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Toronto, ON

Richard Pillaca

Tenacious. · Analytical. · Charismatic.
Voidscape — Teaching AI Agents to Watch Video
01AI ENGINEERINGJun 2026 – Jul 2026AIIN PROGRESS

Voidscape — Teaching AI Agents to Watch Video

Pythonffmpegyt-dlpfaster-whisperpytestClaude Code

An AI coding agent can read images and PDFs — not video. Voidscape decomposes any video into frames plus a transcript, and prices the whole job before spending a cent or a token.

FindLeads — Lead Generation with a Built-in CRM
02FULL STACK 2026Jul 2026IN PROGRESS

FindLeads — Lead Generation with a Built-in CRM

Next.js 16React 19TypeScriptNeon PostgresDrizzle ORMZod

A business with no website is a web developer's best prospect. FindLeads searches Google Places for them, flags the website-less as tier-1 leads, and wraps a tiny CRM around the results.

Peru Grid — Mapping the Peruvian Tech Ecosystem
03OPEN SOURCEJul 2026IN PROGRESS

Peru Grid — Mapping the Peruvian Tech Ecosystem

MapLibre GL JSOpenFreeMapVanilla JSGitHub Actions

Toronto has a beloved open-source tech map. Peru didn't. Peru Grid maps 53 researched startups, consultancies, incubators and funds across Lima and Arequipa — in one dependency-free HTML file.

El Umbral — Relief Project Hub
04FULL STACKJun 2026

El Umbral — Relief Project Hub

Next.js 16React 19TypeScriptTailwind CSS v4ZodFuse.js

A bilingual "search before you build" hub for Venezuela earthquake relief — find an existing effort and join it, or publish yours with the stack and the help it needs.

ScoutLane — Recruitment Platform
05FULL STACK 2026Apr – Jul 2026IN PROGRESS

ScoutLane — Recruitment Platform

Next.js 16ReactTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQLAuth.js

AI-powered recruitment platform: public career pages, resume parsing, drag-and-drop pipelines, role-based admin, and the email/storage/webhook infrastructure a real hiring team needs.

ExamVault — Automated Exam Generation & Analysis
06FULL STACKMay 2025 – Aug 2025IN PROGRESS

ExamVault — Automated Exam Generation & Analysis

PythonDjangoPostgreSQLReact.jsTailwind CSSREST API

Full-stack platform: automated exam generation, analytics dashboard, and grading pipeline processing 100,000+ student records.

Skills & Stack

Full-stack engineer, currently focused on the frontend, building scalable interfaces with React, Next.js, and Node.js. I've shipped AI-driven apps and engineered systems end to end.

Now going deeper into AI infrastructure and high-performance engineering. Three disciplines I move between, usually on the same project: engineering, AI, and data.

Software Engineering

Full-stack with a frontend focus. I turn designs into responsive, event-driven interfaces and back them with modular auth, reusable components, and CI/CD pipelines.

ReactNext.jsNode.jsTypeScriptDjangoLaravelTailwind CSSDockerCI/CD

AI & Automation

I wire LLMs into real products, like AI that parses resumes into structured, filterable data, and automate the busywork around them with agents, RAG, and webhooks.

LLM IntegrationRAGAI AgentsLangGraphMCPVercel AIEvent-drivenWebhooks

Data & Analytics

Data-driven by default. I build ETL pipelines that process millions of records and turn them into Power BI dashboards and reporting that replace hours of manual work.

SQLPostgreSQLPower BI / DAXETLPandasExcel