# Jonathan Contreras

> Jonathan Contreras (@elionaz) is an engineering leader based in Mexico City with 15+ years in software. He is Engineering Director at Clara, the complete suite for finance teams in Latin America, where he leads platform, infrastructure and AI enablement. He was previously CTO at Homie.mx (proptech) and Resuelve tu Deuda (fintech), and is the founder of Digger, a platform for independent music talent in Mexico.

## Profile

- Name: Jonathan Contreras (handle: elionaz)
- Current role: Engineering Director, Clara (2024 to present). Engineering Manager at Clara from 2022 to 2024.
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Languages: Spanish (native), English (professional)
- Focus: platform engineering and developer experience, AI enablement across the whole company, building and rebuilding engineering teams, regulated fintech in Latin America
- Industries: fintech, payments, lending, proptech, media and music

## Experience

- Clara, Engineering Director (2024 to present) and Engineering Manager (2022 to 2024): leads the foundations engineering builds on, including the internal developer platform, infrastructure and AI enablement. Previously scaled product engineering teams, including mobile.
- Homie.mx, CTO (2021 to 2022): led technology for a proptech rental marketplace in Mexico, rebuilt the engineering team and split a monolith to separate customer-facing and operations workloads.
- Resuelve tu Deuda (now Bravo), CTO (2019 to 2020) and Product Owner of La Tasa (2017 to 2019): led product, design and engineering at Latin America's largest debt-relief fintech, including technology for a CNBV-regulated savings and credit institution. Owned La Tasa, a peer-to-peer lending platform, end to end.
- Digger, Founder (2016 to present): started as an independent music publication and grew into a platform for independent talent in Mexico.
- Earlier (2009 to 2017): Development & Innovation Director at Lunave Multimedios, IT leadership at Olabuenaga Chemistri, the vans.mx site, and web development roles.

## Projects

- [UltraDAW](https://github.com/elionaz/ultradaw): open-source Mackie Control surface for the UltraBar X CoreBAR screen; controls Logic Pro and other DAWs over macOS Network MIDI (Android, Kotlin).
- [Grapehop](https://grapehop.app): personal wine and beer journal for iOS and Android.
- [Digger](https://digger.mx): platform for independent music talent in Mexico, with profiles, press releases, media contacts, accreditations and AI-assisted release planning.
- [Music2PLX](https://www.elionaz.com/Music2PLX/): macOS app that imports iTunes and Apple Music playlists into Plex Media Server.
- [EchoMiniThemes](https://livetrack.club/): community platform to share themes for the Snowsky Echo Mini.
- [Pulse.fm](https://apps.repebble.com/a7b43d586c1942aea6681a5b): Pebble watchface showing the cover art of the last track scrobbled on Last.fm.
- [Pinche Hora](https://apps.repebble.com/6799ca58c5114c50af9f5876): Spanish-language Pebble watchface.

## Links

- [Website](https://www.elionaz.com/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elionaz): the best way to get in touch
- [Substack](https://substack.com/@elionaz): writing
- [GitHub](https://github.com/elionaz)