bayanihan Aggregation Engine
Applied AIWorkflow AutomationNext.jsHitchKa (PSC XI)Systems ArchitectureB2B Logistics

Software Engineering Intern — Frontend & RnD

NTV360 (N-Compass TV)

Jul 2026 – Dec 2026 (Expected)

Started on the frontend team shipping features for internal business applications, now in R&D supporting applied AI work for the sales team. Details of internal products are under NDA.

  • Supporting R&D work on AI tools for the sales team: preparing and cleaning business data and researching agent and evaluation approaches
  • Built personal automation workflows for my own R&D tasks, including data cleaning and research handoffs
  • Built and shipped features for internal business applications in Angular and TypeScript, from UI specs and API integration to reviewed, merged pull requests
  • Completed backend (NestJS, TypeORM, MySQL, Redis) and UI/UX design-to-code rotations, and prototyped an embedded kiosk app in Flutter
Applied AIData PreparationWorkflow AutomationAngularTypeScriptNestJS

Data Science Core Officer

Google Developer Groups on Campus — USC

2025 – 2026

Leading data science curriculum, technical workshops, and developer mentoring across the University of San Carlos community. Helping over 300+ student engineers bridge theoretical AI with applied systems.

  • Directed data science workshops covering practical Python, TensorFlow, and model interpretability
  • Mentored hackathon teams in production architecture and scalable full-stack deployments
  • Supported a 3,500+ member developer community across Central Visayas
Machine LearningLeadershipTechnical WorkshopsPythonCommunity

Freelance Video Editor

National & International Clients (Remote)

2026 – Present

Short-form content editing for businesses and creators, repurposing long-form content into platform-ready clips.

  • Edit and deliver high-volume short-form clips for national and international clients and businesses
  • Generated 50M+ cumulative views across client content through fast-turnaround, retention-focused editing
Video EditingShort-Form ContentTikTokYouTube ShortsReels

Contract Software Engineer & Technical Researcher

Livingston Research (London, UK — Remote)

Sep 2024 – Dec 2024

Delivered production-grade code solutions, algorithmic implementations, and technical research papers for an international client base under demanding sprint deadlines.

  • Delivered algorithmic proofs, statistical models, and systems analysis for 40+ multidisciplinary projects under tight deadlines
  • Generated over ₱50,000+ ($1,000+) in delivered contract value
  • Improved turnaround by an estimated 20–30% through reusable, modular templates and structured reviewer feedback
  • Investigated computer architecture memory hierarchies, security threat modeling, and regression mathematics
Algorithmic ComputingSystems ResearchNetwork SecurityStatistical Modeling
03.Architecture

Technical Case Studies

More builds & ecosystem systems

IBPAP BEST UX AWARD · DICT PSC XI ENTRY · REAL-TIME CURB HUD · 300+ STUDENT VALIDATION
2026
★ IBPAP BEST UX & DICT PSC XI ENTRY

HitchKa — Student Vehicle Pooling Platform

hitchka.vercel.appLIVE DEPLOYMENT

Award-winning student-to-student vehicle pooling and transit network solving severe commute gridlock along Cebu's university belt. Winner of Best UX Design at the IBPAP 'Can You HackIT?' 2026 Hackathon and selected as Region VII flagship startup for DICT's Philippine Startup Challenge XI (PSC XI). Features multimodal vision AI license verification, Taglish curbside NLP parser, and zero-detour route matching.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSVision AITaglish NLPPSC XI EntryPWA
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS · YOLOv11 RBC LOCALIZATION · STACKED CNNS · GRAD-CAM
2025
★ UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Automated Malaria Detection (Clinical CV Pipeline)

thesis-frontend-eight.vercel.appLIVE DEPLOYMENT

Clinical-grade computer vision pipeline for real-time red blood cell localization and parasite classification in thin blood smears. Integrates Grad-CAM decision saliency heatmaps to provide clinical explainability for rural pathologists.

YOLOv11Stacked CNNsGrad-CAMPythonTensorFlowOpenCV
NESTJS · TYPEORM MIGRATIONS · MYSQL DOCKER · JWT AUTH · SWAGGER
2026

Backend Rotation Project — Pet & Owner REST API

Illustration of a layered backend: controller, service and database tiersIllustration

The REST API I built during my internship’s backend rotation: NestJS with clean controller/service layers, TypeORM migrations, a Dockerized MySQL database, and JWT authentication with role-based access.

