Uriel Crampton
Montevideo, Uruguay · Available worldwide

Uriel Crampton · Software Engineer · Technical Lead at 24Defend

I build ambitious products
from zero to production.

Today I design systems that detect phishing on the phone. Before that I co-founded HyLabs, where I built the software for a portable science lab that made its first sales to schools.

Open to Founding Engineer and Product Engineer roles.

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Backed / recognized by ANIILATU · IngenioMicrosoftSantander XIEEEESPN · Disney+PwC
Uriel Crampton
Technical Lead — 24Defend · Innovation Advisor — ANEP / DGETP-UTU
Now · 24Defend

More than 1.6 million phishing checks in one month, with on-device domain classification in about 30 ms.

Now · ANEP / UTU

Leading the rollout of 24 innovation hubs across Uruguay's 19 departments and managing the hub teams.

HyLabs · 2024 — 2026

Led a 7-person team. 30+ labs deployed and about 190 active or committed licenses at project close.

IEEE SBRM 2025

Chair: managed a budget of over USD 120,000 for 200+ participants from 15 countries.

01 — Selected work

Products, not portfolios.

Each project pushed further than the last — the problem, what I built, and what happened when it met the real world.

NOW · ON-DEVICE SECURITY
24defend.com ↗

24Defend

Technical Lead · Jun 2026 — Present

Problem

Phishing links reach people through SMS, WhatsApp, email and the web. A warning that shows up after the page has loaded comes too late.

The decision

Split detection in two. The phone classifies each domain in about 30 ms, during DNS resolution, by checking local domain lists with Bloom filters. Suspicious domains are investigated in the background by an AI agent that reads registration records, DNS and TLS data, and the backend caches its verdicts.

What I own

Engineering for the mobile platform: the detection architecture, the APIs and the anonymized telemetry.

On-device detection Bloom filters · DNS AI agents APIs · telemetry
1.6M+
queries in one month
~30 ms
on-device classification
4
channels: SMS, WhatsApp, email, web
Try the demo → Pick a real phishing message and see what the app shows.
How a link gets checked
On the phone ~30 ms
  1. 01 A link is opened from SMS, WhatsApp, email or the browser.
  2. 02 DNS resolution starts.
  3. 03 Bloom filters check the domain against local lists.
  4. 04 A known phishing domain is blocked before the page loads.
suspicious domain ↓
In the background async
  1. 05 An AI agent investigates the domain.
  2. 06 It reads registration records, DNS and TLS data.
  3. 07 The backend caches the verdict.

The trade-off: the phone never waits for the AI. Speed comes from local lists; depth comes from the agent working in the background.

TURNING POINT
hyract.com/hylabs ↗

HyLabs

Co-Founder & Technical Lead · 2024 — 2026

Problem

A physical science lab is out of reach for most schools — cost, space and maintenance keep students out of real experimentation.

What I built

A portable lab platform: a plug-and-play IoT sensor hub plus a cloud product that streams live experiment data, guides practices and generates reports — with an AI assistant (LLMs + computer vision) that analyses results and writes them up.

How it grew

What started as an engineering project became a company. I architected the full stack — and as the product grew, my responsibilities grew with it: the technical roadmap, a 7-person team across firmware, backend, web and design, funding, pilots and product decisions.

Next.js PostgreSQL AWS · Azure LLMs · Azure Vision Embedded IoT
~190
active or committed licenses at close (Jul 2026)
30+
labs deployed
5×
cheaper than a lab

Funding and traction: secured funding from ANII, LATU and Ingenio, closed our first sales to schools in Uruguay, and was a finalist for the PwC Uruguay Innovation Award 2025.

HyLabs
IEEE SBRM 2025
Leadership at scale 2025 · Punta del Este

IEEE SBRM 2025

Chair · fully volunteer organizing team

I proposed, won and ran Uruguay's first Student Branches Regional Meeting: a six-figure, three-day congress for 200+ students and young professionals from 15+ countries, with international speakers, workshops and sponsor programs.

Owned budget, sponsorship (IEEE Region 9, IEEE Foundation, Photonics & ComSoc, Oracle), logistics and a distributed volunteer team — the closest thing to running a company for a year.

