# Daniel García > AI-driven Product Engineer & Founding Engineer | Building data-intensive startups | Author Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danielgarca AI product engineer & startup builder. Over the past decade I’ve founded and scaled products at Y Combinator‑backed startups and engineering teams across the U.S. and Europe. At Glimpse (YC W20), I led a 3‑person team to build an AI‑powered marketplace that connected thousands of brands with short‑term rental hosts. Our automated data scrapers grew our property database from 0 to 500k+ listings and cut manual curation time by 90%. Previously at Gordian Software, I designed the first interactive flight seat‑map widget used by major OTAs—built with React, Redux and a custom recommendation engine—and oversaw web‑scraping pipelines that served 60+ airlines. I’m now a Product Engineer at Prefix, where I lead the development of a predictive maintenance platform that leverages time‑series machine‑learning models to proactively identify equipment failures. I’m passionate about applying natural language processing and generative AI to create intuitive user experiences, and I share insights as a writer for The Generalist Engineer and co‑host of the El Truco Podcast. Outside of work, I mentor early‑stage founders on building technical teams and setting up scalable data infrastructure. Let’s connect if you’re building AI‑driven products or looking to collaborate on new ventures. ## Work Experience ### AI-driven Product Engineer @ Prefix Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States Lead product engineering for Prefix’s AI‑powered repair and maintenance platform focused on commercial kitchens. I designed and shipped automation features that eliminate routine data entry and introduced natural‑language reminders using large‑language‑model frameworks such as LangChain. Working closely with data scientists, I helped integrate predictive maintenance models that surface equipment issues before they happen, improving uptime and reducing unplanned spend. I translate customer feedback and facility‑manager needs into product roadmaps, then own the lifecycle from prototype to production deployment—coordinating cross‑functional teams to ensure reliability, scalability and high user adoption. ### Founding Engineer @ Prefix Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States Prefix offers repair and maintenance software that empowers your team to make better decisions. Optimize your facility’s longevity and reduce spend by leveraging top industry knowledge and bolstering your facility team’s expertise. Prefix is the only R&M software with AI-powered tools to automate routine tasks, send intelligent reminders, and streamline data entry to eliminate busy work for your team. ### Author @ The Generalist Enginner Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 Engineering is different in early-stage startups. This weekly newsletter will provide frameworks, methodologies, and practical tips from founding engineers and technical co-founders across the industry. You will also learn how other startups create their products from scratch. Subscribe here: ### Founding Engineer @ Glimpse Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York City Metropolitan Area As the first hire at Glimpse, I worked with the founders to define the product and engineering roadmap, identified opportunities to improve the user experience and developed new product features to drive key business metrics. I also designed and implemented data scrapers and created multiple products from scratch using modern technologies like JavaScript, Next.js, and Prisma. A significant accomplishment at Glimpse was migrating the Airtable database to a more scalable solution using PostgreSQL, providing a more efficient and reliable platform for our users. My contributions helped shape the company's direction and led to a more prosperous and sustainable business. ### Senior Full Stack Engineer @ Grodian Software Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Burlingame, CA As the first hire at Gordian Software, I led front-end development. I created a highly effective flight seat map component used by thousands of users on many travel agency websites. This component significantly increased the sales funnel and ticket size for our clients. In addition, I created automated data scrapers using Python and JavaScript to enhance our API product, which served over 100 airlines and hundreds of booking platforms. I also created A/B test plans for our seat map component to identify conversion rate improvements and continuously enhance the user experience. As an on-call team member, I quickly solved problems on the platform, delivering a better customer experience. My contributions at Gordian Software helped to establish the company as a leader in the travel technology industry. ### Chief Technology Officer @ Fanbot Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Guadalajara, Mexico Metropolitan Area As Chief Technology Officer at Fanbot, I worked with the founders to identify minimum viable product requirements and clearly define leaps of faith and significant assumptions. This approach enabled us to launch products quickly and in the most cost-efficient and lean way possible while maximizing learning opportunities. In addition, I led the software engineering team and played a crucial role in developing a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Through effective leadership, we established a high-performing team that delivered high-quality products promptly and efficiently. ### Tech lead @ Fanbot Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Guadalajara Area, Mexico Rebuild the product infrastructure from scratch to make it more scalable so we can focus on product development and reaching product-market fit ### Full Stack Engineer @ FAT Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Tours Area, France — Providing my technical expertise, mainly in developing products for professional/casual gamers — Participated in weekly code reviews with a couple of senior engineers on the team. — Developed the REST API following the OpenAPI specification — Implementing great user experience by creating 50+ reusables components using HTML5 / Javascript / CSS — Contributed to some Open Source projects that we use internally to manage our projects ## Education ### Ingeniería in Ingeniería En Ciencias Computacionales Universidad de Guadalajara Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chl03ks - Website: https://foundingen.substack.com - Website: https://medium.com/@chl03ks --- Source: https://flows.cv/danielgarca JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielgarca/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23