Hi, how's it going? I'm Mauricio Posadas and this is my personal webpage. I want to use this space to express myself and my work in a more personal and authentic manner. Take a look around and let me know what you think!
I am a master's student at Carnegie Mellon University, studying Artificial Intelligence. I have worked in Software Engineering, Machine Learning, and Site Reliability roles so my experience and knowledge is spread all over. I would classify myself as a tech enthusiast that believes that technology should be readily available for everybody and anyone. I aim to create platforms and tools that empower everyday folk while meeting the demands of the real world. Following that up, some of the fields I am currently interested and would love to talk more about are are sports analytics, embedded systems, and robotics.
Studying
Artificial Intelligence
Building
Mobile apps and Data Platforms
Exploring
AI / Electronics / Design
Available
Fall 2026
Software Engineer Intern
Spent the summer building out the data pipeline for a real-time analytics platform. I was thrown into a codebase I'd never seen before with zero onboarding — which was either the best or worst thing that could've happened. Turned out it was the best. I shipped a feature that cut data ingestion latency by 40%, learned more in three months than I expected to in a year, and realized I actually enjoy debugging distributed systems at 2am.
Building something imperfect and shipping it teaches you more than polishing in isolation. The first week I spent over-optimizing code that nobody needed optimized.
Asking for code review early, before you think you're done, is the secret move. The feedback loop became my real teacher, not the docs.
Remote work only works if you document your decisions. I started writing brief notes on *why* I chose one approach over another, and it changed everything about how the team collaborated.
Personal Projects
Ongoing
Self-directed
Builder & Tinkerer
I spent the last year shipping small projects for myself and friends. None of them went viral, none of them made money, but all of them taught me something about what I actually care about building. I learned that I like shipping fast over shipping perfectly, and that the best part of building is when someone uses the thing you made and finds it useful.
You don't need perfect design systems to ship something good. Constraints (like a simple color palette) actually make better design choices.
The hardest part isn't the code, it's deciding what to build and then actually finishing it. I built at least five 90% complete projects before I learned to focus.
Writing things down — even badly — is how you actually learn them. Building something teaches you 10x more than reading about it.