Rocket Lab
End-to-end delivery across web, mobile, and cloud
Led delivery of web and mobile products using React, Next.js, React Native, Expo, and Tailwind, taking features from architecture through to production.
Biography
Javier Sauma is the Founding Engineer at Aona AI, working across frontend, backend, and cloud systems to help turn product ideas into reliable software that customers can use at scale. He brings a full-stack mindset shaped by modern React and Node.js development, serverless architecture, and fast-moving product delivery.
At Aona, Javier strengthens the engineering layer behind secure AI adoption - from product interfaces and application architecture through to backend services, integrations, and operational tooling. His focus is practical: ship quickly, keep systems maintainable, and make sure the product experience stays strong as technical complexity grows.
Before joining Aona, Javier worked across software engineering roles in Australia and Chile, delivering web and mobile products, GraphQL and REST APIs, cloud-native systems, and AI-powered automation. He has particular depth in React, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS-based development, with experience spanning AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
Customer impact
How Javier helps customers move from intent to rollout.
Builds dependable product experiences across web and mobile so customers get fast, usable workflows instead of fragile prototypes.
Connects frontend, backend, and cloud delivery so new capabilities can move from concept to production without handoff friction.
Helps Aona scale AI-powered features with practical engineering choices around APIs, infrastructure, reliability, and maintainability.
Brings a serverless and full-stack mindset that keeps product iteration fast while preserving code quality and operational discipline.
Experience at a glance
How Shashank turns cross-functional complexity into practical delivery outcomes.
Javier brings 5+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience across product delivery, cloud architecture, mobile and web apps, API design, and AI-enabled workflow automation.
5+ years
professional full-stack engineering experience
React + Node
modern frontend and backend product delivery
AWS
serverless and cloud-native architecture
AI
agent systems, LLM integrations, and automation
Full-stack
Backend systems and API architecture
Designed and scaled backend services with Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
AI systems
LLM integrations and workflow automation
Built AI-powered solutions including agent systems, LLM integrations, and automation tooling that improved efficiency across business-critical workflows.
Serverless
AWS-native product engineering
Worked deeply with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Cognito, SQS, SES, Amplify, CloudWatch, and S3 across multiple product environments.
Previous experience includes
- Rocket Lab Pty Ltd
- ASM
- AFEX Chile
- Vigalab
Expertise
Topics Javier is asked to speak and advise on.
- React
- Next.js
- React Native
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- GraphQL and REST APIs
- AWS serverless architecture
- AI agents and LLM integrations
- Cloud application delivery
Perspective
How this experience connects to Aona.
"The best software is practical software - systems that solve real problems, scale cleanly, and stay easy for teams to build on."
Aona product
How Aona turns AI visibility, policy controls, and data protection into usable product workflows.
AI governance
The operating model Aona builds into product and engineering decisions.
Workforce AI Security
The enterprise problem Javier helps solve through full-stack product delivery.
Security specialists
How Aona supports technical teams that need practical control over AI usage and data risk.
Talk to Javier about Aona.
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Back to the teamLast updated 2026-05-19