Software Engineer & Web developer

Hi, thanks for checking out my profile! I’m Samuel Rivera, a Front end engineer and web developer with more than 3 years of experience developing purposeful, consistent and attractive interfaces for business, startups and tech companies to appeal to clients and maintain their interest

Hero

What I can offer to you

Hard Skills

I am a Computer Systems Engineer specialized in front-end web development with experience in diverse and modern backend and frontend technologies. This is the full list of the technologies I have learned for now:

Back end
PHP
Codeigniter
Laravel
Wordpress
Woocommerce
Javascript
NodeJs
AdonisJs
ExpressJs
Python
Firebase

Front end
HTML5
CSS3
Bootstrap
Sass
JQuery
React
Redux
NextJS
GatsbyJS
Vue
Vuex
NuxtJS
ChartJS

Databases and related techs
Mysql
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
GraphQL
Apollo
JSON Web Tokens

Soft Skills

I’ve been working remotely with small businesses around the US, Europe, and South America. Since I’ve mostly worked remotely, I had to learn how to manage my own time and projects, I also learned about digital marketing, branding, customer service, and how to sell myself, which I leverage in my development process to guarantee that the application delivers not only the functionalities but appeals the users as well. This is a list of tools I often use in my workflow:

This is a list of tools I often use in my workflow:

Git
Google Calendar
Google Drive
Trello
Photoshop
Figma
Insomnia
Telegram
Slack
Discord
Jira

Portfolio

1

PDVSA – Internship – 2-2018 / 5-2018

I was tasked to create a system to register and process the company’s contracts, I made an extensive analysis of the user stories told by +10 members of the company’s administration agency, then I designed the system on paper according to the company’s standards and methodologies, then developed an app on Codeigniter and used Postgres as a database, which was successfully integrated at the company’s regional area of operations workflow (The Orinoco Oil Belt)

2

Orinoco.io – 5-2018 / 10-2018

One of the few jobs I took locally, it was about designing and develop a single page application with Vue and GraphQL, for a local crypto exchange that trades SteemDollars and Bitcoins for local currency. It was a success and now trades dozens of crypto and fiat currencies, and it is used by more than 13.000 users and made more than 265.000 transactions.

3

Freelance Web Developer – 10-2018 / Today

I have been working for more than 15 clients at Upwork and other platforms from different parts of the world, With an average rating of 4.93/5 stars per job done. With different scopes and requirements that range from technical support to developing or updating new themes and plugins for the WordPress platform.

4

OrinocoDev – 06-2021 / Today

I was hired again at Orinoco to join their team (OrinocoDEV) part-time, and support them with the development and refactoring of different web apps they've been building, including a Doordash clone and an online courses platform. The team needed to increase their productivity and code quality which i gladly offered my knowledge in software project methodologies to implement Test-driven development on their scrum methodology, increasing code quality and reducing technical debt as low as possible.

Portfolio

SIGECONT
Orinoco.io
Living London Way
Consigli di un Avvocato
PayME
University of New Mexico Foundation

Testimonials

About Me

I started my journey installing mods on my videogames and tweaking them on Notepad. At college I went to a coding course, where I discovered my passion for creating solutions to problems through code. I graduated in Computer Systems engineering specialized in web applications. As I mostly worked freelance and remotely I had to learn how to manage my own time and projects, learn about digital marketing, branding, sales, and customer service, which apply daily as a Developer creating efficient, good looking Interfaces and with high usability for users.

Contact Me

I always love a new challenge, let’s work together, contact me and I will answer you as soon as possible!






You can also email me at samuerivera64@gmail.com and connect with me on LinkedIn