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James Lorenz Santos

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Agentic Engineer & AI Automation Developer. Manila, Philippines, GMT+8. Open to full-time and contract roles, replies within 24 hours.

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Experience

  1. 2026 onward

    Side projects and experiments

    What is being built nowManila

    Agent systems, and the tools that make one engineer ship like a team. Labelled as in progress, because that is what it is.

    • Klik: a swipe to match hiring app, live on Cloudflare Workers and D1, invite gated while the waitlist fills
    • An operations platform for a working business: purchase orders, stock takes and approvals
    • This console: one command engine driving a typed terminal, clickable chips and server rendered HTML
    • A live SEO and AI readability audit that runs against any URL, in progress
  2. Ongoing

    Independent AI consulting, alongside the roles above

    FreelanceRemote from Manila

    Direct client work alongside the roles above. Increasingly the AI feature itself and the system around it, rather than general build work. Clients are described rather than named.

    • A dental clinic: a marketing agent plugin and a control platform for marketing and operations
    • An apparel startup: AI design generation and visual similarity search
    • A construction contractor: bid preparation turned into a repeatable Claude Projects pipeline
    • A Philippine business: an operations platform with scope gated MCP tools
  3. May 2026

    AI and Automation Developer (contract)

    AldridgeRemote from Manila, company in the United States

    Building the AI practice at a US managed service provider, across internal operations and client service delivery.

    • Copilot and Copilot Studio workflows alongside custom agents on the Claude API and MCP
    • ConnectWise Automate on the RMM side, ConnectWise Manage, Neo and Thread on the PSA side
    • AI enablement across the org: reusable agent patterns and onboarding so non specialists could use it safely
  4. Jan 2026 to present

    AI Automation Developer

    Lift Legal MarketingRemote from Manila, company in Australia

    Current role. AI integration for legal marketing workflows, working GMT+8 against AEST.

    • AI automation for a law firm marketing agency's build and content workflows
    • Remote from Manila, working GMT+8 against AEST
  5. Jul 2025 to Dec 2025

    Software Engineer

    Kredit HeroBGC, Taguig, Philippines

    Full stack engineer on an AI credit application.

    • A Singapore founded company operating in both Singapore and the Philippines
    • Stack: React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Claude API
  6. Jan 2025 to Jun 2025

    Full Stack Applications Developer (intern)

    eBiZolutionMakati, Philippines

    First professional codebase. Frontend work with React and Tailwind, plus the API and database layer behind it.

    • Frontend built with React.js and Tailwind CSS
    • REST API integrations with third party services
    • PostgreSQL queries optimized for performance
    • Redesigned the company website, ebizolution.com
  7. 2021 to 2025

    BS Information Technology

    University of Santo TomasEspaña Blvd, Sampaloc, Manila

    Four years of IT at UST, BS Information Technology, class of 2025.

    • BS Information Technology, class of 2025
    • Capstone: UST CICS Alumni Connect, a web based graduate career tracer

Education

Aug 2021 to Jun 2025

BS Information Technology

University of Santo Tomas

  • Coursework: full stack (MERN, Laravel, Next.js), software engineering and agile, database design, UI/UX, mobile, systems analysis

University of Santo Tomas Senior High School, STEM, Aug 2019 to Jun 2021

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James Lorenz Santos

Agentic Engineer and AI Automation Developer. Manila, Philippines, GMT+8. Open to full-time and contract roles, within 24 hours.

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Experience

· eBiZolution · Jan 2025 to Jun 2025 · Makati, Philippines

  • ·Frontend built with React.js and Tailwind CSS
  • ·REST API integrations with third party services
  • ·PostgreSQL queries optimized for performance
  • ·Redesigned the company website, ebizolution.com

· Kredit Hero · Jul 2025 to Dec 2025 · BGC, Taguig, Philippines

  • ·A Singapore founded company operating in both Singapore and the Philippines
  • ·Stack: React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Claude API

· Lift Legal Marketing · Jan 2026 to present · Remote from Manila, company in Australia

  • ·AI automation for a law firm marketing agency's build and content workflows
  • ·Remote from Manila, working GMT+8 against AEST

· Aldridge · May 2026 · Remote from Manila, company in the United States

  • ·Copilot and Copilot Studio workflows alongside custom agents on the Claude API and MCP
  • ·ConnectWise Automate on the RMM side, ConnectWise Manage, Neo and Thread on the PSA side
  • ·AI enablement across the org: reusable agent patterns and onboarding so non specialists could use it safely

· Freelance · Ongoing · Remote from Manila

  • ·A dental clinic: a marketing agent plugin and a control platform for marketing and operations
  • ·An apparel startup: AI design generation and visual similarity search
  • ·A construction contractor: bid preparation turned into a repeatable Claude Projects pipeline
  • ·A Philippine business: an operations platform with scope gated MCP tools

Education

BS Information Technology, University of Santo Tomas, Aug 2021 to Jun 2025.

  • ·Coursework: full stack (MERN, Laravel, Next.js), software engineering and agile, database design, UI/UX, mobile, systems analysis

University of Santo Tomas Senior High School, STEM, Aug 2019 to Jun 2021

Skills

Languages
Frontend
Backend
AI
DevOps
Delivery