Who is this guy?
My full name is José Alberto Cabrera Jaime, but please, call me “Alberto” or “Albert”.
I am 28 years old, born on August 21, 1997, in Mexico City, where I currently live.
I trained as a chemist and spent years working in environments where reproducibility and reading the documentation mattered (a lot). Somewhere along the way I started writing scripts to handle data I didn’t want to process by hand, and the scripts kept getting larger.
Over time, self-directed study and a steady stream of practical problems pulled me fully into software. Most of what I’ve built started as something I, or someone around me, needed: an e-commerce store that had to actually take orders, a mail server that had to deliver, a Raspberry Pi that had to wake up and do its job every morning.
I like understanding systems all the way down, writing code I can defend, and making use of the things I build. I’m currently looking for a junior software role where that approach is welcome.
My Values and Philosophy
Commitment
Only with 100% commitment is it possible to complete incredible things.
Curiosity
The ability to be amazed and see beyond the obvious keeps you open to new perspectives.
Quality
Do your best. Don’t waste your time or anyone else’s by doing a half-hearted job.
Boldness
Take risks, trust your instincts.
Good Taste
Curate all your experiences, distinguish what is beautiful, delicious, or functional, and use them to create something amazing.
Precision
The difference between luxury and commodity, I believe, is precision
Professional Experience
Jul ’25 – Present
Dimensión Segura
Founder
I run a business that provides labels and placards for the transport of hazardous materials in Mexico. I handle everything from product development and billing to finding clients and suppliers. Thanks to the digital tools I created, I can now say that the business runs itself, and I use it as a source of additional income.
Mar ’23 – Jul ’25
Asociación Nacional de la Industria Química (ANIQ)
Chemical Emergency Communicator
I served as a communicator, which involved handling chemical emergencies over the phone on a national level (similar to 911, but for chemical emergencies). In addition, I developed custom tools using Python to send emails and track links and clicks to facilitate my marketing/selling activities with the associates.
Abr ’21 – Jul ’22
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Faculty of Chemistry
Developer & PM
I developed an Android app from scratch to perform quantum chemistry calculations and display the results in a 3D renderer, designed for online chemistry instruction at the university level. The app won the InnovaUNAM competition, which provided us me and my advisor with the funding to develop it.
Sep ’19 – Sep ’20
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Faculty of Chemistry
Research Assistant
I worked on a research project that used AI to model chemical phenomena. In addition to being a funded project and being on the university’s payroll, I completed my degree with that research.
Education
Aug ’15 – Aug ’20
BS in Chemistry
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico | Faculty of Chemistry
I hold a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, with my final courses focused on computational chemistry and quantum chemistry, the branch of chemistry that uses computer simulations to predict the chemical properties of materials.
Highlights
Abr ’21
InnovaUNAM winner: Electronic Structure for Students
UNAM | Faculty of Chemistry
It stands out both as a Highlight and as a Professional Experience, because I was hired by the university (as part of the funding) to develop the app together with a researcher. The faculty published an article in its newspaper, about the winning projects; you can read it here.
Abr ’20
Research Project Presentation: Low-cost Thermometer
American Chemical Society (ACS), Philadelphia, USA
I developed and calibrated a low-cost thermometer. The project was selected by the university to receive funding for its presentation at the 2020 ACS meeting, which was originally scheduled to take place in Philadelphia, USA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the meeting was ultimately held virtually; you can read about project here.
Jun ’18
Scholarship for Training Program in Research Methods
Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
During my years as a student, I worked in a laboratory conducting research on thermometry using fluorescent materials. I received a scholarship to travel to Spain for two months to continue the research using specialized equipment and working alongside leading researchers.
Skills & Software
- Python (Flask, requests, BeautifulSoup, Jinja2, scraping, automation, APIs)
- Kotlin (Android SDK)
- PHP (WordPress hooks, templates, sanitization helpers)
- SQL (MySQL — relational modeling, normalization, joins)
- Bash / shell scriptingGLSL (custom shaders for OpenGL ES)HTML / CSS
- Flask (REST APIs, private endpoints, integration with other systems)
- WordPress / WooCommerce customization (PHP hooks, server-side rendering, SEO)
- Authentication via private API keys / environment variables
- Parameterized queries and standard web-security practices
- Relational schema design (normalization, join tables, integrity)
- Web scraping pipelines (download → parse → normalize → validate → upsert)
- Heterogeneous-source standardization
- Linux server administration (Debian, systemd, unprivileged service users)
- Nginx (TLS termination, reverse proxy, virtual hosts, security headers, rate limits)
- Cloudflare (DNS, edge caching, free tier configuration)
- Docker & Docker Compose (Mailcow stack)
- Raspberry Pi self-hosting under tight resource constraintsLet’s Encrypt automation
- SMTP, MIME, deliverability fundamentals
- SPF / DKIM / DMARC configuration and ongoing review
- Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, SOGo (via Mailcow)
- Custom open / click tracking (transparent pixels, UUID-keyed redirects)
- Bulk-send throttling, retry logic, bounce handling, list hygiene
- Android development (Kotlin, fragments, SQLite persistence, coroutines)
- OpenGL ES (procedural geometry, instanced rendering, Phong lighting in GLSL)
- 3D camera controls (trackball / orbit / pinch zoom)
- Marching cubes / isosurface rendering in real time
- Electronic structure theory (Hartree–Fock, SCF, integral evaluation over Gaussian basis sets)
- Numerical stability under limited precision
- Validation against reference packages
- Git / GitHub
- Gradle / Android Studio
- YAML-driven configuration
- Plain-text, durable, well-known daemons over trendy abstractions