Passionate for technology, business and traveling. Always seeking for interesting and challenging opportunities that force me to put into action my experience and skills. I've been into tech for a while, starting from basic web design and development, content entry, server administration, Full Stack development, DevOps and leading development teams. Always open for a chat and a cup of coffee.
Hangar Worldwide May 2019 — June 2021
As Technology Lead at Hangar Worldwide I had the following tasks: help to improve code quality through performing code reviews where applicable, build new websites and other digital products, oversee deployment of digital products, stays current with front end and back end platforms and technologies, architect new responsive and interactive websites and experiences, manage developers to integrate, debug and deploy production ready code, accurately estimate hours and project time needs, clearly communicate project status to senior leadership and clients (technical or business), work closely with Product Owners to understand end-user requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions and provide guidance and supervision to the project team.a
Highlights
- Critical Mass - Corporate Website (2 years): Website built using technologies like: Node.js, WordPress as headless CMS, React and a Greenhouse integration.
- Critical Mass - LEARN (2 years): Internal tool for requesting training budget. Built with React, Node.js, TypeScript, Moleculer.js, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, Docker and OKTA/SAML integration.
- Critical Mass - MATCH (2 years): Internal tool for matching profiles and manage employee capabilities-skills. Built with React, Node.js, TypeScript, Moleculer.js, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, Docker and OKTA/SAML integration.
- Critical Mass - Albert (2 years): Internal chatbot for Human Resources that works on Slack. Built with Node.js, TypeScript, MongoDB and Dialogflow.
- Hangar Worldwide (1 year): Corporate website built with Gatsby and AWS Lambda, GraphQL, using AWS Amplify as hosting.
- Daily Harvest (2 months): E-commerce foods store built with React/Angular, Python, Contentful,Split.io and hosted in Google Cloud.
- Clara Lionel Foundation (1 year): The foundation website built with WordPress, Visual Composer, React and hosted in WP Engine.
- Wells Fargo (2 months): Landing pages that were built with Next.js, GraphQL and WordPress as headless CMS.
Hangar Worldwide May 2018 — May 2019
As Senior Back End Developer at Hangar Worldwide I had the following tasks: Architect, design and develop the back-end architecture, service tier and data tier components for applications, Build robust solutions on the back-end side and understand how to support and maintain them once they’re live, provide accurate time estimates for new projects or features, create technical docs for projects, defend the technical architecture of the projects, perform code reviews and propose solutions, work closely with other teams like Front-end, Mobile, Design, UX, QA and other internal and external Tech teams to ensure solutions and products meet client expectations, learn and apply new technologies and determine their advantages and drawbacks.
Highlights
- Nissan Canada and USA (1 year): internal assessment system for all dealerships at Canada and USA. The whole system was built with: Laravel, React, React Native, MySQL, AWS Lambda and hosted in AWS.
- Ketchum (1 year): Corporate website and maintenance of client websites all of them built with WordPress, MySQL and hosted by Pantheon.
Hangar Worldwide June 2017 — May 2018
As Intermediate Back End Developer at Hangar Worldwide I had the following tasks: RESTful APIs development, third parties integration, Linux server configuration via SSH, Github repository management, deployments management with Jenkins, Amazon Web Services configuration, Back End oversight and projects estimation.
Highlights
- Spry (1 year): Start up Public Relations project built with React, Swift, Laravel and MySQL.
- Changing Our World (6 months): a WordPress content based website.
- Hilton (6 months): a WordPress content based website.
Baum Digital July 2014 — June 2017
As Web Developer at Baum Digital I had these tasks: developing and integration of the CMS, design, modeling and optimization of databases, Front End and Back End development, third party integrations and development of e-commerce solutions.
Highlights
- Custom CMS (2 years): Custom CMS for the company with pure PHP, Bootstrap and MySQL.
- Baum Digital Website (3 years): The company's website built with PHP, MySQL and their custom CMS.
- Euromobilia (1 year): A multinational home store e-commerce website, built with PHP and MySQL.
- Zermat (2 years): A multinational clothing sales by catalog built with PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, Neo4J and integration with ERP.
- VEMSA Travel (2 years): Hotels, tours and flights bookings system, built with PHP and integrated with the Amadeus API.
