Javier Lizarazo
Experienced front-end developer focused on UI/UX with over ten years of
experience developing responsive websites with HTML/CSS and JavaScript,
including sites for well-known companies like General Mills, Kleenex, Colgate,
and Startups like Bunny Inc and WorkSpan. My experience includes 3+ years of
leading development teams and managing direct communication with clients.
PERSONAL INFO
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Toptal, Remote —Software Developer
- UI/UX
January 2016 - PRESENT
- HTML5
Member of Toptal talent pool. Successfully completed 7 projects with 7
di erent companies.
WorkSpan, Foster City - CA, Remote — Senior UI Developer
September 2016 - June 2020
As a member of technical sta , my role was to develop and maintain the UI
of the web application, building all new features from designs with high
pixel fidelity. Constant communication with the Product and the Design
teams to establish requirements and build every feature with the highest
--Bogota, Colombia
- CSS3 (SASS - LESS)
- JavaScript
- Angular Material
- Bootstrap
- Responsive design
- WebSite Optimization
- Accessibility
- Direct communication with
clients
standards.
Achievements:
- Migration from semantic-ui to Angular Material.
- Accessibility implementation (AA level).
- Creation and implementation of the HTML/CSS framework for all UI devs
to follow and keep the code clean and readable.
- Established functional PR reviews and in deep checking to avoid sending
to QA “easy to find” bugs. The bugs went down 20% with this technique.
Bunny Inc / Torre, Bogota —Senior Front-end Developer
December 2014 - July 2016
I was part of the team in charge of maintaining old categories and creating
new ones. Building new in-house products from designs using HTML/CSS
and AngularJs.
VML, Bogota —Lead Senior Front-end Developer
November 2010 - November 2014
As a Front-end engineer I worked in di erent projects inside the company,
developing and maintaining the clients websites, some of the clients were:
General Mills, Hill´s and Colgate.
Led the General Mills Front-end team to successfully deliver on time the
websites for the di erent company brands (Green Giant, Cheerios, Nature
Valley, Chex, Old El Paso).
LANGUAGES
- Spanish - Native
- English - Advance
Terra, Bogota —Web Designer and Developer
November 2007 - August 2009
Worked for the telefonica account (including Movistar), Samsung and
Hyundai. On all these accounts I was in charge of some of the designs and
then the implementation of them into usable code.
EDUCATION
EF International school of English, New York — ESL
Jan 2010 - August 2010
English as a Secondary Language.
Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogota —Diploma
June 2007 - November 2007
Diploma of Marketing and Design for websites.
Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogota — Graphic Designer
Jan 2002 - August 2006
Bachelor’s degree.
