Senior Mobile Engineer

• Mar 2023 - Present

Senior Software Engineer (Mobile/Frontend)

• Apr 2018 - Dec 2022

Spotahome is a mid & long term online real estate startup. Within the product and engineering team, I: - Built and maintained 3 native apps (both for Android & iOS) using React Native. - Defined native apps architecture and technical roadmap. - Built and maintained the tenant side of Spotahome's website using React. - Designed and implemented tests using Cypress, Jest & React Native Testing Library. - Built a Continous Integration & Delivery pipeline to release the apps using Github Actions and Fastlane. - Maintained a BFF (backend for frontend) backend using GraphQL and NodeJS. - Coordinated with stakeholders to prioritize issues and define product strategy & roadmap. - Developed backend code in PHP, following DDD design patterns. Show less

Mobile Software Engineer

• Jan 2017 - Apr 2018

Primavera Sound is one of the biggest music festivals in Europe. Within the technical department, I: -developed the Primavera Sound festival app using React Native, both for iOS and Android (30K+ users) -built a chatbot for the app and facebook messenger using Api.ai -setup Amazon lambda functions for a serverless architecture -developed another app for the Primavera Pro festival, both for iOS and Android Primavera Sound is one of the biggest music festivals in Europe. Within the technical department, I: -developed the Primavera Sound festival app using React Native, both for iOS and Android (30K+ users) -built a chatbot for the app and facebook messenger using Api.ai -setup Amazon lambda functions for a serverless architecture -developed another app for the Primavera Pro festival, both for iOS and Android

Cofounder

• Apr 2016 - Aug 2016

Online real estate agency helping tenants to find houses for rent without having to pay agency fees. Product owner position with some technical tasks as well. We started a new product from scratch, working initially on the product idea, the business model and the customer validation. We created an initial prototype to validate assumptions. I also built the platform to rent and manage apartments, built using ExpressJS and NodeJS. Main Responsabilities: -Product development -UX & UI design -Software development -Market & Competitor research -Customer development and early customer interviews Show less

Product Owner (Cofounder)

• Nov 2014 - Apr 2016

Online marketing tool to help content creators discover hidden content opportunities and SEO keywords. B2B SaaS platform using semantics and big data. My role as Product Owner: -Create user stories and define/prioritise backlog to make sure the next sprint was ready. -Define wireframes, mockups and general UX (Balsamiq, UXPin) in close collaboration with UX Designers. -Define & monitor KPI’s (Mixpanel, Google Analytics) to improve the product and define new features. -Used A/B testing (Optimizely) to improve conversions of landings and homepage. -Translate user requirements into new features and improvements following a lean methodology. Achievement: +10% visit to signup conversion rate achieved and good user reviews about UX. Upgrade of free users to premium users (1%). As Growth Hacker: -Drived user traffic using social media (Twitter). -PPC campaigns (Adwords). -Onpage SEO improvements and external linkbuilding. Achievement: +10% MoM new unique visits) Show less

Product Owner (Cofounder)

• Oct 2013 - Nov 2014

SEO tool and Wordpress widget to help websites improve their internal link structure. My role as Product Owner was: -Created user stories and defined/prioritised backlog to make sure the next sprint was ready. -Defined wireframes, mockups and general UX (Balsamiq, UXPin) in close collaboration with UX Designers. -Defined & monitored KPI’s (Google Analytics) to improve the product and define new features. -Translated user requirements into new features and improvements, following a lean approach. -Used A/B testing (Optimizely) to improve conversions of landings and homepage. As the CEO of the company, my time was 60% Product Owner and 40% Business Development & Marketing. As Marketing Manager & Business Developer, my tasks were: -Customer interviews -Market & Competitor research -Define and execute PPC campaigns (Adwords). -Onpage SEO improvements. Achievement: +4000 plugin users. Product pivot based on customer feedback and product metrics. Show less

