Senior Frontend Engineer at Tuenti
Internet | Madrid Area, Spain, ES
Passionate web developer, strong advocate of improving design, usability and accessibility using standards.
Currently working as a Senior Engineer on the Frontend Framework team of
tuenti.com, the biggest social network made in Spain.
Possibly has come across any problem related with web development that you could think of, from the early stages of a start-up inception to troubleshooting live legacy code in a high-traffic social network.
Committed to building high quality products that (lots of people) will use.
Jan
2011 - Present
Senior Frontend Engineer / Tuenti
On top of my responsabilities as Frontend Engineer, my tasks as Senior developer include, but are not limited to:
* review code of hotfixes prior to being pushed to the live site. Perform and coordinate said fixes.
* lead small teams of engineers. Design, integrate and overview code within the team.
* mentor new engineers in the internals of our framework and processes in the company.
Since January 2012, I've been a member of the Frontend Framework Team, developing the software that improves the performance of the site, while allowing our peers to build great products in an agile way.
We're integrating a cutting-edge JS framework (YUI), in order to build a highly scalable, quick turn-around environment while lowering the technical barrier of entry for new hires.
Nov
2009 -
Jan
2011
Frontend Engineer / Tuenti
My responsibilities as Frontend Engineer at Tuenti cover, but are not limited to:
* implement and maintain product and technical features of the Tuenti web applications in PHP5 and Javascript
* re-factor existing Javascript and PHP code to improve performance, clarity, and extensibility
* implement and maintain automated tests of the Tuenti user interface
* write PHP-doc style documentation of all methods and classes implemented
* analyse and eliminate security vulnerabilities
* debug issues on the web and mobile websites, based on user reports
* participate in product development and feature design processes.
As a member of the Monetization team, I've been working on advertising products for the site, such as: sponsored events, official pages, premium sponsorships, video platform and some of the frameworks behind them.
I've been also giving a hand to the design team by contributing XHTML + CSS on high-visibility areas of the site.
Oct
2008 -
Nov
2009
Entertainer and DJ / Grupo Indigo
I've single-handendly taken the responsability of having fun in my work, and to keep our workplace enjoyable for all. That includes telling jokes, being nice and helpful and also taking care of the quality control of the music that is played. Right now, I'm DJing with Spotify :-)
Oct
2007 -
Nov
2009
Web Engineer / Grupo Indigo
Full-time web developer/consultant. Systems administration related to web development.
Part-time systems administrator of MS Products (Project Server, Sharepoint Portal Server)
Jul
2006 -
Oct
2007
Lead developer / GdTIC
Developed corporate website, and its former version (Wordpress, PHP, MySQL)
Developed eCommerce site negociTUR.com. A new version of its frontend and users-backend will be released soon (PHP, MySQL)
Developed promotional websites for companies like Formagrupo or Turismoenllanes (Javascript, AJAX, PHP)
Developed several web project, yet to be released.
Adaptation of the most common SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques to existing and new webs. Search result improvement plans.
Nov
2005 -
Jul
2006
Software developer / Grupo EPSE
Collaboration with Grupo EPSE from the University of Oviedo in the development of a Quality Control System with Balanced Scorecards for the project Palma Segle XXI of Palma de Mallorca.
Porting of said project to a Windows-based system (IIS + MSSQL) for Amica foundation, Torrelavega, Cantabria (PHP, MySQL, MSSQL)