Team Lead Frontend Engineering

• Sep 2023 - Present

Engineering Manager

• Jun 2022 - Oct 2023

A rapidly growing online marketplace for used cars that is revolutionizing the automotive industry, heycar was founded in 2017, and has quickly become a leading platform in the German market, with over 400,000 registered users and more than 200,000 cars available for sale. With a focus on transparency and high-quality service, heycar has earned a reputation for delivering a user-friendly and trustworthy experience for both buyers and sellers. By leveraging advanced analytics and cutting-edge technology, heycar is helping to transform the used car market and deliver better outcomes for consumers. In 2022, I was promoted to Engineering Manager for the Mobile App team, where I:- Lead the team’s growth from 2 to 6 mobile engineers- Constantly measured and improved the development process, making it less painful for the engineers, and up to 33% faster when it comes to the build pipelines- Contributed to keeping the high quality, through workflow improvements, and Beta testing, keeping the app bug free- Lead and contributed to improvements to the project’s test automation, including the implementation of integration tests, with Gherkin and BDD- Planned and lead a major improvement with the Filters screen, taking user interactions that were taking around 8 seconds to zero by improving the UX, the connection with the APIs, and the state management Show less

Senior Frontend Engineer

• Jul 2019 - Sep 2022

Before working on the Mobile App team, I was heavily contributing to the German web application, when I transitioned through different teams with different expertises, and was able to:- Improve the user’s lead creation experience, and contribute to multiple A/B tests aiming for better conversion rate, and higher lead quality- Lead Workshops and talks with the Front-End internal community- Create a special area for the Customer Success system, with messaging communication, and entry points around the web app- Implement and maintain the integration with a CMS (Contentful), which was widely used by different teams- Contribute to marketing improvements, implementing advertisement through the CMS- Improve and maintain the blog area, editable through the same CMS- Create special landing pages for SEO, also editable through the CMS- Plan and contribute to the implementation of a set of automatic SEO pages generation system, based on availability of vehicle stock- Lead the creation of a team responsible for the experimental white labeling of the company marketplace, with micro-front-ends, BDD, TBD, and a complex CI/CD for rapid development, which I heavily contributed to Show less

Front-End Engineer

• Feb 2019 - May 2019

Mirum is a borderless agency of over 2,500 employees in 25 countries. Work across its global network of expertise to transform business, design innovative digital experiences and activate commerce at a global and local level. Mirum is part of Wunderman Thompson and the WPP Network. Mirum is a borderless agency of over 2,500 employees in 25 countries. Work across its global network of expertise to transform business, design innovative digital experiences and activate commerce at a global and local level. Mirum is part of Wunderman Thompson and the WPP Network.

Lead Full-Stack Engineer

• Apr 2017 - Feb 2019

Montacasa is a home decor and gourmet marketplace Startup company. - Built, implemented and maintained many user-friendly applications & back-end services using JavaScript with AdonisJs, with unit test coverage and Continuous Integration. - Built, implemented and maintained a GraphQL server, connecting with multiple back-ends with different frameworks, including Laravel, AdonisJs, ExpressJs, Elasticsearch and AWS services. - Developed and maintained a Docker Swarm SOA infrastructure with multiple nodes, auto-deployment and monitoring, reducing 45% of infrastructure total costs and providing high availability and better performance. - Created and implemented Node modules to be used as NPM packages or as AWS lambda services, such as a sitemap generator, a link forwarder and a image resizer as well as Shell and Python scripts to be used in linux servers routines. Tech Stack: adonis.js, express.js, graphql, elasticsearch, mongodb, docker, aws, es6, unit testing, functional testing, continuous integration, scrum, javascript Show less

Co-Owner / Front-End Engineer

• Jun 2016 - Jan 2019

Pixel 3 Solutions is a software business that attend clients related to the events industry in Brazil. - Built and maintained an admin panel with Meteor.js to control multiple TV screens available in a big tech event trade show in Sao Paulo, Futurecom - Developed, installed and maintained a responsive and localized web application with React.js to show content in TV screens, in any size or orientation, with different content variations, like videos, static images, event's agenda, ads, etc - Build and maintained websites and landing pages with SSR and Vue.js Tech Stack: react.js, redux, vue.js, semantic ui, graphql, javascript, es6, unit testing, sass, ssr Show less

Front-End Developer

• Feb 2013 - Apr 2017

Informa Exhibitions is the global exhibitions' division of Informa PLC, a leading, international B2B information services Group, operating in over 30 countries and listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100. It organizes trade shows, conferences, and exhibitions across various industries. One of their notable events is Futurecom, an annual telecommunications and technology event held in South America. It serves as a platform for professionals to come together and explore the latest trends and innovations in the sector, including ICT (Information and Communication Technology), IoT (Internet of Things), Cloud Computing, and more. - Lead the migration of the Futurecom's website and blog from WordPress to the Adobe Experience Cloud CMS - Introduced the concepts of SEO, mobile responsiveness, and one-page applications to Futurecom's applications; that modernized the dashboards, web-page and blog facade and the general user experience, contributing to Futurecom's high-tech identity - Developed the front-end for a central login application in React with Redux and JWT authentication, centralizing accounts and diminishing duplicates and errors. - Build official UI themes and components library for Futurecom, with Semantic UI and LESS. - Built external applications localized with i18n specifications and focused on usability. - Created an online annual agenda and keynotes management web applications for Futurecom - Created and maintained an application to run on TV screens, in front of auditorium and meeting rooms, to showcase Futurecom's agenda, highlighted events and advertisements; the application was controlled through a web app dashboard, and featured fast response, ability to manage multiple screens, optimistic UI, no-internet mode, error handling, and multilanguage (English, Spanish and Portuguese) Tech Stack: react.js, redux, semantic ui, meteor, graphql, kanban, javascript, es6, unit testing, mongodb, less Show less

Web Designer

• May 2011 - Nov 2012

Negócios Públicos is a local training company specialized in teaching governamental auctions and trading sessions. - Developed new mock-ups, themes and UI specifications for better integration of all the companies services, making it more consistent and reliable. - Built and maintained students area and classes inventory web apps, contributing to a 30% more in total sale leads. - Planned and executed framework migration for existing event landing pages, from Wordpress and Magento technologies to Meteor. - Raised SEO impressions in 20% by improving the company's web site with Django and JavaScript and compressing static files. Tech Stack: javascript, django, sass, ui, postgresql, meteor Show less

Designer

• Feb 2010 - May 2011

Graphic Designer Intern

• Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

Graphic Designer Intern

• Jun 2008 - Dec 2008

Graphic Designer Intern

• Jul 2007 - May 2008

Research Intern

• Jan 2006 - Jun 2007