200+ attendees 15+ countries USD 120K+ budget
Enterprise engineering 2025 — 2026

World Travel Inc.

Full Stack Engineer · founding Uruguay team

One of the largest corporate travel consolidators in the US. I joined the company's first engineering team in Uruguay, building and maintaining the Next.js and PostgreSQL applications behind an operation of about 1,500 corporate travel bookings a month.

~1,500 bookings / month AWS production services
  • → Resolved production incidents and shipped enterprise integrations with the international team.
  • → Shipped full-stack work on Next.js, PostgreSQL and AWS.
  • → Improved CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and alerts for the services running on AWS.
  • → Worked daily with distributed international teams and corporate IT standards.

Why it matters: proof I operate inside large-company constraints — compliance, reliability, review culture — not only in startup mode.

Terum drone
Robotics · live broadcast 2024

Terum — autonomous match drone

Hardware & systems lead · with DRONE.UY and UM

A custom drone with a 3D-printed mechatronic release module that carried the ball to midfield at Los Teros' international matches — designed, built and flown under live-broadcast conditions with zero margin for retries.

Broadcast live on ESPN and Disney+ to 350,000+ viewers.
Hisomatic
AI · robotics · health 2024

Hisomatic — hospital sampling robot

Technical lead · 4-person team

An autonomous robot that standardizes bacterial sampling in hospitals to reduce infection risk — computer vision, motion control and a clinical workflow the staff actually follows.

Winner — Robotics & AI Hackathon (Microsoft + Ingenio LATU) 1st place, University category — Santander X Awards Uruguay 2024
Also in production

Systems that run real operations every day — from Uruguay's national stadium to logistics fleets.

Movera

Route-optimization platform for truck fleets: live traffic planning, delivery windows, GPS tracking, dynamic reassignment.

Empresariales.uy

Enterprise event booking and management platform, delivered end-to-end and highlighted in client reviews.

Ticketing platform

Online sales, QR generation and access control used at major productions and venues in Uruguay.

Estadio Centenario — business systems

Accounting, electronic invoicing and financial reporting for the stadium, plus POS and inventory running the Museo del Fútbol's retail.

FING TU APP

Mobile app for engineering students — Top 7 in Google Play's Education category, Uruguay 2021.

02 — Experience

From prototypes to production.

At first I could build a solution alone. Then came users, clients, infrastructure and deadlines — and the role grew with the problems.

Jun 2026 — Present
Uruguay

Technical Lead · 24Defend

I lead engineering for a mobile platform that detects phishing links across SMS, WhatsApp, email and the web, which processed more than 1.6 million queries in one month. I designed the architecture that classifies domains on the device in about 30 ms, and I own the APIs and anonymized telemetry. An AI agent investigates suspicious domains in the background, and the backend caches its verdicts.

AI threat analysis On-device detection Cloud architecture REST APIs · webhooks Technical roadmap
2026 — Present
Uruguay · 19 departments

Innovation Advisor to the Deputy Director · ANEP / DGETP-UTU

From the Deputy Director's office I lead the rollout of 24 innovation hubs and manage the hub teams.

I plan and follow up on the 24 innovation hubs across the country: I set where the network is heading, work alongside each hub's team and push student projects from an idea to a real venture. It's Uruguay's public technical education building a national innovation network, one hub at a time.

Program rollout Strategic planning Hub follow-up Team leadership
Jan 2024 — Jul 2026
Montevideo, UY

Co-Founder & Technical Lead · HyLabs

Built the portable-lab platform from first prototype to a product with paying schools: full-stack architecture, IoT data pipeline, AI assistant — and, as it grew, a 7-person team, innovation grants and investment.

Next.js PostgreSQL AWS · Azure LLM integrations Team leadership
Sep 2025 — Apr 2026
Montevideo, UY

Full Stack Engineer · World Travel Inc.

Founding member of the Uruguay engineering team at a major US corporate-travel consolidator. Led maintenance and feature delivery for production systems, improved reliability through CI/CD and monitoring, and shipped alongside international teams.

