Santiago, Chile - my home
AI Architect • Visionary Builder

Pablo Schaffner

Architecting AI systems for complex, ambitious problems

Custom IDE
FROM SCRATCH
100M+
USERS AT SCALE
20+ Years
IN PRODUCTION

Trusted by Fortune 500s and startups

MercadoLibre
Truepill
DocNexus
Healthcare
Insurance
WHAT I DO

How I Create Value

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AI Pioneer

Production AI since 2021—before the LLM wave. Built AI coding assistant years before it became mainstream. From autonomous healthcare systems to multi-agent pipelines, I build what others will use tomorrow. Consistently ahead of the curve.

Visionary Architect

From ambitious idea to production reality—full ownership of complex, multi-layered systems. End-to-end from system architecture to user experience, infrastructure to business impact.

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Proven at Scale

Led architecture for systems serving 100M+ users at $14.3B company. Technical reference for 300+ engineers. Mission-critical healthcare systems. Terabyte-scale data processing. Where massive scale meets innovative leadership.

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Technical Leader

Shaping product vision with founders, scaling with enterprises, mentoring teams to excellence. 13 years as founding CEO. Leading through clarity and innovation.

TRACK RECORD

Building What Doesn't Exist Yet

From architecting custom IDE before low-code was mainstream, to scaling AI systems for 100M+ users. Visionary thinking meets production mastery.

Built custom IDE from scratch—used for 100+ apps
Software Expert at MercadoLibre—1 of ~20 company-wide
Led tech leads across 3 major areas (300+ engineers each)
Architected systems for 100M+ users, 1M+ concurrent
13 years as Founding CEO at Creador S.A.
Autonomous healthcare AI with HIPAA compliance
Novel RAG architectures for document fidelity
Co-founder & CTO at Trabajando.com (acquired by El Mercurio)
EXPERIENCE

Where I've Built

Punto Origen

2024-PRESENT

AI Consulting Specialist

Healthcare EMR migration, insurance document translation (150 pages in 3 min), AI sales prospecting, enterprise AI implementations.

MercadoLibre

2023-2024

Software Expert

One of ~20 Software Experts company-wide. Technical reference across 3 major areas (MercadoPlay, Demand, OwnChannels)—leading tech leads for 300+ engineers per area. Led architecture for MercadoPlay streaming (100M+ users, 1M+ concurrent, 18 countries).

DocNexus Inc.

2022-2023

Principal Software Engineer

Physician search engine with Neo4j graph database. Terabyte-scale data extraction. ReactJS dashboards with Storybook UI kit.

Truepill.com Inc.

2021-2022

Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead

Led team of 7 engineers. Telehealth platform with video consultations (Twilio). Backend migration Next.js → NestJS. Promoted to Tech Lead in 1 month.

V+ Publicidad SpA

2019-2021

Principal Engineer & Tech Lead

D-OOH advertising platform. AWS infrastructure design. VueJS/Nuxt web panel. Android IoT integration. React Native mobile app.

Creador S.A.

2007-2020

Founding Engineer & CEO

Built custom IDE from scratch. Powered 100+ mobile applications. 13 years leading company serving major Latin American businesses.

Trabajando.com

2002-2004

CTO & Board Member

Complete website remake (ASP → ColdFusion + Java). Company acquired by El Mercurio. Co-founders became Endeavor Entrepreneurs.

Celmedia S.A.

2004-2007

Lead Engineer → Head of Engineering

Raised WAP traffic by 18,000%. Backend for 120M+ requests/month (Movistar Chat). Clients: TVN, Mega, Discovery Networks.

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Where it started – my first Vic20

PHILOSOPHY

Why I Build What I Build

Many teams try to force standard tools into problems that are anything but standard. It works for a while, until the system needs to be reliable, explainable, and ready for real users.

I work with founders and leaders who are building ambitious products and facing "there is no template for this" kind of challenges. People who value clarity, long-term thinking, and honest conversations about trade-offs.

I listen first, then design the smallest system that can carry the whole vision. Clear boundaries, simple mental models, and AI where it truly adds leverage—not just because it is fashionable.

Less noise, more signal. Systems that stay understandable as they grow. Work that makes the next step easier, not harder, for the people who come after us.

WORK WITH ME

How We Can Work Together

From ambitious idea to production reality. From novel architecture to enterprise scale.

For Visionary Founders

Shaping ambitious ideas into reality. From architecture to execution, building what does not fit standard molds.

  • Technical co-founding & architecture
  • From concept to production system
  • Novel AI architectures for complex problems
  • Fractional CTO services

For Complex Challenges

Innovative architectures for problems without standard solutions. Million-user systems requiring custom approaches.

  • Custom AI system architecture
  • Novel solutions for unprecedented challenges
  • Production systems at massive scale
  • Technical leadership & mentoring
  • HIPAA, SOC2, enterprise compliance

CORE TECHNOLOGIES

Next.jsReactTypeScriptPythonNode.jsPostgreSQLOpenAIVercel AI SDKLangChainPineconeTensorFlowDockerKubernetesAWSGCPVercel
LET'S BUILD

Building something bold?
Let me help shape it into reality.

From ambitious vision to production system. For founders and enterprises ready to innovate.

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Let's discuss your project and see how I can help.