30 minute Expert Consultation
with Jake Sta Teresa
If mentees have an issue that doesn't fit the mold, or you have a prospect that you'd like to sell a 1-hour consultation to, this is the way. Important: Define … Read more
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About this session
If mentees have an issue that doesn't fit the mold, or you have a prospect that you'd like to sell a 1-hour consultation to, this is the way.
Important: Define what the topic of the consultation can and should be in your message. If you're not defining it, be open for any requests that come in.
This may get replaced by another option somewhen in the future, but in the meantime use this for anything including:
- Hands-On Help
- Pair Work
- Work & Strategy with Businesses
- Architecture & Strategy
Your mentor
Hello there. 👋
I’m a veteran software engineer and technical leader with over 20 years of experience building scalable, user-centric solutions across industries including AI, fintech, health tech, and enterprise platforms.
At Undetectable AI, I currently lead engineering efforts for intelligent content detection platforms specializing with integrating Artificial Intelligence powered by large language models (LLMs). I’ve helped scale our systems from handling 50,000 requests per day to over 500,000, optimizing architecture for performance, reliability, and cost. My role bridges architecture, hands-on development, and close collaboration with product and growth teams.
Previously, I founded Barcode Essentials, where I transformed a niche technical concept into a commercially viable, enterprise-grade product. Across my career, I’ve held roles from developer to tech lead to scrum master — consistently combining engineering precision with business alignment.
I’m deeply familiar with modern development stacks including React, TypeScript, Python, and .NET, and I’ve led serverless architecture adoption (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions) in production environments to reduce complexity and improve scalability. I value mentoring, code quality, and building teams that ship fast without compromising craft.
🧠 Focus Areas: Technical leadership, AI system design, scalable architecture, team mentorship
🛠️ Technologies: React, TypeScript, Python, .NET, Serverless (AWS/Azure), CI/CD, LLM APIs
📈 Key Achievements:
– Scaled Undetectable AI traffic 10x in under a year
– Launched multiple full-stack products from concept to market
– Built engineering cultures around
Here’s what you can expect from me. I will...
- Listen and understand your learning goals
- Design a development plan based on your learning goals
- Help you understand difficult concepts
- Provide coding exercises
- Give quality code review feedback
- Help you when you are stuck
- Help you prepare for a coding interview
- Provide a weekly 1 on 1 meeting
Here is what I can help you with:
- Server-side development using either of the following: Node and Javascript, .Net Core and C#, Serverless
- Front-end development using React or Vue
- Mobile app development using Objective-C or Swift
- Unit and Integration Testing
- Components and Frameworks
- Implementing Clean Code
- Design Patterns
- Software design and UML
- General Programming in C#, Javascript, Java, PHP
- Shell scripting
- Productivity and Career Advice
If you are motivated to break into software development, I would be happy to be your mentor. Let’s talk. 🚀
PS. También hablo español 🇨🇴
What mentees say
“Jake is a good mentor, good teacher. He helps me a lot with understanding stuff and is always happy to help with my questions. ”
Natalia
Standard Plan · 1.5 years
“Jake is an amazing mentor, who has helped me both with clarity regarding my career in tech, and actual improvement in the field. Why Jake is a superhero: - Clear, concise, fast communication; - Flexibility in tools…”
Matas
Lite Plan · 6 months
“My mentorship with Jake continues to be a wonderful journey. I've been making strides all along, and the last month has been quite transformative. For the first time, I made an application without relying on tutorials. …”
Mustafa
Standard Plan · 10 months
“Jake is an experienced developer who has worked in different locations in the world and with different programming languages. He is so friendly and he cares a lot about his students. Jake made a easy-to-follow plan for …”
Hao
Standard Plan · 9 months
“After graduating from university, I felt lost and lacked confidence in my coding skills, making it difficult for me to pursue a job in the industry. I was searching for help when I found Jake. He helped me rebuild my fo…”
Phonlavath
Standard Plan · 2 months
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