Next.js PostgreSQL AWS CI/CD · observability
Jan 2022 — Aug 2024
Montevideo, UY

Co-Founder & Technical Lead · Hyract

Deep-tech studio building hardware–software platforms for real-time data. Owned architecture, ML optimization models and cloud integrations; defined the product roadmap, led funding pitches, and represented the company at Collision and Web Summit. Named a Top IoT & RPA consulting company 2024 by Clutch.

2019 — Present
Uruguay · remote

Full Stack Developer & AI Consultant · Independent

Custom platforms for events, retail and industry — ticketing and access control at Estadio Centenario, FunFest by Conmebol and Huawei; computer-vision tooling for industrial environments; multimodal AI agents for AR procedural guides.

2023 — 2025
Uruguay

Technology Advisor & Instructor · Instituto Geselliano · Universidad de Montevideo

Advised teachers on integrating technology in the classroom and taught hands-on electronics, microcontrollers and programming — plus engineering workshops and prototype mentoring at UM.

03 — Recognition

Selected recognition.

Awards, elected roles and press coverage from Microsoft, Santander, IEEE and national media.

2024

Winner — Robotics & AI Hackathon

Microsoft + Ingenio LATU. Autonomous hospital sampling robot.

2024

1st place — Santander X Awards Uruguay

University category, for innovation and impact.

2025

Chair — IEEE SBRM 2025

First edition in Uruguay; 200+ participants from 15+ countries.

2024

Featured innovation — autonomous drone

Los Teros international matches, live on ESPN and Disney+.

2023 — Present

IEEE leadership roles

Uruguay student section representative; Region 9 entrepreneurship committee.

2023 — 2025

Global stages

Collision, Web Summit, CLEI & JAIIO finalist, talks at universities across LATAM.

In the press
El Observador — RadarIA

Live on #RadarIA with CUTI and the co-founder of PedidosYa.
Canal 4 — Vamo Arriba

The Uruguayans who built a portable physics lab, live on national TV.
ESPN / Disney+

The autonomous drone that delivered the ball at Uruguay vs. Scotland.
El Observador — Café y Negocios

Democratizing science in classrooms — and expanding across the region.
InfoNegocios

Teaching science for US$5 per student per month.
Universidad de Montevideo

First place in the University category at Santander X.
Uriel Crampton
04 — About

I like owning the whole problem.

I'm an engineer from Uruguay. I enjoy owning problems end-to-end: understanding what actually needs to be solved, designing the system, writing the code, shipping it — and seeing what happens when real people use it.

Taking products further kept forcing me to learn things that don't fit inside an IDE: talking to users, prioritizing a roadmap, presenting ideas, raising funding, coordinating a team. Those things made me a better engineer — not a less technical one.

I still want to be close to the architecture, the code and the product.

The toolbox those products required

Full-stack

Next.js, React, Node, PostgreSQL.

Product & architecture

Discovery, UX, system design, scalability.

AI & LLMs

OpenAI, Gemini, LangChain, computer vision.

Cloud & DevOps

AWS, Azure, CI/CD, monitoring.

IoT & hardware

Embedded systems, sensors, 3D design.

Technical leadership

Roadmaps, mentoring, technical decisions, delivery.

05 — Education
Universidad de Montevideo
Expected Nov 2026

B.S. in Computer Science

Universidad de Montevideo — School of Engineering

80% merit-based scholarship. Software engineering, embedded systems, data processing, IoT.

Georgia State University
Jul 2025

Leadership & Business Globalization

Georgia State University — Atlanta, GA

Fully funded international program: leadership, public speaking, intercultural teamwork.

UTU
Nov 2020

Technical Diploma — Robotics & Telecom

Instituto Tecnológico Superior — UTU

Hands-on microcontrollers, network infrastructure and automation.

06 — Let's talk

Building something
ambitious?

I'm looking for the next hard product to build — product engineering, forward-deployed engineering and founding-engineer roles where engineers have real ownership, from the problem to architecture, implementation and production. I do my best work embedded where the problem lives — with users, clients and real constraints, not just tickets. Comfortable taking technical leadership when needed, but always close to the product and the code.

Location
Montevideo, Uruguay
Phone
+598 98 861 006
Languages
Spanish (native) · English