I'm Leo, a software engineer at żerf since 2022. Passionate about crafting sleek user experiences with refined aesthetics and seamless functionality. Committed to achieving strong alignment between product, design, and development teams to exceed expectations. I aspire to work on projects that use cutting-edge technology to create digital solutions that are as enjoyable to build as they are to use.

Timeline

  1. Transitioning to Acting Tech Lead

    Leading teams, learning to become the glue between product, design, and development teams

    • Acted as account lead for international clients, maintaining an average NPS above 9.3 through proactive delivery and clear stakeholder communication
    • Orchestrated maintenance for applications used by thousands of end users across the US
    • Owned end-to-end delivery, including shipping, sprint planning, delegation, documentation, and cross-functional communication.
    • Drove technical decisions around architecture, performance, and scalability in collaboration with product and design to support rapid iteration and long-term maintainability.
    • Designed CMS workflows and built custom analytics dashboards to surface product insights and support decisions.
    • Partnered with Product Owners to propose improvements, prioritize roadmaps, and learn from the collaboration process for future product work.

  2. Working at żerf as Semi-Senior Software Engineer

    Building impactful software solutions for clients in the travel industry

    • Migrated a legacy website into Next.js for a significant performance improvement
    • Became lead frontend developer in a project for an exclusive travel brand
    • Became member of the Learning team to oversee training programs for new devs
    • Collaborated in the company's internal project to improve the base architecture of mobile and web applications
    • Enhanced the collaboration process between product, design, and dev teams
    • Since joining, I have worked on more than 5 projects (mobile and web)

  3. Joined żerf as Junior Software Engineer

    • Got my first job as a software developer
    • Learned a lot about agile, understanding clients' and teammates' needs while contributing to mobile development projects with React Native

  4. Started studying Systems Engineering

    • Began my journey as a systems engineering student to learn the fundamentals and meet people that were passionate about programming

  5. Started learning to program

    • Hacked away at games and websites, trying to change what I didn't find intuitive or fun about them