Victor R.

About Me

Victor is a Senior Front-end Developer with a keen eye for impressive UX/UI and passion for visually appealing design, elegant code, and digital experiences. He creates user-focused products that are easy to use, scoping work, solving technical problems, and building new features on solutions. Victor is skilled in a variety of platforms from WordPress edits and app development to eCommerce sites.

Frontend

DevOps

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Front-end Developer
2020 - Present (5 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.

We Make Websites
We Make Websites
Front-end Developer
2022 - 2022
Remote
  • Translated Figma mockups into functional components, mainly Vue, React, SCSS, JavaScript, and Liquid.

  • Created Ruby Shopify scripts and worked on integration with third-party services (Recharge, Klaviyo, Rebuy, GA4 analytics).

  • Enhanced current projects with new feature additions and made estimations and refinements for new projects.

FigmaShopifyRubyVue React SCSSJavaScriptLiquidFront-end Development
JIBE
JIBE
eCommerce Developer
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Remote
  • Created online store 2.0 themes for the Shopify platform.

  • Worked on a headless project using React and refactored an old BigCommerce theme into a working/faster theme.

  • Enhanced current Shopify themes and provided estimation and scope to new eCommerce client projects.

ShopifyLiquidJavaScriptReact Figma to Shopify Shopify Customizations Shopify Plus BigCommerce eCommerce Development WordPressHandlebarsnpmES6HTMLCSS
Angels Flight
Angels Flight
Shopify Developer
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Remote
  • Designed and coded online stores and built scalable web applications for clients, transforming mockups to Liquid, creating reusable JavaScript/Liquid components, and integrating third-party applications.

  • Migrated eCommerce sites to Shopify and built features on solutions with a responsive design.

  • Developed and managed well-functioning databases, creating blocks/sections for store managers to edit.

American Pacific Mortgage
American Pacific Mortgage
Front-end React Developer
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Remote
  • Created technical solutions for APM's platform to consume a REST API with reusable React components that ensure compatibility across older browsers and multiple devices.

  • Defined and developed UI solutions based on new wireframes with accessibility compliance and a focus on front-end components.

  • Proposed enhancements to current components (Performance and UI/UX) on APM's platform.

Switchfly
Switchfly
Team Lead | Front-end Engineer
2013 - 2019 (6 years)
Remote
  • Led, coordinated, and implemented software lifecycle management activities, defining development processes, working on templates and documents, and adapting brand guidelines and industry standards.

  • Analyzed and implemented enhancements on desktop and mobile projects, developing a wide range of new interface features from landing pages to collaborative tools on solutions.

  • Managed technical conflicts, challenges, and dynamic business requirements, debugging software solutions and fixing high-impact production bugs to solve technical issues as they arise.

Nearsoft
Nearsoft
UI/UX Specialist | Web Designer
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Hermosillo, Mexico
  • Redesigned Nearsoft's website and implemented SEO techniques to increase sales and pipelines, executing design solutions from concept to final handoff to engineering.

  • Improved the website efficiency and functionality applying the latest standards and UI design skills.

  • Collaborated with teams to create and push the NSTalks program, giving Nearsoft mileage beyond IT companies.

Quepasa Corporation
Quepasa Corporation
Senior Web Designer
2007 - 2011 (4 years)
Hermosillo, Mexico
  • Evolved Quepasa's news portal to a complete social network, designing page layouts and interactions to create and deliver a functional solution.

  • Strategized and defined web experiences for the solution and generated UX/UI mockups for the website using HTML5/CSS3.

  • Developed and implemented innovative modules for the company's corporate website using WordPress.

Showcase

Team Lead | Front-end Engineer - Switchfly Platform
Team Lead | Front-end Engineer - Switchfly Platform
  • Led front-end engineering team for Switchfly Platform, a global travel e-commerce platform providing white-label eCommerce solutions for airlines and travel agencies

  • Utilized Java, ColdFusion, Ember, and SaaS in the development of the Switchfly Platform

  • Enabled connections between companies and travelers through the Switchfly Packaging and Switchfly Loyalty solutions

Lulu and Georgia
Lulu and Georgia
  • Worked on a development team to create a Shopify Plus store theme from scratch

  • Used Slater, JavaScript, Liquid, and Tailwind as base for the development

  • The project was titled 'Lulu and Georgia'

Boteboard
Boteboard
  • Worked as the only developer on a Shopify Plus store project titled Boteboard

  • Based the design on the existing store

  • Developed a custom theme to enhance speed and scalability

Dockers Europe
Dockers Europe
  • Worked in a team for Shopify Plus store development

  • Involved in creating collections/categories for a custom theme

  • Contributed to a project titled 'Dockers Europe'

Devocion Coffee Store
Devocion Coffee Store
  • Worked as the only developer on 'Devocion Coffee Store' project

  • Developed a custom theme for the coffee store

  • Served both US and international orders

Organika, LMNT, and Kosas
Organika, LMNT, and Kosas
  • Maintained existing stores for Organika, LMNT and Kosas

  • Developed new sections for the stores

  • Added new features to the stores

Education

Degree in Graphic Design, Publicity and Marketing
Degree in Graphic Design, Publicity and Marketing
Universidad del Valle de México
2002 - 2006 (4 years)