SEO Strategist - Volunteer

• Mar 2013 - Jan 2014

Worldreader is a non-profit organisation fighting illiteracy in the developing world. I helped Worldreader with defining and implementing their SEO strategy: -Trained writers to understand basic SEO principles. -Did SEO keyword research to find top keywords to target with the SEO strategy. -Build an automatic reporting dashboard (based on Google Script) to measure results of marketing actions (Social Media, Mail Marketing, SEO, …). -Web traffic and conversion analysis. -Helped with onpage fixes like duplicate titles, missing h1 tags, broken links... Show less

Service Innovation Researcher (Freelance)

• Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

Citymart is a platform connecting cities with new ideas to solve their problems, through open challenges to entrepreneurs and citizens. -Researched of innovative solutions to address social and urban challenges related to Intelligent lighting, Interactive Technology for museums, Event apps and software to manage disaster relief crowds. -Contacted more than 200 companies to address the challenges presented by the participant cities. Citymart is a platform connecting cities with new ideas to solve their problems, through open challenges to entrepreneurs and citizens. -Researched of innovative solutions to address social and urban challenges related to Intelligent lighting, Interactive Technology for museums, Event apps and software to manage disaster relief crowds. -Contacted more than 200 companies to address the challenges presented by the participant cities.

Software Developer - Software Developer

• Nov 2011 - Oct 2012

-Worked on our web-based project management solution. -Implemented in Matlab an algorithm to accurately calculate the battery of an electric car, to be implemented in a BMS (Battery Management System). -Programmed the software (mainly PLC) needed to drive the servos and mechanism of an Ultrasonic molding Machine (http://ultrasion.eu/). -Worked on our web-based project management solution. -Implemented in Matlab an algorithm to accurately calculate the battery of an electric car, to be implemented in a BMS (Battery Management System). -Programmed the software (mainly PLC) needed to drive the servos and mechanism of an Ultrasonic molding Machine (http://ultrasion.eu/).

CTO

• May 2011 - Sep 2011

Startup building mobile web apps based on Sproutcore (Javascript Framework, now Ember.js). -I programmed two web apps for French newspapers like Rue89. -We traveled to San Francisco for an Sproutcore training with the core team. -We almost get acquired by Strobe Inc (company behind Sproutcore), who was finally acquired by Facebook. Startup building mobile web apps based on Sproutcore (Javascript Framework, now Ember.js). -I programmed two web apps for French newspapers like Rue89. -We traveled to San Francisco for an Sproutcore training with the core team. -We almost get acquired by Strobe Inc (company behind Sproutcore), who was finally acquired by Facebook.

Hardware/Software Engineer

• Mar 2010 - Mar 2011

Interactive installations using sensors and RFID for museums and events, connecting them to custom build social networks. Interactive installations using sensors and RFID for museums and events, connecting them to custom build social networks.

Software Developer (Freelance)

• Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

Development of the Brain of the GoForIt! Project, a city game installed in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). The game consists in interactive tiles in different locations with sensors and LEDs where you can play dancing, stepping with your feet, using a cell phone to listen to music and interact with the game. Implementation in C++ of the connection module (Brain) between the Askterisk Telephony server and the Game Hardware, using TCP/IP connections, sockets and ZigBee modules as well as a mySQL database connected to the Brain. Show less

Software Developer (Freelance)

• Nov 2009 - Nov 2009

Robotic head to demonstrate Augmented Reality headset during the exhibition “State of the AR” of the AR+RFID Lab. Robotic head to demonstrate Augmented Reality headset during the exhibition “State of the AR” of the AR+RFID Lab.

Hardware Developer (Leonardo Grant Holder)

• Apr 2009 - Oct 2009

Working with software developers, designers, production staff and artists to design and realize technological solutions to be used in a diverse range of artistic projects, including wearable technology and augmented reality ones. Working with software developers, designers, production staff and artists to design and realize technological solutions to be used in a diverse range of artistic projects, including wearable technology and augmented reality ones.

Patent Classifier and Examiner Assistant

• Jan 2009 - Mar 2009