My journey

I'm Alberto Antequera Rubiales, a Tech Lead based in Mijas (Málaga, Spain). A technology enthusiast, communicative and driven by challenges: I move between Node.js and Java, with Docker and TypeScript as travel companions to build robust architectures. I've been building software for over a decade, from banking to large-scale fintech.

Experience

Magnific (formerly Freepik) — Tech Lead, Go to Market

Apr 2026 – Present · Full-time

• Leading the product's go-to-market technical strategy.

Freepik Company — Tech Lead, Money Team

Feb 2021 – May 2026 · Málaga

• Led the payments team (Money Team), integrating gateways such as Stripe, Adyen, Razor Pay and Apple Pay.
• Infrastructure on Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), with services built on Lumen / Laravel.

kaikoo — Chief Technology Officer (freelance)

Nov 2020 – May 2026 · Málaga

• Technical leadership of the project, with Git and Docker at the core of the workflow.

Freepik Company — Backend Developer

Jul 2020 – Oct 2021 · Málaga

• Backend development focused on scalability, supported by Git and Docker.

Cash Converters España — Software Developer

Dec 2017 – Jun 2020 · Marbella

• Projects: Salesforce Commerce Cloud, payment-gateway APIs (Node) and an online sales hub.
• Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, Express, TypeORM + PostgreSQL, job management, tests (Jest, Puppeteer), TypeDoc, PHP 7 and Composer.

Planet Media — Senior Frontend Developer

Mar 2017 – Dec 2017 · Málaga

• Projects: ECOEMBES API, internal demos and widgets.
• Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, vanilla JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Express, Chai and Python.

Cheil Worldwide — Digital Back/Front Developer

Jan 2017 – Mar 2017 · San Sebastián de los Reyes

• Projects: event APIs, internal shop and advertising pieces.
• Stack: Node.js (Express, EJS), Ionic, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS and PHP.

Ioon Technologies — Analyst Programmer

May 2016 – Jan 2017 · Madrid

• ICO loan-management project.
• Stack: Java 5, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, JavaScript, CSS and HTML5.

Indra Software Labs — Software Application Developer

Aug 2012 – Apr 2016 · Badajoz

• Junior developer: incident and development management, technical design.
• Projects: Core Banking and Inditex.
• Stack: Java J2EE 5, Spring, Hibernate, ExtJS (Sencha), Bootstrap, JavaScript, CSS and HTML5.

Cinproext — Internship

Apr 2009 – Jun 2009

• First professional internship in software development.

Artificial Intelligence

AI is part of my daily routine. At Freepik and Magnific I've learned to weave it into both my workflow and the product, and it's now one of the areas where I add the most value.

• Models & assistants: I work daily with Claude (Anthropic) and Gemini (Google) for development, architecture design and automation.
• Agents & integration: I build agents connected to real tools and data through MCP (Model Context Protocol), skills and function calling.
• AI APIs: integrating model APIs (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI) into products — text and image generation and assisted workflows.
• AI in product (Freepik / Magnific): experience bringing generative-AI capabilities to product at scale.

Education

• ESIC Business & Marketing School (2023)
• Higher Diploma in Software Application Development — I.E.S. Castelar (2010 – 2012)
• iPhone & Android Application Development — Euroinova Formación (2012) · includes an Advanced JavaScript course (85 h) and a Higher Diploma in Android Development & Programming (300 h)
• IT Assistant — IES Virgen del Soterraño (2007 – 2009)

Skills

Languages

• Spanish — native
• English — basic

Let's talk! You can find me on LinkedIn.