Front End Developer

Led a team of 4 frontend developers, focusing on motivation, growth, and collaboration. Recruited and mentored engineers, specializing in Vue.js to strengthen the team's technical skills. Acted as a bridge between Design, Backend, CPO, and CEO, ensuring alignment from ideation through delivery. Collaborated closely with the QA team to streamline progress and improve product quality. Built and organized backlogs, sprints, and roadmaps using SCRUM, creating a clear project structure, and significantly contributing for the team’s focus. Established API protocols with the backend, significantly highlighting and reducing security and performance issues. Significantly reduced onboarding time in the company from Months to a couple of weeks.

Shared expertise in Vue.js, guiding the team in adopting best practices and transitioning from AngularJS to Vue JS. Led the migration of a complex AngularJS application to Vue.js, significantly improving user experience AND developer experience, reducing build time by 10x. Trained and mentored 8 team members in Vue JS, enhancing overall skill levels and team cohesion, contributing for their promotion within the company. Structured the frontend architecture for scalability and ease of maintenance and leveraged code reviews, assuring a way easier integration for newcomers to the company. Defined and assigned tasks for the team, fostering efficient project workflows. Successfully implemented a DSM, significantly improving design consistency and development efficiency which was a major problem.

Leveraged extensive Vue.js expertise to guide and mentor a team of 4 developers, promoting best practices and team cohesion. Led the team to deliver key projects on a tight timeline for crucial clients, ensuring quality and timely completion through effective collaboration. Conducted interviews for Vue.js developers to expand the team, strengthening the skill set and capacity. Acted as a liaison between development and project management, enhancing communication and aligning goals. Collaborated closely with company leadership (CEO) on management decisions and team structure, contributing strategic insights. Shared knowledge on personal and professional development to foster a productive and supportive work environment.

Led all frontend development and maintenance, ensuring responsive, cross-browser compatibility and high performance across devices. Rebuilt the platform twice, optimizing code and structure to support scalability and enhanced user experience. Mentored an intern in Vue.js and frontend development, fostering both technical skills and professional growth. Developed a responsive, interactive platform that supported nearly €1,000,000 in user wagers prior to the next major release, highly contributing to the company’s revenue with minimal support tickets being raised for fixes in the platform.

Worked with UI/UX producing a new UI for the company’s tracking page that resulted in significant improvement in user retention from the 5+ million users of Jumia. Delivered consistent design updates based on UI/UX feedback, optimizing for both desktop and mobile users. Improved efficiency on an internal platform for package processing Worked under a good Agile SCRUM oriented team.

(2 months isolated job) develop interfaces for a big portuguese Electricity Company (EDP). Significantly improved JavaScript skills.

Developed features of the CRM. Create a commercial flow of expenses management and a users’ profile and interaction dashboard.