Hermann Pauwells Rivera

Software Engineer | C++ · Audio/DSP

Monterrey, Mexico · hermann.pauwells.rivera@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/hermann-pauwells-rivera · github.com/HermannPR

Profile

Software engineer focused on C++ and audio/DSP (JUCE), with full-stack experience in TypeScript, React/Next.js and Node.js; final semester of a B.S. in Computer Science and Technology at Tecnológico de Monterrey, available full-time from December 2026. I built a VST3 synthesizer with automated tests, a live online store for a real business, and Android and Windows apps for my own startups.

Technical Skills

Experience

Digital Marketing & Analytics Consultant (freelance), training and consulting company

Oct 2026 to present
  • Lead Meta Ads campaigns in Ads Manager: ad set structure, audiences with exclusions to prevent overlap, launch calendar, daily review of CTR, CPC, CPM and cost per conversation, and performance reports with findings and an experimentation plan.
  • Prepared a competitor analysis (Meta Ad Library) and a study of 530 public rulings by the sector's regulator.

Full-Stack Developer (freelance), Juguetería El Arbolito

Jun 2026 to present
  • Built and shipped to production the online store and admin panel for a single-branch toy store with Next.js, TypeScript and Supabase (catalog, cart, checkout, backend).
  • Integrated Mercado Pago payments and an LLM chatbot (OpenRouter); prepared the load of the 2,395-product catalog exported from the point of sale (Eleventa) and the online/in-store inventory sync (in progress).

Selected Projects

folk-park

Personal project · C++20, JUCE2026
  • Wavetable VST3/Standalone synthesizer in C++20 and JUCE; deterministic MIDI generation and real-time DSP architecture.
  • Automated suites (16/16 suites, 19/19 UI contracts) and validation with pluginval strictness 5.

Lumina Reservations (WorkHub MTY)

Academic team project · Node/Express, SSE, React2026
  • Implemented the reservation backend in Node/Express (services, repositories, controllers) and real-time occupancy over SSE.
  • Built the floor map and the reservation flow in React/Vite (dashboard, filters, confirmation) with role-based access.

Other projects: HeatShield · CrediFiel Challenge (Datathon 2025) · Multi-agent warehouse simulation (RL) · MAWI · VisualControl (IoT) · Mildred Pierce · GateGenius (HackMTY 2025).

Startups (Founder)

HIVEMIND

Co-founder · team chat for people and AI agents · private pilotSep 2026 to present
  • Android (Kotlin/Compose) and Windows (Electron) apps over self-hosted ntfy; HMAC-SHA256 signed messages and 398 tests (148 Windows, 250 Android). Android 1.16: anti-replay and token scoped to the host.
  • Bounded history and linear pending detection: from 2.5 s to 20 ms per event at 20,000 messages. Rust core in progress with Claude Code and Codex as agents; orchestration and context compaction with Jev.

Video (42 s): HIVEMIND

recaps-studio

Co-founder · AI narrated-video factory (novel → manhwa-style video)Sep 2026 to present
  • Resumable 13-stage Python pipeline with an orchestrator and live status page (TTS, AI images, FFmpeg/Remotion). Already published full-length videos on YouTube (the second runs 1 h 42 min); NVENC GPU encoding (~25% faster), MMS CTC forced alignment, a Spanish variant and distributed rendering.

Chécalo

Founder · nutrition app for Mexico · in developmentSep 2026 to present
  • Scans barcodes and computes Mexico's NOM-051 warning labels with deterministic rules checked against the official gazette (DOF); TypeSafe's Jev gives an explainable verdict. iOS-style offline PWA and Android app (Kotlin); 53 tests.

AML consultancy

Co-founder (technology) · anti-money-laundering · early stageOct 2026 to present
  • Co-founder in charge of technology at a Mexican AML compliance consultancy, with two professionals (one who designed a large retailer's AML system, one certified AML lawyer). Building the virtual office, brand, campaign and automated processes.
  • Built the website with a vulnerable-activities self-assessment (LFPIORPI) and risk matrix, a brochure and the northwest campaign plan. Next: an AML system (matrices and manuals), as a license or service.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science and Technology (ITC)

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus2021 to 2026

Expected graduation: December 2026. Available full-time from December 2026.

Awards & Activities

Spanish (native) · English (C1) · German A2 (2-month intensive course in Heidelberg, Germany)