SAMAEL  TORRES

Who is Samael Torres

I'm Samael Torres (Jorge Samael Torres Ortiz), an AI Engineer and full-stack developer with 10+ years building for clients, since 2012. I work from Vigo, Galicia (Spain) with consultancies and companies in Spain and the EU, as a B2B contractor or full-time, fully remote (CET), and I'm authorized to work in Spain as an employee or self-employed, with no visa sponsorship needed. Since 2022 I've run my own agency, Quantum, and since 2024 I've shipped generative AI agents to production: LLM-powered WhatsApp assistants that transcribe voice notes with server-side Whisper and hand off to a human when needed. I build platforms in TypeScript (Bun, Hono, PostgreSQL, Nuxt, SvelteKit) and in Java with Spring Boot and Angular, and use Python for calculations and document generation. I work like a Forward Deployed Engineer: from the first client meeting to deployment, with tests and operations. Before that, I spent 5+ years as technology lead for a retail chain in Athens.

What I build for companies

• case "whatsapp":

  AI WhatsApp assistants (official Cloud API)

  An LLM assistant answers your customers on WhatsApp from an editable knowledge base, transcribes voice notes on your own server and hands off to a person when the topic calls for it. Before it goes live, a test suite checks when it answers and when it hands off.

  • LLM
  • whisper.cpp
  • WhatsApp Cloud API
  • TypeScript
  • Bun
  • SQLite
  • Docker

  Proof: AI WhatsApp assistant that knows when to hand off · Gentlecan: taking over and rewriting a live platform

• case "automatizacion":

  AI process automation

  Agents that take over the repetitive work: the LLM understands the request and fills typed specifications, and deterministic code does the maths and produces the documents. A person reviews and signs.

  • LLM
  • Hermes Agent
  • Python
  • Typst
  • Telegram
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Drive

  Proof: AI that doesn't do the maths: assistant for an engineering firm

• case "aMedida":

  Custom full-stack development

  Complete web applications, from gathering requirements with the client to deployment and operations: backend, frontend, payments, tests and CI. In TypeScript, or in Java with Spring Boot and Angular.

  • TypeScript
  • Hono
  • PostgreSQL
  • Nuxt 3
  • Java 25
  • Spring Boot 4.1
  • Angular 21
  • Playwright

  Proof: International Gnostic Congress 2026: from sign-up to shuttle bus · From WhatsApp and Excel to a LIMS with a PWA

• case "ecommerce":

  E-commerce integrations

  Modules and plugins that connect your store to the tools you already use: Holded invoices in the Magento 2 customer area, volume discounts in WooCommerce and custom WordPress plugins.

  • Magento 2
  • Holded API
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress Plugin API
  • PHP

  Proof: E-commerce integrations and custom plugins

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Career since 2012

1. Full-Stack & AI Engineer (Self-employed, B2B)

   Quantum – Agency Marketing Solutions Oct 2022 – now HEAD → now

   Vigo, Spain · Remote · Self-employed

   Founder of a software and applied-AI agency. Projects for companies and organizations in Spain, Colombia and Europe, from requirements gathering with the client to production and operations.

2. IT Manager

   Tsarouhis Home Stores Nov 2016 – May 2022

   Athens, Greece · Employee

   Technology for a home-goods retail chain with 5 stores and 20 employees: infrastructure and networks, hardware and software standards, internal applications and coordination across departments.

3. Web & Graphic Designer

   Perfect Pomola Jan 2015 – Sep 2019

   Athens, Greece · Employee

   Corporate websites, online stores and landing pages, brand identity and support for the marketing team's SEO/SEM strategy.

4. Graphic Designer

   Pomometal Apr 2014 – Oct 2016

   Athens, Greece · Employee

   End-to-end design projects: corporate websites, online stores, landing pages, catalogues and stationery.

5. Web Developer (part-time)

   Freelance 2012 – Sep 2022

   Athens, Greece · Self-employed

   Websites and online stores with WordPress, WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Joomla, technical and local SEO and hosting administration, alongside my jobs in Athens.

6. Earlier experience

   Web & graphic designer at Perfect Pomola and Pomometal (Athens): corporate websites, online stores, SEO/SEM support and brand identity · Retail business manager (Multiservicios Kasama) and IT and network technician in Venezuela.

What I build it with

AI and agents 14

• Generative AI
• LLM
• AI agents
• Tool calling
• RAG
• pgvector
• LLM evals
• Human-in-the-loop
• Whisper (whisper.cpp)
• Vercel AI SDK
• OpenAI · Gemini · OpenRouter
• Prompt engineering
• Claude Code
• Codex

Backend 14

• TypeScript
• Node.js
• Bun
• Hono
• Java 25
• Spring Boot 4
• Spring Security
• Spring Data JPA / Hibernate
• Python
• REST / OpenAPI
• SSE
• Web Push
• Outbox pattern
• PHP

Frontend 12

• JavaScript
• HTML / CSS
• Vue 3
• Nuxt
• SvelteKit / Svelte 5
• Angular 21
• Astro
• Tailwind CSS
• PWA
• Three.js
• i18n
• WCAG AA accessibility

Data 8

• PostgreSQL
• SQL
• Drizzle ORM
• Flyway
• Cloud Firestore
• SQLite
• Redis / BullMQ
• MySQL / MariaDB

DevOps and cloud 8

• Docker
• Docker Compose
• GitHub Actions
• Dokploy / Traefik
• Cloudflare (Pages, DNS)
• Firebase
• Linux
• Hardening (CrowdSec, ModSecurity, fail2ban)

E-commerce and CMS 11

• WooCommerce
• PrestaShop
• WordPress
• Magento 2
• Redsys
• Stripe
• Holded API
• WhatsApp Cloud API
• Elementor
• Technical SEO
• Schema.org

Testing and quality 8

• Playwright
• Vitest
• JUnit 5
• Testcontainers
• axe-core
• CI/CD
• Git
• Conventional Commits