Justin L. Espiritu

Senior Software Engineer

Experience

Senior Software Engineer (AI Pilot & Champions Team)

March 2022 - Present
Cotality

Spearheading the integration of GenAI workflows into the organization's software development lifecycle.

  • Hyper-accelerated end-to-end delivery of complex features—spanning planning, architecture, and implementation—reducing average cycle time from 1 week to 1-2 days (a ~75% increase in velocity) via AI-first workflows.
  • Pioneered the corporate 'AI Champions' team, driving cross-functional AI adoption and onboarding 20+ engineers to advanced AI assistant tools.
  • Engineered fine-tuned models and custom automated workflows to eliminate repetitive engineering tasks and optimize internal DevOps processes.
  • Architected and implemented mission-critical features for high-traffic Web UI and Mobile platforms, ensuring strict scalability and performance standards.
  • Mentored 5+ junior engineers and interns on modern full-stack practices and AI-enhanced productivity frameworks.
  • Collaborated with Product and QA teams to translate ambiguous requirements into actionable, high-standard technical specifications.

Software Engineer

September 2021 - 2022
Rock Central
  • Configured, designed, and developed full-stack applications for critical internal and external usage.
  • Acted as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) across multiple products, handling deep-level support and architecture decisions.
  • Collaborated closely with business & product owners to translate business needs into actionable development stories.
  • Worked with the 'Guardians of Quality' to help the engineering team create strict coding standards and quality-of-life adjustments.
  • Established comprehensive onboarding documentation via a Git Pages repository to drastically streamline new engineer ramp-ups.
  • Executed complex production deployments alongside product owners & fellow engineers.

Software Engineer

August 2019 - August 2021
Aperture Labs LLC
  • Configured, designed, and developed dynamic E-commerce websites utilizing nopCommerce.
  • Designed and developed custom integrations and plugins for nopCommerce and EpiServer.
  • Built custom data extension models for inRiver PIM to enhance product tracking capabilities.

Teamcenter Implementations Engineer

January 2019 - July 2019
Mercury Marine
  • Collaborated with remote and internal team members to execute deep Teamcenter system solutions.
  • Configured Teamcenter BMIDE, BOM Management, Workflows, Access control, Change Management, Dispatcher Configuration, and other key modules.
  • Troubleshot technical constraints at various levels strictly including installation, deployment, and cloud configuration.
  • Performed complex data modeling and data mapping processes in tandem with business analysts and solution architects.

Web Application Developer

March 2017 - December 2018
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
  • Rewrote the Advising Worksheet—an application for advisors at the Under Graduate Advising Resource Center—from Plone to AngularJS to radically streamline the processing of university graduation plans.
  • Established reusable AngularJS directives to accelerate and simplify the process of dynamic robust form creation.

Research Assistant

Jan 2017 - May 2017
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
  • Developed a robust NLP application in Python using the Natural Language Tool Kit (NLTK) to gather and generate complex automated text summaries on provided articles.

Key Projects

Dispatch React Native, React, Claude, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Fastlane, FCM, APNS, .Net Core, CosmosDB

  • Leveraged Claude, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini as AI architectural and development assistants to hyper-accelerate the design and implementation of core mobile features.
  • Helped automate CI/CD release processes for mobile environments and custom push notification configurations.
  • Led the integration and architecture for deploying push notifications securely across iOS and Android ecosystems.

Resource Manager Angular, Jasmine, .Net Core, Azure DevOps, SQL

  • Led Front-End UI development and automated deployments to multi-tier environments within Azure DevOps.
  • Architected Git workflow hooks to automate commit verifications and maintain high code fidelity.

Checkmate .Net Framework, jQuery

  • Executed massive production deployment migrations effectively strictly leveraging Azure DevOps.

VendorDocs .Net Framework

  • Authored comprehensive unit tests extending application coverage safely beyond 85%.
  • Executed code refactoring of core business logic to seamlessly digest newly structured CSV files over legacy models.

Secura Epi Server

  • Developed deep admin customizations to provide content updates dynamically safely from the backend ecosystem.

Arbor Day Foundation nopCommerce

  • Generated custom frontend UI and comprehensive administration dashboards for dynamic E-Commerce platforms.
  • Integrated IPGeolocation APIs to automatically track customer localized positions and Google Analytics for business telemetry.

Other Projects

Portfolio Website Hugo, Antigravity

Personal portfolio website (https://justinlespiritu.com)

  • Architected a high-performance, data-driven portfolio website using Hugo and Antigravity-assisted development.
  • Implemented custom, premium resume layouts and automated PDF generation workflows via AI-first engineering.

boulderLeague Flutter, Claude, Firebase

  • Leveraged Claude as an AI architectural assistant to rapidly prototype and construct a robust mobile application in Flutter.
  • Implemented a scalable, real-time database architecture utilizing Firebase to securely maintain user rock climbing routes and track progression metrics.

Wedding Website Angular 9, Firebase

Custom frontend interface for wedding guests (https://beckyandjuice2022.netlify.app)

Dead By Daylight Builds App Ionic, Angular, Python

A Progressive Web App allowing users to create & save game builds.

Biggest Loser App MYSQL/PHPMyAdmin, PHPUnit

Full-stack web application to compare & track weight loss between users, fully tested via PHPUnit.

Nerdup Android Studio, Firebase

Mobile Application structurally backing records, downloads, and notes sharing on Super Smash Bros players.