Alejandro Gómez

Software Engineer focused on making good UIs

Mérida, México

About me

I'm a passionate, goal-driven software engineer who loves turning ideas into reality, especially when the challenge is driven by a great purpose. I have over 10 years of experience working with companies across the US and Canada, from early-stage startups to mid-size Fortune 500 teams. I'm experienced in full-stack development, although, crafting intuitive, user-friendly front-end interfaces is what I love most. I'm all about company cultures that prioritize respect, autonomy, and ownership. I think remote work is awesome (great teams can build amazing products no matter where they are) but I also really value those face-to-face meetups that help build trust and speed things along. I'm also an AI enthusiast, focused on using it to improve my work and life, seeing it as an ally instead of an enemy. If you're looking for someone who jumps right in, thrives with responsibility, and brings energy and dedication to every project, let's talk!

Work Experience

Aspire Systems

Senior Front-End Engineer

May 2024 - present

Helping Aspire Systems to provide Software Consultancy services to their customers. The last company I worked with is a global analytics and advisory firm that provides insights and solutions to help companies improve their human capital force. I was in charge of many React App projects, such as rewriting some internal UI components to replace a deprecated 3rd party UI library, building new data visualization components to display desktop reports, and modifying existing components to provide custom mathematical formulas processing.
Skills:
- Consultancy
- React
- Typescript
- Agile Methodology
Freestar

Front End Developer

May 2022 - Aug 2023

Worked as a Front End developer to maintain and bring new features to their Main Dashboard, used for their internal operations. Made the next generation of their Public Dashboard that contained rich data reports and a better user interface that could help publishers administer their ads inventory
Skills:
- Fortune 500 company
- Vue.js
- Vuex
- Agile Methodology
- UI Development
Spot2Nite

Full Stack Developer

Jul 2021 - Apr 2022

Worked with their internal API to maintain and bring new features. Integrated recreation.gov API to their reservations search engine. Built their first Public Reservations Web App
Skills:
- Early-stage startup
- Fast paced environment
- React
- NextJs
- Material-UI
- Agile
- GraphQl
- Elixir/Phoenix
- Postgres
- Docker
Convert

Front End Developer

Jan 2016 - Jun 2021

Worked and grew along with the company for 5 years, contributing to their Web App evolution over that period. Built 3 generations of their User Interface, on every upgrade adding and pivoting features according to the market needs. Contributed to reach the company's 100K MRR goal by implementing the UI features the product needed at the time. Contributed to enforce GDPR compliance in the App ecosystem. Introducing coding standards and best practices to the team. Helped to build the first draft of the development culture of the company
Skills:
- Early-stage startup
- Fast paced environment
- RactiveJs
- ES5/ES6
- React
- jQuery
- Lean Methodology
- Culture shaping
- Holacracy
Method Exists

Full Stack Developer

Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

Collaborated to develop a data-rich application that had to be capable of delivering vast amounts of data to be displayed and edited in real time using web sockets. We had to build Web Forms that contained several complex fields per page
Skills:
- Early-stage startup
- NodeJs
- Javascript
- RactiveJs
- MongoDb
Convert

External Consultant

Nov 2012 - Apr 2013

Built the first generation of Convert's Single Page Application as an external consultant. This UI revamp introduced a fresh style and a more responsive experience to their customers
Skills:
- Early-stage startup
- ES5
- jQuery
- Bootstrap
- SammyJs
- DotJs
- RequireJs

Education

Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida

2000 - 2005

Computer Systems Engineering

Projects

Paisania •

A platform that connects travelers with small communities across Spain. We advocate for a mindful travel experience that fosters genuine connections with people and respects the places we visit

ReactRemixTravel industryConscious businessStartup

Soft Skills

Adaptability
Collaboration
Conflict Resolution
Continuous Learning
Creativity
Critical Thinking
Curiosity
Empathy
Mentorship
Open Communication
Organization
Respect
Resilience
Self-Awareness
Self-Motivation
Time Management
Trust