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Rafael Chiti
Verified Expert in Engineering
Front-end Developer
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal member since July 1, 2014
Bio
Rafael is passionate about change and trying new things, both professionally and, in general, with his life. He is a skilled web developer with over 13 years of experience. He loves startups and is extremely proactive. His primary focus is on UI engineering and product development.
Portfolio
Big Swing (via Toptal)
CSS3, HTML5, C3.js, Node.js, Browserify, CommonJS, Flux, React
Seed2A
HTML5, CSS3, RequireJS, Backbone.js, JavaScript
SCVSoft
Passenger, NGINX, PostgreSQL, Backbone.js, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Experience
- CSS - 8 years
- HTML - 7 years
- JavaScript - 6 years
- Agile Software Development - 5 years
- Node.js - 2 years
- Express.js - 2 years
- React - 1 year
- Flux - 1 year
Work Experience
Full stack JavaScript
2014 - 2015
Big Swing (via Toptal)
- Building a real time Single Page App from scratch.
- Configuring a token based authentication system for the whole App.
- Integrating a cutting edge framework and architecture that suited the App needs (React JS + Flux).
- Integrating a map solution that needed custom design and behaviour (with Mapbox).
- Creating multiple custom components and widgets that were reused across the app saving considerable amount of time on the development process.
Technologies: CSS3, HTML5, C3.js, Node.js, Browserify, CommonJS, Flux, React
Software Engineer
2014 - 2014
Seed2A
- Built a SPA with a complex user interface for investigators in the field of genetics.
- Reimplemented a security mechanism from scratch in order to migrate to token-based authentication.
- Implemented architecture for working on top of a complex API with multiple AJAX calls per operation.
- Created some reusable UI components.
- Refactored old fashioned uploaders/downloaders to take advantage of the new XHR2 implementation via AJAX.
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, RequireJS, Backbone.js, JavaScript
Software Engineer
2012 - 2013
SCVSoft
- Built a platform for visualizing energy forecasts for wind farms in the US.
- Built a single page app for showing a dashboard with complex user interactions.
- Created architecture for running processes in parallel for loading big chunks of weather data into a database. Featured an administrative tool.
- Defined components for enhancing the user experience on a complex dashboard with charts and tools.
- Implemented complex charting capabilities on top of a charting library in order to satisfy particular requirements from wind energy companies.
Technologies: Passenger, NGINX, PostgreSQL, Backbone.js, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Project Manager
2011 - 2012
Teracode
- Ensured adoption of methodology across multiple teams.
- Managed multiple clients.
- Ensured proper execution of statements of work (SOWs).
- Implemented farming.
- Handled risk management.
- Ensured career development for multiple teams.
- Provided career opportunities based on the particular goals of employees.
- Worked with the company's Agile team on the definition and the propagation of various methodologies across the company.
- Handled technical recruiting.
- Led technical courses as part of the coaching staff of the company.
Technologies: Web Platforms
Web Developer, Project Leader
2009 - 2011
Teracode
- Worked on the launch of several projects, defining architecture and methodologies.
- Managed client expectations, running demos and communications.
- Led Scrum master tasks and ensured Agile adoption in the team.
- Implemented DevOps tasks, managing the server deployments and configurations.
- Mentored team members.
- Conducted performance reviews of team members.
- Handled technical recruiting for the company.
- Served as a member of the teaching staff of the company, teaching technical courses on Maven, Wicker, and other tools.
- Disambiguated requirements with clients.
- Defined the architecture and seed for various projects.
Technologies: Groovy Grails Tool Suite, iOS, Apache Tomcat, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Apache Wicket, Apache Maven, Hibernate, Java
Web Developer
2005 - 2009
Teracode
- Created a large-scale platform for bid management with a team of 10+ people.
- Handled back-end work and UI work.
- Refactored a large and complex tests structure for the platform.
- Built new pieces of the application from top to bottom.
- Reviewed the performance of queries.
- Coached new members of the team.
Technologies: Oracle, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Spring, Hibernate, Apache Struts, Java
Project History
Board
https://github.com/rafaelchiti/boardThis is a simple board/card interface for testing a well structured architecture with nodes. It was developed using JavaScript, ES6, React.js, and state of the art patterns.
Education
2006 - 2014
Engineering Degree in Computer Engineering
University of Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Backbone.js, jQuery, Node.js, jQuery UI, RequireJS, C3.js
Tools
Git, Adobe Photoshop, Gulp, Stylus, Apache Tomcat, Groovy Grails Tool Suite, Passenger, Sublime Text, Browserify, Adobe Illustrator, Apache Maven, Subversion (SVN), Vim Text Editor, NGINX, Node Inspector, Sublime Text 3
Languages
JavaScript, CSS, HTML, CSS3, Ruby, HTML5, SQL, Java, Bash
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Scrum
Platforms
MacOS, Linux, Oracle, iOS
Frameworks
Flux, Express.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Apache Struts, Hibernate, Spring, Apache Wicket
Storage
RethinkDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Other
Mobile App Development, User Experience (UX), Web Platforms, CommonJS, Lean Development
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