Amanda V.

About Me

Passionate and motivated front-end developer experienced in implementing responsive and cross-browser compatible front-end. Capable of building lightweight and excellent SEO-friendly websites and designing good usability UI’s.
Prefers creating mockups and prototypes. Developing and maintaining front-end of websites and applications is particularly enjoyed. Also enjoys enhancing usability and design of websites and applications.
Likes learning new technologies which has always been a great motivator. Tries always push to learn as much as possible about front-end development, either through research or with other teammates.

Frontend

Backend

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Front-end Developer
2018 - Present (7 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

ConsumerAffairs
ConsumerAffairs
Engineering Manager
2021 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Leading a front-end team, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.

  • Providing feedback and consistent 1:1s, conducting performance reviews, and identifying growth opportunities to empower team members for excellence, aligning with company goals.

  • Contributing to end-to-end management of technical projects, holding the team accountable from initiation through to delivery, ensuring projects are completed within scope, on schedule, and following quality standards.

  • Translating technical concepts into easily understandable language for non-technical stakeholders, facilitating productive discussions and decision-making.

  • Promoting communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams, aligning technical and business goals.

  • Proactively addressing intricate technical challenges, ensuring project flow and risk mitigation.

  • Setting up success squads to amplify productivity and enhance project outcomes.

  • Using technical expertise in web performance, SEO, and accessibility to guide the team and make informed decisions.

Engineering Management Remote Team Leadership Team Development Web Project Management Web Performance Optimization (WPO) Web Accessibility JavaScriptCSS
ConsumerAffairs
ConsumerAffairs
Team Lead
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Remote
  • Spearheaded technical decision-making, ensuring the adoption of cutting-edge technologies and best practices in front-end development.

  • Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and back-end developers, to align technical and business objectives.

  • Took a proactive role in optimizing web page performance and employing a data-driven approach to identify bottlenecks and implement performance enhancements.

  • Improved page load times and UX, moving all consumeraffairs.com URLs from "poor" or "needs improvement" to "good" on the Google Core Web Vitals metrics.

  • Championed accessibility initiatives within the team, conducting accessibility audits and ensuring that projects adhered to WCAG standards, hence all pages attended WCAG Level AA.

Remote Team Leadership Web Performance Optimization (WPO) Web Accessibility JavaScriptFront-end Architecture
ConsumerAffairs
ConsumerAffairs
Senior JavaScript Developer
2018 - 2020 (2 years)
Remote
  • Implemented responsive, pixel-perfect, and cross-browser UIs through mobile-first and BEM methodologies.

  • Re-engineered style guide components for speed, maintainability, and accessibility.

  • Led performance optimization efforts by employing a data-driven approach to identify and address performance bottlenecks, minimize HTTP requests, and implement lazy loading techniques.

  • Conducted regular accessibility audits, identified and addressed issues, and promoted inclusive design principles within the development team.

  • Created a user tracking and analytics system on the client side.

IBM
IBM
Front-end Developer
2016 - 2018 (2 years)
Brazil
  • Implemented new designs for four critical legacy web applications.

  • Developed style guide recommendations and approaches for various techniques that were employed to ensure that CSS/Sass was maintainable, readable, and scalable.

  • Created high-quality mockups and prototypes, translating client needs into functional and appealing interactive applications.

  • Developed and maintained web applications using Angular.js and Angular.

  • Improved the front-end performance of a client application by 30%, reducing the time users took to perform the tasks and increasing delivery and billing.

  • Contributed as a back-end developer using Python and Django to create an API.

  • Planned, reviewed, and brainstormed applications alongside the development team and helped other developers with coding and troubleshooting.

  • Mentored and trained team members in front-end development and Git flows.

Well Internet
Well Internet
UI Designer/Developer
2012 - 2016 (4 years)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Developed the front-end framework of a landing page by enhancing A/B testing and optimizing the page to improve organic results on search engines, leading to a 20% increase in customer conversion and keeping the page at the top of Google searches for 1 month.

  • Delivered a rigorous process for cross-browser testing in IE, Mozilla, and Chrome, which corrected and properly aligned all layout issues on an eCommerce website.

  • Spearheaded the development, modification, and maintenance of websites and applications for over 20 clients in real estate, health, advertising, retail, finance, and eCommerce.

  • Customized and developed WordPress themes and handled website SEO.

Showcase

Front-end Developer - IBM/TLC Web App
Front-end Developer - IBM/TLC Web App
  • A collaborative internal project by TLC Brazil (Technology Leadership Council) focused on front-end development.

  • The project resulted in a 30% improvement in client application performance, reducing task completion time.

  • The team contributed backend support using Python and Django, and offered knowledge sharing sessions.

Education

System Analysis and Development
System Analysis and Development
Sorocaba Technological College (FATEC) - Brazil
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
IT Technician
IT Technician
Fernando Prestes Technical School (ETEC) - Brazil
2011 - 2012 (1 year)