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Fotis Alexandrou
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Athens, Central Athens, Greece
Toptal member since June 1, 2017
Bio
Fotis is a senior web developer with 15 years of working experience in several programming languages and tools. He is very passionate about learning new things, being part of good teams, and improving his skill set every day He's a friendly guy and a solid UI developer with good presentation and communication skills.
Portfolio
Douleutaras
Less, Gulp, Angular, TypeScript
Nabbesh
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Docker, Django, React, JavaScript, CSS...
Freelance Work
Less, CSS, JavaScript, Apache Solr, MySQL, Yii
Experience
- CSS - 12 years
- PHP 5 - 8 years
- Less - 7 years
- Yii 1 - 4 years
- Gulp - 3 years
- Ruby on Rails 5 - 3 years
- React - 2 years
- TypeScript - 2 years
Work Experience
Lead Front-End Developer
2017 - PRESENT
Douleutaras
- Worked as a contractor for the leading marketplace for home services in Greece.
- Refactored their entire front-end application, moving from a plain CoffeeScript app to a modular, component-based TypeScript application.
- Updated the deployment process to use a private npm repository to deploy the front end.
Technologies: Less, Gulp, Angular, TypeScript
Lead Front-End Developer
2015 - 2016
Nabbesh
- Led the redesign project, launched a new style-guide, built product features, automated tests, marketing pages.
- Also contributed as a DevOps engineer by moving our infrastructure to AWS.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Docker, Django, React, JavaScript, CSS, Less
Senior Full-Stack Web Developer
2011 - 2015
Freelance Work
- Led 3 redesign projects, deployed many core features on the platform (payments, checkout pages, employee time-tracking, user dashboard, search pages, and more).
- Also enhanced our search engine’s back-end which was built in Solr.
Technologies: Less, CSS, JavaScript, Apache Solr, MySQL, Yii
Contractor Developer
2010 - 2011
x2interactive Web Agency
- Acted as a contractor developer in x2interactive and was the tech lead in projects such as Olyssa.com (discontinued) and many projects for the company’s clients.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, CodeIgniter, PHP
Co-Founder | Lead developer
2006 - 2011
E-skafos.gr
- Co-founded and led the development of e-skafos: an online yachting marketplace.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, PHP
Onsite Consultant
2009 - 2010
Integrated Management Consulting
- Conducted presales consulting and systems engineering in EU-funded projects (a contract position).
Technologies: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PrestaShop, PHP
Onsite Consultant
2002 - 2005
EOMMEX S.A.
- Acted as a web and eCommerce developer and consultant for medium-sized businesses in Greece.
Technologies: JavaScript, PHP
Project History
E-skafos
An online yachting marketplace.
Freelance Development Work
I acted as a senior full-stack web developer in a freelance developer company's Athens' headquarters. I led 3 redesign projects, deployed many core features on the platform (payments, checkout pages, employee time-tracking, user dashboard, search pages, and more). I also enhanced our search engine’s back-end which was built in Solr.
Nabbesh
I acted as a lead front-end developer at Nabbesh.com—the leading freelance marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa. I led the redesign project, launched a new style guide, built product features, automated tests, and marketing pages. I also contributed as a DevOps engineer by moving our infrastructure to AWS.
Douleutaras.gr
I worked as a contractor for Douleutaras.gr—the leading marketplace for home-services in Greece. I refactored their entire front-end application by moving away from a plain CoffeeScript app to a modular, component-based TypeScript application and published it in a private NPM repository
Surfmarket
I built this e-shop for Surfmarket.gr: the leading provider in Greece for extreme sports equipment on PrestaShop. The project featured website setup and theme in addition to import/export functionalities where the administrators were able to import products via a CSV file.
7 Hotel Group Websites for x2interactive Web Agency
Built 7 websites for the Hotel Group Amalia. The project featured 6 hotel websites—each for every hotel-member of the group and an overall website for the group itself.
Ezploy.io
I developed a SaaS tool for web developers. It was built with Node.js and React.js with universal rendering and a Ruby on Rails API. I orchestrated it with Terraform on AWS, tested by more than 850 RSpec tests, and provided 85% code coverage.
Education
2000 - 2007
Engineer's Degree in Computer Science
University of the Aegean - Samos, Greece
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React
Tools
Gulp, Terraform, RSpec, Git, Sublime Text, PrestaShop, Apache Solr
Languages
PHP 5, TypeScript, Less, CSS, JavaScript, PHP 7, PHP, HTML
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails 5, Yii 2, Yii 1, CodeIgniter, Yii, Django, Angular
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL
Platforms
Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Other
Software Engineering, Web Development
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