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Andrés Espinosa

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I am Andrés Espinosa, a product-oriented engineer and former founder who excels at turning ideas into scalable software that drives product-market fit.

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I am Andrés Espinosa, a product-oriented engineer and former founder who excels at turning ideas into scalable software that drives product-market fit. I focus on articulating high-value features and translating complex requirements into practical product design.

I bring a deeply technical background and enjoy digging into library source code, implementing state-of-the-art papers, and optimizing databases. My experience spans insurtech and ecommerce platforms, as well as AI-powered workflows, where I turn tough challenges into simple, scalable solutions.

  • 7 years' experience
  • Joined February 2026

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Financial Services
  • Healthcare
  • Professional Services
  • Retail

Work experience· 5 roles

Co-Founder & CTO · Cacttus – Pet health insurtechNov 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Led the development of the core platform, including policy management, claims review, payments, and financial reconciliation. Spearheaded the product design and conceptualization of an AI-assisted claims review platform, optimizing operational workflows and reducing processing time. Built a bank reconciliation platform to seamlessly match bank movements with internal core operations. Worked closely with operations and business teams to turn complex insurance processes into simple, scalable software.

Co-Founder & CTO · TuShop – E-commerce for Instagram-based businessesDec 2020 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

Performed reverse engineering on Instagram’s private API to simplify store setup and enable automated messaging for merchants. Owned the technical architecture and heavily influenced product strategy, building the MVP from scratch and scaling to 100 active stores in the first three months.

Lecturer - Postgraduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence · Pontifical Catholic University of ChileNov 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

Deliver lectures on Artificial Neural Networks with External Memory and Reasoning Models. Co-developed technical course materials for Self-Supervised Learning and LLMs.

Data Science Intern · AnastasiaJan 2019 – Feb 2019 · 2 mos
Co-Founder & Software Developer · OttoBotMar 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

Education

Master of Science - MS · Pontifical Catholic University of Chile2019 – 2020
B.S. in Computer Science, Minor in Data Science and Analytics · Pontifical Catholic University of Chile2014 – 2019

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