- Internal SDLC (1 year): Define all processes and steps to achieve the Software Development Life Cycle at the company.
Docker Costa Rica October 2019 — March 2020
I volunteered for the Docker Costa Rica Community helping with the organization of events, translating the tutorials to spanish and as a speaker. I am committed to give more support to this community to spread the knowledge of Docker in Costa Rica and the rest of the world.
WordCamp San José 2019-09-07 — 2019-09-08
I performed a workshop called Docker Compose Essentials at WordCamp 2019, it was about the basics in Docker and how to run a WordPress image with it.
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica February 2010 — May 2015
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica February 2010 — May 2013
Hacking at CCSS 2015-09-20
Consultancy about hacking event that occurred to the social security system.
Creating your first AWS Lambda 2020-02-25
Guidelines to build a simple serverless function with AWS Lambda.
Web Development
- PHP
- Node.js
- Laravel
- WordPress
- AWS Lambda
- Strapi
- Contentful
- React
- Gatsby
- Next.js
- SASS
- Atomic design
- Redis
- Moleculer.js
- Storybook
- RabbitMQ
- CDNs
- Split.io (Feature flags)
- C4 Model
- GraphQL
Databases
- MySQL/MariaDB
- MongoDB
- DynamoDB
- Neo4j
- PostgreSQL
DevOps
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Team City
- Jenkins
- Circle CI
- GitHub
- Bitbucket
- Gitlab
- AWS
- Netlify
- Vercel
- AWS Amplify
- WP Engine
- Pantheon
- Nginx
- Apache
- Cloudflare
- DNS management
Mobile Development
- React Native
- Android / iOS
- Expo
- Testflight
Technical Leadership
- Manage development teams.
- Estimate projects.
- Oversee junior developers.
- Software Architecture proposals.
- Low performance management.
- Career development.
Life
- Traveling
- Cooking
- Baking
- Harvesting
- Dogs
Entertainment
- Netflix
- Marvel
Emilio is a pleasure work with and always delivers projects on time and according to specification. He takes his role very seriously and goes above and beyond what is asked of him. In addition to his outstanding technical expertise, Emilio is a great team player as well.
— Justing Brubaker
Excellent researcher and developer.
— Gustavo Hernández
Emilio is an insightful, forward looking full stack dev.
— Ryan Sturt
Emilio is a fantastic senior developer, with a wide skillset and attention to detail. He's been a great asset to our team and has received nothing but the highest praise from our entire team. We look forward to working more with him in the future.
— Stephanie Nelson
I've witnessed and celebrated Emilio's growth from developer to technical lead. We've collaborated in project delivery and new business proposals for multiple clients. Under pressure, he remains cool headed, solution-oriented, and reliable. He is a real treat to work with.
— Jose Pablo Vega
I worked with Emilio during his time at Critical Mass. Although I was not his direct supervisor, I did work closely with him on an important internal engineering project. Emilio was always eager to contribute and provide direction to the team. He is a team player and loves to share his work others. Emilio would be a great addition to any team.
— Phaedra Marshall
I had the pleasure of work with Emilio during the time he worked at Hangar WW, at the position of Tech Lead, he is an excellent professional and most of all an excellent person, highly skilled in Dev Ops, Back End, and Front End Development He guided a team of Front End and Back End Developers, supporting all day to day activities needing to resolve Issues since environments setup to deployment. He resolved all third-party circumstances, resolved environmental needs in all projects, and attended to clients directly to resolve concerns every day. I loved working with him.
— Dorian Abarca
He is a fantastic co-worker, with an exceptional level of professionalism.
— Xavier Pernalete
Worked with Emilio on numerous projects including web applications, PHP, Wordpress CMS, serverless to AWS Architecture Design and implementation. I’m quite amazed by his depth and breadth of knowledge on different technologies. I have first hand experienced him driving innovative ideas and making them reality using latest technologies and frameworks. I have learned great number of things from him during three years of working. His recent initiative towards AWS architecture design and implementation had really big impact on critical projects. Emilio has been great to work with, he has excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. I’m pretty sure he will drive success whatever he works on.
— Dev Chauan