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About Me

Manuel Alejandro Quistial Jurado, software and electronic engineer focused on enterprise full-stack work at Anthology/Blackboard, with backend and cloud experience from Digital Americas, selective freelance delivery and parallel institutional and neuroengineering projects.

Software Engineering

At Anthology/Blackboard I worked on enterprise learning platforms used by institutions worldwide: React and TypeScript interfaces, Java and Spring Boot microservices, PostgreSQL, Angular-to-React migration, AWS Lambda feature flags and automated testing in CI/CD pipelines.

At Digital Americas Pipeline Initiative I worked as a backend developer on Node.js, Express, AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS, EC2, API Gateway and Electron-based tooling.

On Babel Scores I build a direct-client publishing and e-commerce platform with WooCommerce, React, Fabric.js, PDF.js, S3, WPML, custom plugins, async jobs, multivendor flows and federated institutional access.

I contribute to the institutional digital ecosystem at Facultad de Comunicaciones y Filología, Universidad de Antioquia (Laravel, Symfony, React, Next.js, Python, Keycloak/OIDC).

Through Sal & Picciotto I deliver freelance WordPress and Elementor Pro projects for corporate, healthcare, real estate, nonprofit and campaign clients, using Polylang, ACF, WordPress Code Snippets, custom CSS and JavaScript.

Neuroengineering & Research

As a master's student at Universidad de Antioquia, I research EEG-based motor imagery classification: decoding imagined hand movements from scalp recordings. My pipeline applies band-pass filtering, FBCSP feature extraction, and classifiers such as LDA and SVM.

Evaluation follows subject-disjoint cross-validation so results reflect generalization across participants, not within-subject overfitting. I treat research code like production software: versioned experiments, traceable preprocessing, and reproducible notebooks.

Education

Master's in Engineering (Neuroengineering focus)

Universidad de Antioquia

Feb 2025 – Dec 2026 (expected)

EEG-based motor imagery classification, FBCSP feature extraction, and subject-disjoint ML evaluation for BCI systems.

Specialization in Software Development

Universidad EAFIT

Jul 2025 – Dec 2026 (expected)

BS in Electronic Engineering

Universidad de Antioquia

Aug 2012 – Sep 2021

Languages

  • Spanish · Native
  • English · Professional working proficiency
  • German · Limited working proficiency

Research Outputs

  • EEG Motor Imagery Pipeline

    Reproducible Python research pipeline with MNE preprocessing, FBCSP features, and leave-one-subject-out evaluation.

    View research →

Current Focus

  • Enterprise full-stack at Anthology/Blackboard: React, TypeScript, Java, Spring Boot, CI/CD
  • Backend and cloud foundations from Digital Americas: Node.js, AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS
  • Direct-client platform engineering on Babel Scores
  • WordPress freelance delivery via Sal & Picciotto
  • Institutional systems at Facultad de Comunicaciones y Filología, Universidad de Antioquia: Laravel, Keycloak/OIDC, Python reporting
  • EEG signal processing and BCI classification pipelines

Experience

Anthology / Blackboard

Software Engineer / Full-Stack Engineer

Nov 2021 – May 2026 · Bogotá, Colombia

Enterprise Software

Enterprise education software at scale: React and TypeScript frontends, Java and Spring Boot services, PostgreSQL, Angular-to-React migration, AWS Lambda feature flags, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

ReactTypeScriptReduxAngularJavaSpring BootPostgreSQLAWS LambdaCI/CDJestJUnit

Digital Americas Pipeline Initiative

Backend Developer

Feb 2020 – Nov 2021 · Medellín, Colombia

Backend / Cloud

Backend development on cloud systems with Node.js, Express, AWS Lambda, SNS/SQS, EC2, API Gateway and Electron-based tooling.

Node.jsExpressAWS LambdaAmazon SNSAmazon SQSEC2API GatewayElectron

Babel Scores

Current

Software Engineer / Full-Stack Engineer

May 2022 – Present · Remote

Direct Client / Publishing Platform

Direct-client publishing and e-commerce platform on WordPress and WooCommerce: custom plugins, React flipbook tooling with Fabric.js and PDF.js, AWS S3, WPML, async jobs, multivendor flows and federated institutional access.

WordPressWooCommerceReactFabric.jsPDF.jsAWS S3WPMLPHPJavaScript

Sal & Picciotto

Current

WordPress / Frontend Developer

May 2022 – Present · Remote

Freelance / Agency

Freelance WordPress and Elementor Pro projects through Sal & Picciotto for corporate, healthcare, real estate, nonprofit and campaign clients. Responsive layouts, ACF, Polylang, custom CSS, JavaScript and production updates.

WordPressElementor ProPolylangACFWordPress Code SnippetsCustom CSSJavaScript

Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Comunicaciones y Filología

Current

Software Engineer

May 2022 – Present · Medellín, Colombia

Institutional Software Ecosystem

Institutional software for the digital ecosystem at Facultad de Comunicaciones y Filología, Universidad de Antioquia: legacy modernization, Laravel and Symfony applications, React and Next.js frontends, Python reporting services, Docker environments, validation scripts and centralized authentication with Keycloak/OIDC.

LaravelSymfonyReactNext.jsTypeScriptFastAPIFlaskPythonPostgreSQLMySQLKeycloakOIDCDocker

Universidad de Antioquia, Research

Current

Neuroengineering Researcher / Master's Student

Feb 2025 – Present · Medellín, Colombia

Research

Master's research on EEG-based motor imagery classification, BCI systems, signal processing and machine learning evaluation, building on prior neuroengineering work in cognitive rehabilitation applications.

PythonEEGBCISignal ProcessingMachine Learningscikit-learnpandasNumPyFBCSPLDASVM