Dark Magic Studios
Tech Lead & Product Manager
- Leading engineering and product at DMS.
- Shipping Booker Blitz (wrestling sim, Steam Early Access) and a suite of AI-powered developer tools built on Claude and n8n.
- Remote
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Experiencia Profesional
JUNE 2026 - PRESENT
Van Ameyde Systems
Senior Full Stack Developer
- Freelance 6 month contract
- Developed an internal tool for parsing invoices with Mistral OCR, n8n, React and Tailwind
- Providing tips and guidance on how to improve developer experience and good practices
Meisterlabs
Senior Full Stack Developer
- Developing and maintaining multiple web applications.
- Using React with custom made state management solution for the front end. Ruby on Rails for the back end.
- Full issue ownership including tech exploration, communication with stakeholders, development and deployment.
- Starting to implement testing practices in the company.
- Left the company after 1 month due to a change in the direction and a company wide layoff
Pennylane
Front End Developer
- Building a financial system OS with React + Typescript.
- Team with 200+ developers working on a monorepo with extensive code reviews and enforcement of code style.
- Creating extensive unit tests for components and hooks.
- Mentoring junior developers.
- Presenting goals and results to project owners.
- Helping with Ruby on Rails API.
Gaspard + Bruno
Full Stack Developer
- Development of multiple mobile applications for a fashion ‘unicorn’ company with React Native + Redux stack.
- Creating and maintaining company UI package
- Mentoring junior developers.
- Front End Lead for a multi-app project consisting in a Kanban back office, landing page and CMS.
- Web Team Leader for a fintech client.
- Mobile Team Leader for a luxury fashion client.
- Helping with Ruby on Rails APIS
Intrasurance (through Dixtior)
React Engineer
- SCRUM/Waterfall methodology with bi-weekly sprints presented to stakeholders.
- Nearshore project for a Dutch software house.
- Developing web applications using React/Redux.
- App consists of a CMS integration of a customer area.
- Mentored junior developers.
- Refactored and cleaning up existing, legacy code.
- Built new web application in React/Redux + Typescript
Frames News
Front End Developer
- Developed and maintained chart templates to be displayed in online news publications. (D3.js, Leaflet, Chartist, JavaScript, PostCSS)
- Developed new features and fixed bugs for our backoffice (React/Redux, ES6, PostCSS)
- Assisting in backend development (NodeJS, KnexJS, POSTGRES)
- Used git workflow with Agile methodology.
- Developed with Ubuntu/Linux Mint
Randstad, Apple
iOS Advisor
- Troubleshooting iOS devices for the UK and Ireland
- Top Advisor - November 2016/January 2017
- Account Security
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Proyectos Personales
Booker Blitz
Active
A wrestling management sim built with React, Tailwind and Vite, focused on keyboard-first booking and real-time match control.
bookerblitz.comPhantom Pulse
Completed
A couch-play music quiz game for groups, built with React, Supabase, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS.
phantom-pulse.netlify.appDark Magic Themes
Completed
A set of custom VS Code themes inspired by favorites like Tokyo Night and Dracula, designed for long coding sessions.
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Educación
Free Code Camp
Front-End Developer Certificate
Self-taught developer - formal education in humanities, career pivot via Free Code Camp (2016) - Front-End Development program covers an estimated 500 hours of course work that includes HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap and jQuery. This is broken with up with 10 basic, intermediate and advanced projects, as well as around 30 algorithms.