André Simões | Freelancer Resume

André Simões -- Senior Frontend Engineer Coimbra, Portugal I love getting my hands dirty with cutting edge technologies and providing smart solutions to challenging problems. I have several years of experience in architecting and developing thoroughly tested web apps. www.linkedin.com/in/andrejnsimoes www.twitter.com/andrejnsimoes WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS & COMPETENCIES Lead Frontend Engineer CASHYT AngularJS 01/2015 – Present Coimbra, Portugal Cashyt is a brand new platform providing social Apps for young and talented people. Their ﬁrst product is a mobile app (iOS/Android) called Birdy Bytes. Angular Achievements/Tasks React.js Built full web applications in AngularJS and Angular Lead the team in establishing a reputation as a high performing rapid development team Node.js Provided architecture requirements and design, and incorporated best practices such as Agile Development, code and design reviews, standardisation and code reuse Git Worked with the team to develop the site testing framework and provided continuous integration Built an innovative application that lets people buy products with only their TV boxes remote Mentor and train new hires COURSES & CERTIFICATES AngularJS JumpStart with Dan Wahlin Powering Up With React on Code School Software Engineer Cision Portugal 04/2013 – 10/2014 Typescript Angular Fundamentals by Todd Motto Coimbra, Portugal Achievements/Tasks Executed and contributed to full-stack web development projects, with an emphasis on frontend features and crossbrowser compatibility (AngularJS / C#) Angular Pro by Todd Motto Learn Node! by Wes Bos Angular 2: First Look by John Pappa Participated in business development by sharing insights in the application’s features and analytics JavaScript Best Practices on Code School Worked closely with the team building a cross-platform mobile app (Ionic) Git Real on Code School Provided training to co-workers (AngularJS) Assembling Sass on Code School Blasting Oﬀ With Bootstrap on Code School Co-Founder and CEO InvisibleTools Learning MongoDB by Inﬁnite Skills 04/2013 – 10/2014 Lisbon, Portugal InvisibleTools was a startup which intended to build Management Information regarding Consumer Data and focused on Food Supplies. --------------------------Please refer to my LinkedIn proﬁle for a more complete list of courses along with recommendations. Achievements/Tasks Contributed in the development of a web crawler that collected products from three well known online grocery shopping stores LANGUAGES Built an web app from the ground up with collected data where users could ﬁll their shopping baskets and choose the cheapest store to make the purchase Portuguese English Native or Bilingual Proﬁciency Professional Working Proﬁciency INTERESTS Senior Programmer Accenture 01/2010 – 03/2013 Self-education Achievements/Tasks Blogging Developed custom and fully functional HTML5 apps on Accenture’s Health & Public Administration Industry area Provided guidance on frontend strategies, standards, and technology decisions minding client requirements EDUCATION Master's Degree, Computer Science Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra 2003 – 2009 Motorcycling Lisbon, Portugal Coimbra, Portugal Play sax IoT Travelling Beer research