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.

Andrés Espinosa

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.

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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.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Co-Founder & CTO at Cacttus – Pet health insurtech
November 1, 2022 - November 1, 2025
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 at TuShop – E-commerce for Instagram-based businesses
December 1, 2020 - September 1, 2022
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.
Data Science Intern at Anastasia
January 1, 2019 - February 1, 2019
Developed a demand forecasting model that outperformed the company’s existing solution. Developed a web scraper to collect open-source pharmaceutical data and performed semantic analysis for drug classification.
Co-Founder & Software Developer at OttoBot
March 1, 2017 - December 1, 2018
Co-led the software development of a Facebook Messenger chatbot designed to help students organize their daily commute.
Lecturer - Postgraduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
November 1, 2020 - Present
Deliver lectures on Artificial Neural Networks with External Memory and Reasoning Models. Co-developed technical course materials for Self-Supervised Learning and LLMs.

Education

Master of Science - MS at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
B.S. in Computer Science, Minor in Data Science and Analytics at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2019

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Industry Experience

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