Juan Caicedo
Technical Skills
| Skill | Time |
|---|---|
| Software Engineering | 6 years |
| Node.js | 4 years |
| Javascript | 4 years |
| AWS | 4 years |
| CSS | 3 years |
| React | 2 year |
| Elm | 1 year |
Experience with
- Remote work (4 years)
- Rich client-side applications
- Micro-service architecture
- Continuous Integration & Delivery
- REST web services & GraphQL
- Unit Testing & Test Driven Development
- SQL, NoSql, Elasticsearch, Redis
- Dev Ops & Docker
- Web performance optimization
GitHub Profile
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Honours degree in Linguistics University of British Columbia (graduated May 2013)
- J2EE training program Multivision, Inc (February 2014)
Certifications
- Oracle Certified Java Associate (Java 1.7)
- BrainBench Java 6 fundamentals
Employers
Test Double LLC Software Consultant (April 2018 - Present)
Curiosity Media, Inc Full Stack Software Engineer (February 2015 - October 2017)
Multivision, Inc Java Web Developer (September 2013 - February 2015)
Conference Talks
- Test Driven CSS
- Revolution Conf, June 2017
- Stir Trek, May 2017
- Forward Courses (online workshop)
- Better JSON through streams
- Elm => Javascript
- Building Command Line Applications the Node Way
- JSConf Colombia 2016 (workshop)
Projects
Circle CI
Consulting Achievements
- Coached engineers and product team to communicate in mutually understandable terms, leading to better business-value delivery
- Established culture of high-quality software engineering by promoting testing, accountability, knowledge sharing, and safe communication
Product Achievements
- Launched Orbs registry app, a rich client-side explorer of reusable CI configurations, backed by graphql
- Amplified marketing efforts by delivering many high quality pages:
- Increased customer conversion rates through revamping subscription UI, while beefing up related legacy code
SpanishDict.com
Language learning guide
- https://www.spanishdict.com/guide
- https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/superlative-adjectives-in-spanish
- Implemented custom markdown syntax to enable content team to easily author new articles
- Developed styling for components so they could be used anywhere in an article, including nested within each other
- Added backend method for retrieving articles by topic
Spelling suggestions
- http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/serr
- Created scripts to pull all search query data (10 million queries) from Mixpanel API
- Enabled data cleaning and normalization by implementing a Node.js command line tool to handle query data as a stream
- Constructed micro-service to retrieve spelling suggestions from Elasticsearch
- Implemented backend logic to route users to top selling suggestion
- Integrated spelling suggestions into UI to give users more insight into how they arrived at an entry
Quizzes
- https://www.spanishdict.com/quizzes/41/ser-vs-estar
- Integrated new React architecture and webpack build into existing server rendered pipeline
- Created and styled quiz UI components and interaction logic
- Established single state store using Redux to share state between components
- Added game-like animations to make user experience engaging
Digital nomadism
- Since the summer of 2016, I've been some version of a "digital nomad". I've been a full-time remote worker, allowing me to live in my birth country while also delivering high quality work.
- During this time I also took extended time off work to travel, while expanding my skills with cutting edge web technologies through many side projects.