Growing the oak…
Staff Engineer @ Google · AI-native

Ignacio Robles Robles means oaks. Everyone calls me Nacho.

The work, in reverse

Scroll down, and watch the oak grow young.

Newest at the top. Each step down rewinds the oak, frame by frame, back toward the seed.

Dec 2025 – now · Open source

FiestaBoard

The open-source project I build and maintain.

MaintainerTypeScript
now
Apr 2025 – now · Google · SF

Staff Software Engineer

Bringing AI and the power of LLMs to the products people love.

LLMsAI4 patents
2025 – now
Oct 2019 – Apr 2025 · Google · Seattle

Senior Software Engineer

Nest Energy: energy controls for the Nest Thermostat. Launched Nest Renew.

JavaPython
2019 – 2025
Apr 2018 – Oct 2019 · Amazon · Seattle

Senior SDE (SDE-3)

Scaling the systems behind Amazon's fastest delivery.

JavaPython
2018 – 2019
Jun 2014 – Mar 2018 · Amazon · Seattle

Software Development Engineer (SDE-2)

Built the tech behind Prime Now: one-hour delivery.

A2Z Award '15Bringer of Talent '16
2014 – 2018
2013 – 2014 · Rushmore.fm · Madrid

Lead Platform Engineer

Owned the RESTful API and the AWS infrastructure for a music social platform.

PythonDjangoAWS
2013 – 2014
2012 – 2013 · Fever · Madrid

CTO & Senior Backend Engineer

Rebuilt the product from scratch (architecture, backend, API, iOS) to 1M+ users.

$3M seedNYC Venture Fellows '13TechCrunch / WSJ
2012 – 2013
2011 – 2012 · MassiveKnowledge · Ciudad Real

Senior Backend Engineer

Led a team of six; built a distributed Python crawler and the core data infrastructure.

FPU Research Fellowship '11
2011 – 2012
2010 – 2011 · Universidad de Granada

Software Developer

AI / ML research: time-series forecasting algorithms.

JavaPython
2010 – 2011
2007 – 2009 · Universidad de Granada

Research Intern

Feature-selection algorithms for the KEEL project, and research-group systems.

JavaPython
2007 – 2009
↓ down to the roots ↓
2009 – 2013 · Universidad de Granada

Ph.D., AI & Machine Learning · M.Sc., Soft Computing

Doctorate in evolutionary fuzzy systems; M.Sc. Magna Cum Laude. AI research a decade before the LLM wave.

Ph.D.AI / ML
2009 – 2013
2001 – 2009 · Universidad de Granada

B.Sc. Computer Science · B.Sc. Information Technology

Two engineering degrees, where the roots go deepest.

ValedictorianMagna Cum Laude
2001 – 2009
↓ down toward the seed ↓

Where it all started.

One acorn, resting in the grass. Let's talk.