NestJSTypeORMMySQLDocker ComposebcryptSwagger
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE · JAVA · UNIFIED UML MODELING · RBAC
2023 - 2025

Julie's POS System (Enterprise Extension)

Illustration of a point-of-sale system with roles and inventory flowsIllustration

Full enterprise-grade Point of Sale and retail management platform built with Java and MySQL. Features role-based access control, inventory tracking, daily sales reconciliation, and exhaustive UML lifecycle architecture.

JavaMySQLSystems AnalysisUMLRBAC
STATISTICAL MODELING · PYTHON ETL · STL TIME-SERIES FORECASTING · PANEL DASHBOARD
2024

Flu vs. COVID-19 Incidence & Trends (2020–2024)

Illustration of two epidemiological trend lines over timeIllustration

Comparative epidemiological time-series analysis evaluating seasonal interaction and incidence trends between Influenza and COVID-19 in New Jersey using automated CDC/JHU pipelines and STL seasonal decomposition.

PythonPandasHvplotPanelTime SeriesEpidemiology
OFFLINE-FIRST MOBILE NAVIGATION · KOTLIN & ANDROID SDK · INDOOR ROUTING
2023 – 2025

CiviClick – USC Campus Navigation Map

Illustration of a campus map with navigation pathsIllustration

Mobile navigation app for the sprawling University of San Carlos Talamban Campus. Solves the student disorientation problem with offline-first vector maps, building-level floor plans, and animated step-by-step guidance.

KotlinAndroid SDKJavaGoogle Maps APIMobile UX
04.Deployment

Live Applications & Deployments

Production web applications, hackathon-winning prototypes, and enterprise client-side architectures verified in active production.

Live deployment2026
★ FLAGSHIP AGENT WORKSPACE

Elgen's OS — Context-First Agent Workspace

The workspace I run every project from. Context comes first: research folders, router docs and a memory bank that a workspace agent keeps up to date, plus 1,000+ skills that load only when a task needs them.

Autonomous AIContext EngineeringNext.jsTypeScript
Live deployment2026
★ HACKUSC 3RD PLACE & BEST IN DESIGN

FreshCatch — B2B Seafood Coordination Platform

Award-winning B2B logistics and coordination platform unbundling exploitative middlemen in Cebu’s seafood trade. Features a Demand-First coordination loop and the Bayanihan Aggregation Engine, validated through direct dock-side sessions with the Pasil Market Manager.

Next.jsSupabaseTypeScriptB2B Logistics
Live deployment2026
★ IBPAP BEST UX & DICT PSC XI ENTRY

HitchKa — Student Vehicle Pooling Platform

Award-winning student-to-student vehicle pooling and transit network solving severe commute gridlock along Cebu's university belt. Winner of Best UX Design at the IBPAP 'Can You HackIT?' 2026 Hackathon and selected as Region VII flagship startup for DICT's Philippine Startup Challenge XI (PSC XI). Features multimodal vision AI license verification, Taglish curbside NLP parser, and zero-detour route matching.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSVision AI
Live deployment2025
★ UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Automated Malaria Detection (Clinical CV Pipeline)

Clinical-grade computer vision pipeline for real-time red blood cell localization and parasite classification in thin blood smears. Integrates Grad-CAM decision saliency heatmaps to provide clinical explainability for rural pathologists.

YOLOv11Stacked CNNsGrad-CAMPython
ARCHITECTURE SPEC2026
★ INTERNSHIP · NDA

Internal Sales Platform (Internship, NDA)

Frontend features for an internal sales application at my internship, built in a modern Angular codebase with a shared company component library. Product details are under NDA.

AngularTypeScriptTailwindSCSS BEM
Docs →
Private RepoOffline Spec
ARCHITECTURE SPEC2026

Backend Rotation Project — Pet & Owner REST API

The REST API I built during my internship’s backend rotation: NestJS with clean controller/service layers, TypeORM migrations, a Dockerized MySQL database, and JWT authentication with role-based access.

NestJSTypeORMMySQLDocker Compose
Docs →
GitHubOffline Spec
ARCHITECTURE SPEC2023 - 2025

Julie's POS System (Enterprise Extension)

Full enterprise-grade Point of Sale and retail management platform built with Java and MySQL. Features role-based access control, inventory tracking, daily sales reconciliation, and exhaustive UML lifecycle architecture.

JavaMySQLSystems AnalysisUML
Docs →
GitHubOffline Spec
ARCHITECTURE SPEC2024

Flu vs. COVID-19 Incidence & Trends (2020–2024)

Comparative epidemiological time-series analysis evaluating seasonal interaction and incidence trends between Influenza and COVID-19 in New Jersey using automated CDC/JHU pipelines and STL seasonal decomposition.

