Fernando G.

Fernando G.

Front-End React Developer from Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republic

Fernando is a Front-End Web Developer currently based in the miracle city of Santo Domingo. He has been working in the Web industry for 5 years now, mostly in agencies but he has also done freelance gigs. He is currently looking for a role that really encourages him to think outside the box and to use his best skill: his never-ending curiosity. He tends to do his best work when he is around a team with strong communication and pushes him to find creative solutions to the problems. He prefers to work remotely but relocation could be an option if it makes sense.

Skills

  • Javascript
  • CSS
  • React
  • Node.js
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Experience

Insurance company, Remote

Front-End Developer

November 2020 to Present

Stack:

  • Next.js, 
  • Typescript, 
  • React, 
  • SWR, 
  • Jest, 
  • Testing-library, 
  • Styled-components, 
  • Storybook

Responsibilities: 

  • Deliver and maintain a business-critical internal app used

by brokers to serve thousands of clients alongside a cross-disciplinary

team.

  • Contribute impactful work to the organization’s UI system and

shared modules.

IT services, Remote

Senior-Mid Front-End Developer

July 2020 to Present

Stack:

  • React, 
  • Next.js, 
  • Gatsby, 
  • styled-components, 
  • Sass

Responsibilities: 

  • Work as part of a fully remote worldwide team shipping high-impact

web apps using the Jamstack architecture for renowned companies.

  • Earn the top-billing employee for several months.


Freelancing, Dominican Republic

Front-End developer

August 2019 to Present

Stack:

  • WordPress, 
  • Gatsby, 
  • Snipcart

Responsibilities:

  • Develop small websites on WordPress and e-commerce sites.

Digital agency, Dominican Republic

Lead Web Developer

February 2018 to August 2019

Stack:

  • WordPress, 
  • Static HTML & CSS

Responsibilities:

  • Task with implementing WordPress and static HTML & CSS websites for multiple local clients.
  • Get a high-fidelity mockup from the design team and would usually turn over the finished website in 1-2 weeks.

Education

Bachelor Degree in Software Engineering, Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC)

September 2017 to September 2021

Dominican Republic

Portfolio

Newfront / Insurtech
November 2020 - September 2021
Newfront / Insurtech
November 2020 - September 2021

Description: The Accounts project was envisioned to replace several parts of the legacy system which was very convoluted and hard to use with a modern and fast app that streamlines the account management workflow while also being able to connect with other tools & services. 

The Accounts app has been instrumental for hundreds of brokers to manage thousands of clients through the whole acquisition process. Brokers can now manage new accounts and their coverage opportunities in a more intuitive interface.

Role: Our small team of engineers has full ownership of the project across the whole stack from backend to frontend. Since the project first started, I’ve been tasked with building the frontend interfaces in conjunction with building tooling and abstractions for the data layer and the shared UI library. More recently we’ve been porting legacy features from the old service into this new one, removing technical debt.

Technologies used: The app is built with Next.js & Typescript and leverages Next.js’ built-in serverless functions as a BFF layer to interface with a Nest backend. We use XState in some workflows for managing state and we’ve built extensive tooling around SWR for data fetching from multiple services. Tests are done with React Testing Library.

FRI / Research
August 2020 - November 2020
FRI / Research
August 2020 - November 2020

Description: Website redesign & rearchitecture of the member’s dashboard where users can access exclusive information and documentation, as well as a public microsite with general info. 

Role: I was part of a small team as a Front-End Developer and was tasked with several aspects of the project. I ended up implementing a bunch of layouts and components that were reused across the whole project, some with design variations.

Technologies used: Content was managed and served through Contentful via an Apollo client to a Next.js + Typescript frontend app. Styles were done with Tailwind.CSS.

LINK Institute / Market Research
August 2020 - August 2020
LINK Institute / Market Research
August 2020 - August 2020

Description: Briefly contributed to the ongoing development of an internal researcher’s dashboard project.

Role: I was tasked with implementing a table list view of survey contacts that had been contacted for previous studies and assigning them to either a blacklist or a whitelist.

Technologies used: A pure React and Redux app using Typescript with Sass styling and and as the design system.

Tapendium / Hospitality
July 2020 - September 2020
Tapendium / Hospitality
July 2020 - September 2020

Description: My first project at Bejamas, I got to work on a mobile PWA with a strong focus on i18n and custom native-like animations/transitions. The app was intended for guests to have easy access to key information about the hotel they were staying in. Hotel rooms would be equipped with tablets preloaded with the app.

Role: As a Front-End Developer, I contributed to a big chunk of the project, implemented the information screen where most of the user interaction happened and where it was most critical to have performant animations.

Technologies used: Next.js PWA in tandem with Typescript, with Storyblok.js for multi-language content management. Emotion is used for authoring styles, alongside Tailwind.css and react-spring for custom animations/transitions.