Hi, I’m Pael—a software engineer who built a career automating stuff I find annoying to do manually.
I fell in love with code on day one of my first programming class. We learned printfs and scanfs, basic math operations, and I remember thinking: “Wait… I can make my computer talk to me?”
I was deep into Dota at the time (it was still in beta back then), so I built a CLI tool to calculate Bone Clinkz’s damage based on different item builds. I hardcoded almost everything—had no idea how to scrape data from the internet back then. But watching my janky little program spit out numbers that actually helped me win games? I was hooked.
That instinct never left. I still build tools to scratch my own itch—except now they tend to spread.
The pattern goes like this: I write a script so I don’t have to remember a command. Someone asks for a copy. Six months later, it’s the company’s core platform.
I’m gritty when the work demands it—4 AM morning checks, debugging zombie network states on-site, waking up early to check which machines failed overnight. But I’m also pretty chill to work with. I crack jokes. I don’t take myself too seriously. I just really, really love tech, and care about making things less annoying for the people around me.
I’m currently looking for a team where I can keep building tools that improve workflows—and one gracious enough to make me less dumb. I want to learn from engineers who are better than me. That’s it. That’s the dream.
The Highlight Reel
At Aescape (robotics startup), I was converted from contractor to full-time in under 3 weeks. The SLA for support tickets was 30 minutes. I was averaging 5 minutes. People noticed.
From there, I built out the automation and support tooling ecosystem:
- ae-cli — I inherited a basic CLI and expanded it with nearly 100 commands (born from my own tiny scripts) that turned 10-minute diagnostic chains into seconds. It became the company’s core support platform.
- Post-commissioning bot — Automated a 12-step, 1.5-hour manual setup into a Slack workflow anyone could run while grabbing coffee.
- ae-helper — The support tooling I added to ae-cli enabled this Slack chatbot, which let non-technical staff run diagnostics without touching a terminal.
- NetCheckr — A Golang desktop app that third-party installers run before showing up. No more wasted install days due to network surprises.
- Release health dashboards — Python + SQL dashboards so stakeholders could see escalation trends at a glance.
- Support troubleshooting wiki — Became the most-visited doc in our workspace for over a year. New hires got up to speed in a week.
I also set up Datadog monitoring that kept our escalation rate at 1%, mentored 4 support engineers, and got loaned to Platform Engineering because of the impact ae-cli was having.
At SBStruc (structural engineering firm), I built BESI—a Python tool that extracts data directly from structural analysis software. Cut design time from 80 minutes to 15 minutes. File sizes dropped from 100MB to a few hundred KB. The CEO’s reaction when he first tried it, still in beta: “gagy imba. (roughly translates to: holy shit.)”
At Accenture, I rewrote OCR-based SAP bots with native GUI scripting—100% selector accuracy, massive speed boost. It became the new standard. I also built a validation tool that replaced 30 minutes of manual eyeballing with instant conflict detection.
At Arup, I built a web GIS app for a government agency that overlays project proposals with protected forests, flood zones, and disaster risk areas. I also migrated project management from spreadsheet chaos to Jira and introduced QA culture where none existed.
The Numbers
| What | Before → After |
|---|---|
| Ticket resolution | 30-min SLA → 5-min avg |
| Machine post-commissioning | 1.5 hours manual → automated |
| Structural design workflow | 80 min → 15 min |
| Diagnostic command chains | 10 min → seconds |
| New hire onboarding | weeks → 1 week |
| Escalation rate | — → 1% |
What People Say About Me
David Azaria, SVP Engineering @ Aescape “You’ve been so impactful in such a short amount of time. We are so lucky to have you!”
Anchit Sood, Sr. Robotics Software Engineer @ Aescape (townhall shoutout, my first 2 weeks) “I’ve never met someone who’s as hardworking as you are. You’ve been amazing in just two weeks here at Aescape.”
Alessandra Patrizio, Partnerships @ Aescape “Your work at Aescape went extremely far, and I know my team and our partners valued it immensely. Wherever you go next is beyond lucky to have you.”
Gabriel Cuomo, Producer @ Aescape “You are one of the hardest working people I know and always a joy to be around.”
Patricia Mao Montaos, former manager @ Accenture “Pael can easily adapt to any new technology that he is immersed with. Enthusiasm and professionalism will get him far in any field he is in!”
Matt Busch, League of Legends duo partner “Best ADC duo I had fr fr.”
Outside the Code
I’m a professional singer—funded my way through college with gigs at weddings, casinos, and concerts, and I still take gigs today. My band Room for Cielo won a national competition and toured the Philippines. Singing taught me something I still carry: practice until the performance is second nature, so your mind is free to play.
I also play way too much League of Legends (peaked Masters as ADC) and Dota 2. Gaming taught me teamwork under pressure and staying calm when everything’s on fire. Totally relevant job skills, I promise.
If you’re building something interesting and need someone who ships fast, light and breezy, improves processes obsessively, and won’t disappear when things get hard—let’s talk.