PythonPandasHvplotPanel
Docs →
GitHubOffline Spec
ARCHITECTURE SPEC2023 – 2025

CiviClick – USC Campus Navigation Map

Mobile navigation app for the sprawling University of San Carlos Talamban Campus. Solves the student disorientation problem with offline-first vector maps, building-level floor plans, and animated step-by-step guidance.

KotlinAndroid SDKJavaGoogle Maps API
Docs →
GitHubOffline Spec
05.Credentials

Certifications & Achievements

🏆

Can You HackIT? The IBPAP Challenge — Best UX Design

VERIFIED

IT & Business Process Association Philippines (IBPAP) · 2026

Won Best UX Design with team ES MIMING for HitchKa, a zero-detour peer mobility platform for university corridors, backed by 106 student commuters surveyed on the ground. I pitched it on stage at CIT-U, Cebu City (August 17, 2026).

IBPAP certificate of achievement for Best UX Design, team ES MIMINGTeam ES MIMING on stage with the judges under the Best UX Design bannerElgen pitching HitchKa on stage at CIT-U
🏆

HackUSC 2026 — 3rd Place Overall & Best in Design

VERIFIED

USC Competition Guild & Google Developer Groups · 2026

Awarded 3rd Place Overall (~85.6 pts) and Best in Design for FreshCatch. Recognized by senior industry judges for technical depth, operational feasibility, and design-first architectural implementation.

HackUSC 2026 — 3rd Place Overall & Best in Design
🏅

TOPCIT Level III (Certified Competency)

VERIFIED

Ministry of Science & ICT, South Korea & IITP · 2025

Top-tier international benchmark certifying high-level competency in software architecture, database management, and technical problem-solving valid across ASEAN and South Korean technology markets.

📊

Associate Data Analyst in SQL

VERIFIED

DataCamp · 2024

Verified professional certification covering exploratory data analysis, complex multi-table joins, subqueries, and window analytical aggregations.

Associate Data Analyst in SQL
🐍

Data Analyst with Python (Professional Track)

VERIFIED

DataCamp · 2024

Comprehensive professional credentials covering Python ETL pipelines, statistical inference, predictive modeling, and publication-grade data visualizations.

Data Analyst with Python (Professional Track)
06.Capabilities

Technical Capabilities

110catalogued modules
Module counts across the skill categories below.
  • Applied AI & Agents24
  • Frontend & 3D Engineering22
  • Enterprise Backend & DB18
  • Machine Learning & CV16
  • DevOps & Tooling12
  • Workflows & Automation18

Applied AI & Agents

24+ modules
Autonomous Multi-Agent SystemsLLM Tool Calling & Function UseRAG & Semantic RetrievalStructured JSON & Schema (Zod)Vector Memory & EmbeddingsWebMCP In-Browser AutomationContext Optimization & Pacing

Frontend & 3D Engineering

22+ modules
Next.js 16 (App Router)React 19 Concurrent ModeAngular (Standalone, Signals)Three.js & R3F v9GSAP 3 ScrollTriggerTailwind CSS v4 & BEMShared Component LibrariesLenis Smooth Scroll

Enterprise Backend & DB

18+ modules
NestJS Clean ArchitectureTypeORM Strict MigrationsExpress.jsMySQL 8.0 & PostgreSQLDocker Compose VolumesBcrypt Auth & RBACDjango & Wagtail CMSSupabase Realtime RLS

Machine Learning & CV

16+ modules
YOLOv11 RBC LocalizationStacked CNN ClassifiersGrad-CAM Explainable AIPython (Pandas, NumPy)TensorFlow & OpenCVSTL Time-Series ForecastLivingston Systems MathDataCamp Certified Track

DevOps & Tooling

12+ modules
Git & GitHub WorkflowsVercel Edge DeploymentsPlaywright Automated E2EGit Advanced SubmodulesTypeScript 5.8 StrictHusky Git Pre-Commit Gates

Workflows & Automation

18+ modules
n8n Event-Driven PipelinesMake.com Scenario AutomationWebhook & API ConnectorsModel Context Protocol (MCP)Automated ETL & ExtractionDocker Compose MicroservicesCloudflare & Secure Tunnels
Extended Logs

Sub-System Access.

📸
COMING SOON

Visual Gallery

Shadowing the process—a visual dump of my work-life, systems, and cebu-based captures.

Access Protocol →
🧪
COMING SOON

The Lab (Blog)

Technical writeups on architectural patterns, low-level optimizations, and data pipelines.

Access Protocol →
07.Connect

Let's Build Something Defensible

Available for Systems Architecture, Applied AI Engineering, and High-Velocity Engineering Contracts.

© 2026 ELGEN MAR ARINASA · SOVEREIGN ARCHITECT