Greater Santiago, Chile

Sebastian Salgado Polanco

AI Engineer & Associate Research Software Engineer

I build deployable AI and scientific software for research workflows: GenAI systems, cloud AI, and deep-learning pipelines for radio astronomy and FRB detection.

Open to research-adjacent engineering, AI for Science, and deep-tech roles.

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About

Computer Science Engineer from Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria. Currently AI Engineer at Itau Chile and Associate Research Software Engineer at Centro Astro-Ingenieria UC.

Core focus: reliable research software, scientific workflows, AI agents for research, and production ML/GenAI infrastructure. Thesis work: DRAFTS++ / DRAFTS-MB for fast radio transient and FRB detection.

A bit more about me

Featured Projects

Featured research system

DRAFTS-UC / DRAFTS++ / DRAFTS-MB

Research software / scientific computing / deep learning pipeline

DRAFTS-UC / DRAFTS++ / DRAFTS-MB

Research software / scientific computing / deep learning pipeline

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Deep Learning
  • Scientific Computing
  • Radio Astronomy
  • FRBs
  • FITS/PSRFITS
  • Docker
  • GPU/CPU Workflows

Deep-learning pipeline for fast radio transient and FRB detection. Work focused on robustness, deployment, reproducibility, and high-frequency / millimeter radio astronomy regimes.

Featured research system

MCP-Server-PRESTO

AI agents / MCP / radio astronomy tooling

MCP-Server-PRESTO

AI agents / MCP / radio astronomy tooling

  • Python
  • MCP
  • PRESTO
  • Docker
  • Scientific Workflows
  • Radio Astronomy
  • LLM Tools
  • Agentic Systems

MCP server for PRESTO-oriented radio astronomy workflows, enabling controlled LLM access to scientific tools with reproducible execution patterns.

Power Automate workflow used for the Smart Canchas USM system

Smart Canchas USM

Production university system / automation

  • Microsoft Power Automate
  • Excel
  • Process Automation

UTFSM sports court booking workflow focused on cleaner reservations and operational efficiency.

Featured research system

Serverless AI Document Processing System

Enterprise AI / serverless system

Serverless AI Document Processing System

Enterprise AI / serverless system

  • AWS
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Step Functions
  • CloudFormation
  • Serverless
  • IaC

Serverless AI workflow for vehicle document classification, extraction, and validation at COPEC.

Digicore command generator interface

Digicore

Secondary project / network automation prototype

  • Python
  • React
  • Django
  • GNS3

Intent-based network prototype that converts natural-language commands into simulated network configurations.

Professional Experience

  1. •

    Associate Research Software Engineer

    Centro Astro-Ingeniería UC

    Remote

    Building GenAI agents, MCP tools, and scientific software for radio astronomy workflows.

    • Research Software Engineering
    • Scientific Computing
    • GenAI
    • Radio Astronomy
    • Astroinformatics
  2. •

    AI Engineer

    Itaú Chile

    Hybrid - Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

    Developing enterprise GenAI systems with AWS Bedrock AgentCore and cloud-native AI architectures.

    • GenAI
    • AWS Bedrock AgentCore
    • Agents
    • Cloud AI
    • Enterprise AI Systems
  3. •

    Bachelor's Thesis Research Intern

    Centro Astro-Ingeniería UC

    Hybrid

    Extended and operationalized the DRAFTS deep-learning pipeline for fast radio transient and FRB detection.

    • Thesis: DRAFTS++ / DRAFTS-MB, an operational extension of the DRAFTS radio astronomy pipeline for detection and classification of fast radio transients in high-frequency / millimeter regimes.
    • Defended Jan 22, 2026. Grade: 100/100.
    • Fast Radio Bursts
    • Deep Learning
    • Scientific Pipelines
    • Radio Transients
    • DRAFTS
  4. •

    Machine Learning Engineer Intern

    Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial, CENIA

    Hybrid

    Applied ML, SQL, BigQuery, RAG applications, and GenAI-oriented development.

    • Machine Learning
    • Data Science
    • RAG
    • BigQuery
    • SQL
  5. •

    Teaching Assistant Coordinator - Software Engineering

    Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

    Part-time

    Coordinated teaching assistant work for Software Engineering coursework.

