Karina Borges — AI Architecture & Workflow Principal Engineer

Karina Borges is a principal engineer working at the intersection of AI architecture and production engineering — designing AI-native systems and developer workflows, then building them with the teams that run them.

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Work Experience

Medical Prescription Platforms

Built and scaled digital prescription systems in health-tech, delivering reliable platforms that serve patients and providers across complex regulatory environments.

Insurance Marketplaces

Led frontend architecture for insurance marketplace products, enabling seamless quoting and enrollment experiences for millions of users.

AI Console Management Systems

Developed AI-powered console management interfaces, integrating intelligent workflows into enterprise tooling for operational efficiency.

Specializations

AI systems & agent architecture (MCP, orchestration, guardrails)AI-native development workflows (Spec-Driven Development, skills, plugins)Production frontend architecture — React / Next.js / TypeScriptTechnical leadership & consulting for international teams

Philosophy

“AI is becoming an architecture layer for how teams build, verify, and remember software.”

Early AI Adopter

An early adopter since the Copilot beta, I've moved from using AI tools to designing with them — MCP infrastructure, agentic workflows, and Spec-Driven Development that make AI a dependable part of how teams build, verify, and remember software.