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Full Stack Engineer diving into AI Engineering

Key Achievements

• •Contributed to WordPress.com's marketplace infrastructure development as part of a globally distributed team across Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions, implementing effective PR handoff workflows while building plugin discovery features including responsive search functionality, category navigation, and user experience optimizations serving millions of users.
• •Built responsive marketplace category selector with AirBnB-inspired design patterns, enabling intuitive plugin discovery navigation for millions of WordPress users across desktop and mobile platforms.PR #63592: Marketplace: Adds Categories Responsive Menu
• •Executed systematic marketplace component refactoring, reducing core plugin browser component complexity by 77% while improving code maintainability and development velocity.PR #66668: Separate PluginsSearchResults page from PluginsBrowser
• •Developed data analysis scripts using SQL and JavaScript to extract marketplace search insights, informing UX improvements and popular search optimizations that enhanced plugin discovery.PR #64529: Marketplace: Add scripts to derive data snapshots from the top 100 searches
• •Refactored central search component used across multiple product areas, implementing "search on hit enter" functionality that improved user interaction patterns throughout the WordPress.com platform.PR #62573: Marketplace: "search on hit enter" search component

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• •Led distributed development teams across Panama and Colombia building enterprise IoT platform for smart building automation deployed in mission-critical facilities including aerospace installations, implementing modern development practices to deliver software controlling lighting, HVAC, and energy systems.
• •Architected and implemented Zigbee protocol integration by studying the complete specification, designing cloud services that transform hardware gateway messages into real-time data flows across microservices architecture, MongoDB data layer, and user interfaces via WebSockets.
• •Designed and implemented Automated Demand Response (ADR) protocol integration by studying the complete specification, enabling smart buildings to participate in utility grid load balancing, architecting bidirectional communication between C++ ADR servers and cloud services while maintaining real-time synchronization across frontend, backend, and IoT hardware systems.
• •Developed centralized business logic framework through Redux modules and internal npm packages, and built comprehensive UI component library with Storybook documentation, accelerating feature development velocity by 70% and enabling rapid deployment of new smart building interfaces.
• •Established comprehensive quality assurance framework including automated testing strategies (unit, integration, visual), code review processes, and sprint methodology, transforming engineering culture and enabling scalable international team growth.
• •Executed complete frontend migration from Angular 1 to React while maintaining business continuity for mission-critical smart building operations, modernizing the entire user interface architecture without disrupting IoT device management or customer building systems.

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• •Architected and developed end-to-end IoT device commissioning system for smart building installations, building iPad application with QR code scanning, MAC address whitelisting, and real-time device discovery workflows that reduced commissioning time by 75%.
• •Implemented real-time device provisioning pipeline integrating React Native mobile interface with JenNet-IP gateway microservices and cloud infrastructure, enabling automated device onboarding through WebSocket-based status updates and network join confirmations.
• •Provided technical architecture insights and implementation feedback that influenced platform development strategies, leading to recognition for team leadership capabilities and subsequent promotion to management role.

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• •Developed financial transaction dashboard for YC-backed fintech startup Cuanto, enabling secure digital wallet cash loading for MVP launch.
• •Built selective server-side rendering system for London-based book social network using Node.js and Puppeteer, optimizing SEO while preserving React SPA user experience.
• •Took sabbatical period for personal development and career reflection while transitioning from consulting work to startup opportunities.

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• •Developed franchise management and lead generation platforms using Ruby on Rails, JSONAPI Resources, and React for enterprise client solutions
• •Created interactive HP workstation marketing campaign featuring advanced scroll parallax, performance-optimized media loading, and 3D animation effects
• •Built React Native mobile application with Node.js hardware integration for bowling alley operations, controlling pin machines and game mechanics
• •Built full-stack React-Redux application for Hyatt consuming multiple private APIs, developing UI components with mocked data to accelerate feature delivery

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