Matt Alexius Y. Merano · Software Engineer and UI/UX Designer
Portfolio of Matt Alexius Y. Merano, a 2026 Computer Science graduate in Cebu, Philippines who builds full-stack software and does UI/UX design. Open to full-time software engineering roles.
Featured work
- AzureMarket: Game Top-Up Marketplace: Game top-up store with checkout, order tracking, a fulfillment queue in Postgres, and a self-hosted GCash payment gateway.
- Manifesto: Contract Data Extraction: Pulls data out of freight contract PDFs with every value traceable to its source, cutting manual data entry from hours to minutes.
- AR Car Rentals: Car rental platform in production for a Cebu business: live availability, lead capture, automated email follow-ups, and SEO.
- HYDE: Blockchain Art Protection: Hides ownership data inside the image and records provenance on a blockchain, so the proof survives reposts and metadata stripping. Our thesis project.
- NeoME: Health and wellness app with game-style goal tracking. React Native Expo with a Firebase backend.
Experience
Achievements
- Top 10 Semifinalist at the LAMBO 2026 AI Business Case Competition
- 3rd Place at the 5th UC CCS Research Congress 2026
- Champion of the "From Paper to Data" Logistics Challenge
- UI/UX Champion at UC ICT Congress 2025
- UI/UX Champion at UC College Days 2025
- 3rd Place in the UC ICT Congress 2025 Lightning Pitch
- Semi-Finalist in the Resolution Project Social Venture Challenge