    • Software Engineering
    • Teaching Coordination
    • Course Operations
  6. •

    Teaching Assistant - Software Engineering

    Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

    Part-time

    Supported software design, development practices, and project execution coursework.

    • Software Design
    • Development Practices
    • Project Guidance
  7. •

    Software Engineer

    TwinViz

    Part-time - Remote

    Built embedded and full-stack systems using PERN stack, Python, AWS, and GitHub Actions CI/CD.

    • Python
    • TypeScript
    • PERN
    • PostgreSQL
    • Express
  8. •

    AI Software Engineer Intern

    COPEC S.A.

    Part-time / Hybrid

    Supported a serverless AI workflow for vehicle document classification, extraction, and validation.

    • Amazon Bedrock
    • AWS
    • Serverless
    • IaC
    • Document AI
  9. •

    Internship II

    Observatorio ALMA

    On-site

    Built a Python prototype integrating Excel and GLPI for automated IT asset management.

    • ALMA
    • Python
    • GLPI
    • Automation
    • Datacenter Support
  10. •

    Internship I

    Agrosuper

    On-site

    Configured Power Platform, Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and CI/CD automations.

    • Azure DevOps
    • GitHub Enterprise Cloud
    • GitHub Actions
    • Azure Pipelines
    • Power Platform

Technical Skills

Languages

  • Python
  • TypeScript icon TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • C
  • C++
  • Java
  • Go

Backend & Frontend

  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • NestJS icon NestJS
  • React
  • Next.js icon Next.js
  • file_type_astro Astro
  • Django
  • Tailwind CSS

Data & ML

  • PyTorch icon PyTorch
  • TensorFlow / Keras icon TensorFlow / Keras
  • BigQuery icon BigQuery
  • PostgreSQL
  • file_type_mongo MongoDB
  • file_type_sequelize Sequelize
  • YOLOv8
  • CVAT

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • Amazon Bedrock icon Amazon Bedrock
  • Lambda icon Lambda
  • Step Functions icon Step Functions
  • CloudFormation icon CloudFormation
  • API Gateway icon API Gateway
  • S3 icon S3
  • DynamoDB icon DynamoDB
  • Docker
  • Ubuntu
  • Linux

DevOps & Automation

  • Git
  • github [#142] Created with Sketch. GitHub
  • GitHub Actions icon GitHub Actions
  • ci_cd_line CI/CD
  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure Pipelines
  • github [#142] Created with Sketch. GitHub Enterprise
  • Power Automate
  • Power Apps
  • Power Platform
  • file_type_excel Excel

Research Tooling

  • MCP MCP
  • PRESTO icon PRESTO
  • FITS FITS / PSRFITS
  • GLPI GLPI
  • GNS3
  • Figma

AI / ML / GenAI

  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • RAG
  • LLMs
  • GenAI Systems
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Model Evaluation
  • AI Agents

Research & Scientific Computing

  • Research Software Engineering
  • Scientific Computing
  • Radio Astronomy
  • Astroinformatics
  • Fast Radio Bursts
  • Scientific Pipelines
  • Signal Processing
  • Reproducible Workflows

Engineering Scope

  • Backend Engineering
  • Full-stack Development
  • Serverless
  • IaC
  • APIs
  • Cloud AI
  • Document AI
  • Workflow Automation

Education

Computer Science / Civil Informatics Engineer

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Completed Dec 2025

Engineering degree with a technical focus on software engineering, AI, backend systems, cloud computing, and research-oriented software development.

National Exchange Mobility

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Jun 2025 - Nov 2025

Academic exchange period connected to research work at Centro Astro-Ingeniería UC.

Thesis: DRAFTS++ / DRAFTS-MB

Radio astronomy deep-learning pipeline

Defended Jan 22, 2026 - Grade: 100/100

Operational extension of a scientific software pipeline for detecting and classifying fast radio transients and Fast Radio Bursts, with work toward high-frequency and millimeter radio astronomy regimes.

Contact

I am most interested in research-adjacent engineering, scientific software, AI for Science, observatory computing, deep-tech, and production AI systems.