Arnaldo C.

About Me

Arnaldo is an experienced UI/UX Engineer with a technical eye for the design and development of intuitive, clean, and innovative products; facilitating creative ideas and translate them into innovative solutions. He has a thorough grounding in UX best practices, builds scalable solutions on top of modern technologies and prototypes complex UI/UX solutions using collaborative tools. He takes full ownership of tasks on teams or independently; driving projects and exercising considerable independent judgment and discretion.

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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior UI/UX Engineer
2018 - Present (7 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

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

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

JAMBL
JAMBL
Developer
2018 - Present (7 years)
Berlin, Germany
  • Worked on the implementation of elegant front-end solutions for a custom CMS solution; contributing, innovating, and bringing usability and aesthetics to the solution.

  • Promote best practices and smart component reuse for the iteration of maintainable web solutions for JAMBL.

  • Optimize solutions for maximum speed and scalability; ensuring the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs on projects.

FATMAP
FATMAP
Senior UX Engineer
2018 - Present (7 years)
Berlin, Germany
  • Elevated digital solutions on FATMAP's web product; iterating the connect with Strava back-end services and the front-end UI to keep the UI consistency of the product.

  • Collaborated with the product owners and designers of Guidebooks; engineering a new solution that transformed old travel guidebooks into a digital solution for adventure planning and discovery.

  • Led technical standardisation tasks for FATMAP's frontend architecture using Material UI library and paradigm; prototyping and iterating the solution from scratch.

CyberDirekt
CyberDirekt
Full-Stack Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Berlin, Germany
  • Constructed features for a new customer portal using current web languages and techniques; ensuring that the solutions are compliant and accessible.

  • Made strategic design and back-end development decisions for a marketing-based CMS solution leveraging on the latest Vue.js iteration with WordPress REST API technologies.

  • Acted as a hands-on developer for the iteration and implementation of general component designs for CyberDirekt's marketing website.

Tezos
Tezos
UX / UI Engineer
2017 - 2017
Remote
  • Designed and developed Tezos.com's splash page and its crowdfunding site; driving value on the solution using UI/UX design principles and transforming new product ideas into useful features.

  • Liaised with the Co-founder and Lead Engineer on UX mockups and prototypes; identifying and troubleshooting UX problems, conducting layout adjustments and adhering to established style standards.

  • Worked in a small, fast-paced, team-oriented environment; developing extensive UX automated tests and leveraging on Vue.js for the delivery of the splash page solution.

White Ops
White Ops
Lead UI / UX Engineer
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Remote
  • Led design sessions on high-level product requirements for growth activities, design requirement specifications, quality assurance plans, and designing for flexibility, ease to scale, usability, and integration.

  • Developed leading-edge UI/UX design solutions for a customer-facing marketing website and dashboard; applying a user-centred design process on the project.

  • Led research and development activities for an iOS-based ad fraud solution; presenting intuitive design concepts, and provide clear explanations based on data and best practice principles.

JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways
Senior App Developer
2013 - 2014 (1 year)
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  • Developed and maintained new UI modules on JetBlue's website; solving complex problems with creative technical solutions.

  • Designed high and low-level architecture solutions for the implementation of the HTML5 and Safari notifications API; leveraging cutting edge technologies and best practices.

  • Engineered a PoC for web sockets and flight status notifications and configured MongoDB and NodeJS onto a new CentOS cloud server.

DIRECT TV
DIRECT TV
Lead UI/UX Developer
2009 - 2013 (4 years)
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  • Worked on Wordpress (PHP) themes and plugins development; gathering requirements, iteratively building solutions, and providing support when necessary.

  • Developed prototypes for user testing; establishing style guides and design patterns, and ensuring UX best practices and standards across the team.

  • Managed a team of frontend developers; working closely with content and UI/UX designers to incorporate specific design requirements and visual treatments on solutions.

Innovative Solutions
Innovative Solutions
Independent Consultant
2007 - 2007
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  • Led Java (JSP) development tasks for Innovative Solutions using the IBM P8 Platform; designing functional specifications implementing project customizations and configurations.

  • Drove key initiatives to innovate and deliver technical solutions on projects; programming and enhancing UI interactions for the client.

  • Identified processes for the execution of Microsoft SQL 2000 Stored Procedures, administrated the AIX database server and scripted integration with BPM Content Engine and eForms.

Showcase

Full Stack / UX Engineer - FATMAP
Full Stack / UX Engineer - FATMAP
  • Implemented a solution to maintain UI consistency for FATMAP's web product using Material UI.

  • Established standardized best practices including code reviews, documentation, TypeScript rules, and CI/CD integration.

  • Refactored the product's codebase across multiple layers, from Ruby backend services to FATMAP mobile app and FATTRACK content creation.

Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Support - Marketing Website and Broker Portal
Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Support - Marketing Website and Broker Portal
  • Designed and engineered a broker portal for showcasing CyberDirekt’s product at German insurance events.

  • Utilized WordPress for content API, Vue.js for the frontend, and designed marketing components as barebones.

  • Developed an e-commerce checkout flow for customers to purchase cyber insurance.

UX/UI Engineer - Tezos
UX/UI Engineer - Tezos
  • Collaborated with CEO and CTO on UX design for the Crowdsale portal and marketing website.

  • Iterated UI designs, maintaining constant communication with backend and QA teams.

  • Provided support for cyberattack protection and scalability challenges, working with a cross-functional team.

Education

Degree in Popular Music
Degree in Popular Music
Interamerican Recinto Metropolitano University
2000 - 2005 (5 years)
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Inter American University Of Puerto Rico - Bayamon Campus
2000 - 2005 (5 years)