# Paul Cardenas

> Personal portfolio of Paul Cardenas, a senior product engineer with 9 years of experience building production AI agent platforms end-to-end (product UI, backend, integrations, and marketing). The site is free. He is open to senior engineering roles, AI platform teams, or product-driven startups. Email: mailto:paul.cardenas.0002@gmail.com

This is not a SaaS product or a company to buy from. Compensation for roles is not published.
Based in Peru (UTC-5). Spanish native, English C2.
Currently at Toptal (Nov 2022–present). Lead on Adomo: https://adomo.ai and https://app.adomo.ai/login
Stack: React, TanStack Start, Convex, Astro, TypeScript, React Native, Next.js, Svelte.

## Start here
- [Email](mailto:paul.cardenas.0002@gmail.com): Direct contact for senior roles
- [Human landing page](https://www.zegaru.com/): Designed overview. Sparse on purpose.
- [CV (PDF)](https://www.zegaru.com/docs/cv_english.pdf): Resume download
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/Zegaru/): Profile

## Profile
- [Who it is for](https://www.zegaru.com/about.md): ICP, location, languages, how to hire
- [Work](https://www.zegaru.com/work.md): Toptal clients and previous roles
- [Projects](https://www.zegaru.com/projects.md): ScribeBit, Prism, Zeta Launcher, design experiments
- [AI](https://www.zegaru.com/ai.md): How AI is used in the work, systems shipped

## Optional
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Zegaru): Personal
- [GitHub (Toptal)](https://github.com/paul-cardenas): Client work
- [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/Zegaru): Personal
- [Toptal](https://www.toptal.com/): Current employer (Nov 2022–present)