Hi, I'm JC Diamante

I craft beautiful, functional, and user-centered digital experiences. Passionate about clean code, machine learning, and solving complex problems.

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K8S

Python

Java

TypeScript

React

About Me

I'm a Software Engineer at GCash, the Philippines' first $5B fintech unicorn, building backend microservices and internal tools that power an ecosystem of 94 million+ users.

Currently pursuing my Master's in AI at UT Austin while doing ML research on forest fire detection. I love automating tedious tasks, tinkering with my Raspberry Pi homelab, and optimizing my workflow with VIM bindings.

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Hackathons

I love collaborating, building, and pitching solutions to real-world problems.

GCash PSD Hackathon 2025 - 1st Runner Up

Globe & AWS Inter-University DeepRacer League 2023

AWS Siklab Pilipinas GameDay Hackathon 2019

Y4iT 2018 AWS Siklab Pilipinas Hackathon

Studying

Machine Learning

MSAI @ UT Austin 🤘

I'm from

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Roughly

8 hours into the future

from your time

8:12PM

Certified ✓

10 Certifications • AWS • Azure • GitHub • NASA

AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer Early Adopter

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate

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Tech Stack

Growing to ❤️ Java

PythonTensorFlowJavaSpring BootTypeScriptReactNext.jsKubernetesDockerLinuxAWSAzurePostgreSQLApache KafkaRedis

INTJ

The Architect

"Plans everything,
even plans to plan"

Homelab Tinkerer

Raspberry Pi running 24/7

Automating the boring stuff

Previous Works

A curated collection of my best professional and personal works, built using cutting-edge, industry-leading technologies.

My Journey

From hackathons and student orgs to building fintech for millions. Here's how it all came together.

2024 - Present

Now building fintech infrastructure for 94M+ users at GCash as a Software Engineer, while pursuing my Master's in AI at UT Austin and conducting forest fire detection research at Mapúa University.

💼Software Engineer @ GCash — microservices, platform engineering, React plugins🔬Research Scientist @ Mapúa — forest fire detection with YOLOv12 from aerial imagery🎓MSAI @ The University of Texas at Austin (2025–2028)🏆1st Runner-Up @ GCash Internal Hackathon 2025📜5× AWS + Microsoft Azure + GitHub Certified

From cadet to lead in under a year — and still learning every day.

1st Place @ GCash PSD Internal Hackathon

2020 – 2023

Graduated Magna Cum Laude and Silver Medalist from Mapúa University. My AI thesis won Best Undergraduate Thesis and was presented at an international conference in Tokyo. I competed in hackathons, led an NFT startup, and graduated the DOST SPARTA national data science program.

🎓Magna Cum Laude & Silver Medalist — Mapúa University🏆Best Undergraduate Thesis — presented at CIIS 2023, Tokyo💼CEO @ Hidalgo NFT — led a team of 8, built 10,000+ unique NFTs💻Full Stack Developer @ VCreatives PH & Intern @ SageSoft Solutions👥Officer in 5+ student orgs — Project Chair, DB Admin, Peer Adviser🌍NASA Space Apps Challenge — Local Winner & Global Nominee (2021)📊DOST SPARTA Data Scientist Pathway. Graduate (2020–2022)

From classroom projects to international conferences — hard work and curiosity open unexpected doors.

Globe & AWS Inter-University DeepRacer League

Early Years

It all started with curiosity and a love for competitions. By high school I was already winning programming contests, building robots, and teaching myself web development — starting with my first personal site at age 8.

🎓STEM Strand Graduate — With High Honors, IT Wizard, Best in Computer Programming🧑🏻‍💻HS Internship @ Moldex Products Inc — IT Service in the VP's Office🏆AWS Siklab Pilipinas Hackathon Champion (2019) & Top 2 (2018)🤖ITCUP Robotics Competition — 2nd Runner-Up (2019)

Showing up and trying is already half the battle.