Jesús Carlos Acosta Rocha AI Engineer at Zillow & Technical Founder

I build AI systems and the products around them.

AI Engineer at Zillow, technical founder, and product builder across healthcare, industrial automation, and conversational commerce.

Current role
AI Engineer at Zillow
Product ownership
Partner across three active companies
In production
GliaMediQ serves real medical learners today

Products I own and build

Active products, at different stages.

I am a partner in each company and remain directly involved in product and engineering decisions.

Explore every case study

Deployed with a clientA product by Avira Agent

ReadyMark

Creator, co-owner & AI engineer

Visual inspection for manufacturing plants, connected to robotic arms so quality decisions can move directly into the production process.

ReadyMark is entirely my original product. I created its concept, product direction, and technical implementation.

One client deploymentThe product is deployed and serving a real industrial inspection workflow.

Preparing for launchIndependent company

WaMan

Co-owner & AI engineer

An AI sales agent for WhatsApp that replies, qualifies, follows up, and hands complete opportunities to a human team.

I am a partner in WaMan and actively build the AI and product systems behind the service.

Active pre-launch buildThe product is being prepared for its first production deployment.

2026 - presentUnited States, remote

Zillow

AI Engineer

I work on AI engineering at Zillow, turning model capabilities into reliable product systems inside a large-scale consumer technology company.

  • Build production systems around applied AI capabilities.
  • Focus on reliable delivery, evaluation, and product integration.
Implementation stack
  • Applied AI
  • Production systems
  • Software engineering

Earlier employment.

Education AI, marketplace systems, industrial ML, technical leadership, quality engineering, and public-sector delivery.

  1. McGraw Hill

    2024 - 2026

    Software Engineer, AITexas, United States

    I built and operated AI product workflows for teachers and students, with responsibility spanning orchestration, backend delivery, releases, and observability.

    Two production AI productsA teacher assistant and a student writing assistant deployed across United States and European education platforms.

  2. Uber

    2022 - 2024

    Software Engineer L4United States · remote

    I owned core backend work for lifecycle messaging, search, recommendations, and retention systems at Cornershop by Uber.

    Up to 5M messages per marketHigh-throughput lifecycle campaigns ran inside strict delivery windows alongside daily recommendation workflows.

  3. Cemex

    2021 - 2022

    Software EngineerMonterrey, Mexico · remote

    I helped move industrial machine-learning models from prototype to repeatable production services for concrete-plant operations.

    Seven countries · two continentsThe DCO order-taking platform operated across a multi-country footprint.

  4. Momenry

    2020 - 2022

    Backend Technical LeadUnited States · remote

    I owned backend architecture and technical decisions for a mobile augmented-reality startup in my first formal leadership role.

    Backend technical leadershipReal-time APIs supported augmented-reality experiences on mobile devices.

  5. Softtek

    2019 - 2021

    Software EngineerEnsenada, Mexico

    I built test automation frameworks with SDETs across multiple client products and domains.

    300+ API tests · 53 end-to-end flowsAutomated coverage protected critical API and browser journeys.

  6. Ahome Municipal Government

    2018 - 2019

    Head of InnovationSinaloa, Mexico

    I designed, built, deployed, and operated a public-works and institutional-goals platform end to end.

    Approximately 100 public employeesThe platform supported evidence review and public-works tracking across municipal teams.

Open source, with the source visible.

Public products that make the engineering inspectable, not merely described.

Live and open sourceOpen-source developer tool

OpenGraph

A local-first visual editor for designing, inspecting, and exporting AI agent graphs, with an optional MCP companion.

A visible system of recordThe hosted editor and full implementation are public, while local workflows can remain on the developer's machine.
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • React Flow
  • Zustand
  • MCP
OpenGraph canvas showing a five-node agent workflow from ingestion through validation.

Open sourceOpen-source macOS app

Write That Down

A menu-bar app that detects calls, transcribes microphone and system audio with local models, and writes Markdown notes.

On-device by designCapture, transcription, and storage remain on the Mac without requiring an account.
  • Swift 6
  • SwiftUI
  • AppKit
  • WhisperKit
  • ScreenCaptureKit
Write That Down showing an active conversation with a live transcript, recent recordings, and an AI-assisted question and answer panel.

Interested in the products or how I build them?

I welcome thoughtful conversations about production AI, product engineering, and potential partnerships.