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Raúl Álvarez Hinojosa

Hi, I'm @raulalvarez,

AI Architect
who align production
AI, systems, and product in demanding environments.

AI ArchitectAI Solutions EngineerHead of AI @ Aircury

Ten+ years in full-stack and technical leadership; since 2025 as Head of AI Architecture at Aircury, shipping EdTech platforms, institutional digital-asset custody, and AI pipelines (OCR, NLP, assisted grading).

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Contact and LinkedIn are below.

Experience

Ownership across design → implementation → deploy → observability, in multidisciplinary teams and cloud environments.

AI architecture
Distributed systems
Technical leadership
Full stack
Security
Technical product

Aircury

AboutGranada, Spain · remote / hybrid

Full Stack Engineer · Team Leader · Head of Artificial Intelligence

May 2022 — present

  • •PowerMark: architecture and delivery of AI-assisted grading (OCR + NLP) with Smartgrade integration.
  • •Custodio Digital: CTO at spin-off for institutional digital-asset custody.
  • •Windsor Telecom: modernization, CI/CD, automated tests, and observability.
  • •ScholarPack, Compass+, and EdTech stacks across React, PHP, Symfony, Vue, Node, MongoDB, MySQL.
  • •AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure; Jenkins-driven deployments.
Custodio Digital
Custody

Custodio Digital

Secure custody platform for digital-asset operations: RBAC, multisig approvals, on/off-chain traceability, and compliance (GDPR, ENS, ISO 27001).

  • Immutable custody chain and metadata at each stage
  • Per-device keys; no mixing evidence across investigations
  • On-prem deployment and owned key control
  • HSM integration for protected signing and operations
  • Reporting for law enforcement and judicial authorities
  • MiCA, ENS, and EU regulatory alignment
  • Multidisciplinary team (Aircury spin-off)
Open case
CTO
role
Public
sector
HSM
integration
Assisted grading

PowerMark (EdTech + AI)

AI grading platform: OCR + NLP, Smartgrade integration, consolidated feedback for teachers, standardized rubrics.

  • AI service architecture and teacher review flows
  • Integration with EdTech data and assessment workflows
  • Consistency and faster grading cycles
  • Production delivery with cross-functional teams
  • Human-in-the-loop where it matters
Open case
Full stack · platform

EdTech products & Windsor Telecom

ScholarPack (React, PHP, MySQL), Compass+ (Symfony 4, MySQL), Windsor Telecom (Vue, Node, MongoDB). AWS/Kubernetes with Jenkins.

  • Roadmaps, releases, stakeholder communication
  • Quality, testing, and observability during modernization
  • Fewer incidents and faster release cadence
  • CI/CD and reproducible pipelines
  • Technical leadership and Scrum ceremonies
See projects
Stack

React, Vue, Node, PHP, Symfony, MongoDB, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins

chess24

chess24.com Granada, Spain

Full Stack Engineer

Apr 2020 — May 2022

Backend and legacy maintenance; Vue/React frontends; MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis; AWS, Docker, Jenkins; Agile and team lead.

ByBubbly AS

Oslo, Norway

Full stack / software owner

Sep 2015 — Apr 2020

iOS app for vending machines, PHP + MySQL backend, AngularJS frontend; built the team and rolled out Scrum company-wide.

End-to-end ownership

All product layers and delivery in an international SME.

RedEduca

Granada, Spain

Intern — web development

Jul 2014 — Nov 2014

Backend and frontend with PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery.

Projects

Rauleinstein

Enrivo

AI · Mailchimp

Researches public sources to suggest missing company, role, industry and location data. Review every suggestion before syncing it to Mailchimp.

AIMailchimpContact enrichmentHuman review

CityHunts

2025

Self-guided city hunts: follow clues and solve challenges at real landmarks, straight from your phone. No app or guide needed.

ReactNode.jsMobile webProduct

Custodio Digital

CTO · Aircury spin-off

Institutional digital-asset custody with a custody chain, traceability, HSM, and on-premise deployment.

Digital custodyHSMTraceabilityOn-premise

PowerMark

Aircury · EdTech

OCR and NLP work integrated with Smartgrade. Its public page presents online marking; scanned-paper marking is a future phase.

AIOCRNLPIntegrations

Granada Book Fair

Web

Website for the city book fair.

WebCultural eventsContent

CGV Seguros

Web

Corporate site.

Web

Esdrújula Ediciones

Web

Publisher website.

Web

El Caso Munford

Android

App for a photography exhibition and crime game.

AndroidJavaScript

EntradasyTickets

Web

Ticketing platform.

WebE-commerce

Atlantis

ETSIIT · 2nd prize

Event attendance control device — ETSIIT UGR technology challenge.

HardwareUGR

Omega Protocol

Game · iOS/Android

Mobile incremental strategy game with cosmic horror, continuous simulation, and offline progress.

IncrementalStrategyMobile

MeepleHelper

Monorepo

Board-game assistant, formerly DungeonKeeper: mobile app, voice, and PDF rulebook search.

React NativeExpoNodeMongoDBNext.js

Education

2014 · ETSIIT — University of Granada

Telecommunications Engineering (path)

Telematics and systems foundation; Atlantis project (2nd prize, ETSIIT challenge).

Skills

Languages

SpanishNative
EnglishC2 certified (Trinity)

Soft skills

LeadershipCommunicationSystems thinkingOwnershipScrum

Stack

AI / data
OpenAIClaude APIRAGOCRNLPElasticsearchMongoDBRedis
Backend
PHPSymfonyNode.jsPythonMySQL
Frontend
ReactVue.jsAngularJSTypeScriptJavaScript
Infra
AWSKubernetesDockerJenkinsCI/CD
Practice
ScrumAgileProfessional Scrum Master