Alvaro M.

About Me

Alvaro is a veteran PSD to HTML Developer with over a decade of technical expertise in web development. He has strong technical skills in frontend development and can also curate solutions for backend projects. He has acquired a specialty in Drupal 7 (Acquia Certified Developer) and Drupal 8 with 6+ years and 3+ years respectively of hands-on experience with both. He delivers high-quality solutions on projects for clients.

AI, ML & LLM

Frontend

Backend

Database

DevOps

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Drupal Developer
2019 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

Continion
Continion
Senior Drupal Developer
2019 - 2017
Remote
  • Provided advanced module development expertise and Supported the planning and architecture phases for Drupal 8 migration.

  • Migrated Continion's system to an Acquia environment from a previous custom server hosted in-house.

  • Supervised and created custom integration between the HR system and Drupal.

Longboard (via Toptal)
Longboard (via Toptal)
Senior Drupal Developer
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Remote
  • Efficiently architected a Drupal 8 website hosted on Pantheon for the client.

  • Developed a custom interface between Drupal and AWS to share media assets and custom HTML markup between multiple websites.

  • Provided Pantheon server administration on the project for Longboard.

Jobsity
Jobsity
Senior Drupal Developer
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
Remote
  • Offered technical leadership for the implementation of all aspects on internal projects for the client.

  • Supervised and oversaw the onboarding of all new Drupal developers on projects within Drupal.

  • Trained new Drupal developers, filled knowledge gaps and got them up to speed so they could perform efficiently.

New Target
New Target
Senior Drupal Frontend Developer
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
Remote
  • Offered technical expertise for the standardization of the development and theming process and created pixel-perfect themes from PSD mockups on projects for the client.

  • Efficiently developed different modules to fit the custom requirements and integrations of projects for New Target.

  • Provided technical leadership for key aspects of the client's project.

Jobsity
Jobsity
Frontend/Backend Developer
2013 - 2017 (4 years)
Remote
  • Worked as a "first face" developer for new Drupal clients on behalf of Jobsity.

  • Provided technical consultancy and production support to the team on frontend and PSD to HTML tasks.

  • Traced performance and infrastructure bottlenecks and implemented innovative solutions in resolving them.

Code and Theory
Code and Theory
Senior Drupal Developer
2012 - 2014 (2 years)
  • Developed PSD to Drupal themes on projects and worked on processes to install and architect Drupal sites for clients using different requirement documents.

  • Offered expertise and developed custom Drupal modules for integration with REST APIs.

  • Efficiently tweaked Drupal views and other Drupal components along with caching strategies to improve performance on projects for clients.

MMD Studio
MMD Studio
Web Developer
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
Remote
  • Provided technical expertise for web design, CMS development and RAIS development on projects for clients.

  • Offered guidance and production support for database layout and implementation on projects.

  • Worked on the efficient delivery of innovative brand designs on web solutions.

Infoquality
Infoquality
Web Developer
2008 - 2009 (1 year)
Remote
  • Developed and implemented brand templates and campaigns on projects for clients.

  • Provided technical support for web design and development tasks within the company.

  • Designed and implemented solutions for corrective action on defective web applications.

Contacto
Contacto
Project Manager
2007 - 2008 (1 year)
  • Provided technical leadership and acted as design area coordinator on brand development projects for clients.

  • Built and led the development team in the delivery of high-quality solutions on projects for Contacto.

  • Implemented performance metrics on projects that helped developers in identifying opportunities for improvement on projects.

Showcase

Senior Drupal Developer - St. Edwards University
Senior Drupal Developer - St. Edwards University
  • Developed a Drupal 7 site with a custom living componentized style guide theme, incorporating considerations for Drupal 8 migration.

  • Currently working on a Drupal 8 site, with planned migration to Drupal 9 in early 2020.

  • The project includes maintenance tasks, bug fixing, and development of new functionality requested by the St. Edwards team.

Senior Drupal Developer - Longboard Funds
Senior Drupal Developer - Longboard Funds
  • Developed a blog post site using Drupal 8.

  • Integrated with AWS for asset pushing between Adobe Business Catalyst and Drupal.

  • Created a custom living style guide and components for the theme.

Senior Drupal Developer - NBC Universal
Senior Drupal Developer - NBC Universal
  • Migrated a Drupal 7 site from Sitecore to Drupal 7 using core and Boilerplate themes.

  • Managed theming efforts across the project, site building, and deployment to an Acquia server.

  • Responsible for coordination and execution of the entire site lifecycle.

Senior Drupal Developer - San Francisco Travel
Senior Drupal Developer - San Francisco Travel
  • Developed a Drupal site using Boilerplate as a base theme.

  • Managed theming and responsiveness of the site.

  • Integrated with external APIs: Booking.com, TripAdvisor, and Gaycities.

Education

Education
Web Designer and Developer (PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, General Web Design, Usability, SEO, Project Management, Client Management)
Escuela de Arte Multimedial DaVinci
2009 - 2010 (1 year)
Education
Multimedia Designer (Graphic Design, Web Development, Photography, Illustration, Video Production)
Instituto Metropilitano de DiseƱo
2005 - 2008 (3 years)
Education
Acquia Certified Developer
Acquia
2015