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.

Open source Dec 2025 – now

FiestaBoard

The open-source project I build and maintain.

MaintainerTypeScript
now
Google · San Francisco, CA Apr 2025 – now

Staff Software Engineer

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

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

Senior Software Engineer

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

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

Senior SDE (SDE-3)

Scaling the systems behind Amazon's fastest delivery.

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

Software Development Engineer (SDE-2)

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

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

Lead Platform Engineer

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

PythonDjangoAWS
2013 – 2014
Fever · Madrid, Spain 2012 – 2013

CTO & Senior Backend Engineer

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

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

Senior Backend Engineer

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

2011 – 2012
Universidad de Granada 2010 – 2011

Software Developer

AI / ML research: time-series forecasting algorithms.

JavaPython
2010 – 2011
Universidad de Granada 2007 – 2009

Research Intern

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

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

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 / MLFPU Research Fellowship '11
2009 – 2013
Universidad de Granada 2001 – 2009

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.