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Jorge Limas

Staff Software Engineer

I build distributed backend and AI-agent platforms that stay reliable under real production load.

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13+years building
13M+daily messages
99.8%+delivery
10+engineers mentored

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What I work on

Hands-on architecture and technical leadership across systems that combine deterministic software with agent-driven behavior.

01 / agents

AI agent platforms

Custom tools, knowledge bases, managed retrieval, and multi-agent orchestration designed for real product workflows.

02 / systems

Distributed backends

Event-driven services on Kafka, Node.js, and Go, with the operational discipline required at millions of messages per day.

03 / leadership

Technical direction

RFCs, architecture decisions, production ownership, and mentorship that help teams ship confidently.

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Building at scale

Owning the runtime where deterministic flows and LLM agents meet.

yalo/runtime.md2020 → present

Yalo

Senior → Staff Software Engineer

I own Yalo's core conversational runtime, evolved from a deterministic Lua engine into a hybrid platform where flows and LLM agents share a session.

  • Processes 13M+ messages per day at 99.8%+ delivery.
  • Built Agent Builder capabilities for tools, knowledge bases, and orchestration.
  • Runs on Node.js, Go, Kafka, Kubernetes, GCP, MongoDB, and Redis.
  • Drive architecture RFCs and have mentored 10+ engineers.
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Tools I ship

Small, focused utilities built to remove friction from developer workflows.

note: Most of my production work lives in private company repositories. These projects are independent tools, not the full scope of my professional work.