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Amaury Andres Peniche Gonzalez, Front-end Developer in Medellín - Antioquia, Colombia
Amaury Andres Peniche Gonzalez

Front-end Developer in Medellín - Antioquia, Colombia

Member since May 8, 2013
Amaury is a systems engineer and production engineer with experience in front- and back-end development, computer graphics, and networking. He has developed software extensively for large companies. He believes in simplicity, quality, productivity, agile methodologies, and responsibility.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Medellín - Antioquia, Colombia

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Emacs, TextMate, MacOS

The most amazing...

...software I've ever written is an immersive virtual reality training system with stereoscopic vision for mechanical assembly.

Employment

  • Ruby on Rails Developer

    2014 - PRESENT
    SPTJ Consulting (Via TopTal)
    • Created a knowledge base system using devise for authentication, Amazon S3 for storing uploads and hosted on heroku with some features like full-text search, files management and tagging.
    Technologies: Heroku, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Devise, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • Ruby on Rails Full-Stack Web Developer

    2014 - PRESENT
    Bulavard (Via TopTal)
    • Built a comprehensive test suite with unit and feature specs.
    • Refactored the codebase to improve the codeclimate rate from 2.6 to 3.3.
    • Further integrated Stripe to allow the app to charge an application fee, the ability to have multiple cards on record and recurrent billing.
    • Implemented key features like: 'subscription management', 'add-on management', 'Administration panel', 'Invitations system', among many others.
    Technologies: Multitenancy, Stripe, Devise, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Capybara, RSpec, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • Full Stack Web Developer

    2014 - 2014
    CCI Systems (Via TopTal)
    • Created multiple reports for a network management system.
    • Created several unit and feature tests using Rspec and Capybara.
    • Implemented bugfixes.
    Technologies: JavaScript, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Capybara, RSpec, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • RoR Engineer

    2013 - 2014
    Cleer (Via TopTal)
    • Created a platform to help management teams to make and execute critical business decisions using Ruby on Rails (social network alike).
    • Integrated box API to support HTML visualization of PDF and MS Office documents.
    • Created JS rich views to allow drag and drop reordering, ajax updating, sorting and filtering.
    • Created a responsive side 'app look-alike' sliding menu and numerous fully-responsive views.
    • Set up background job processing using redis and sidekiq compatible with the multi-tenant postgreSQL database on heroku, as well as the integration with the mandrill service for mailing.
    Technologies: JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

  • Senior Developer

    2012 - 2013
    Imagine
    • Created a human management system for one of the largest financing company in Colombia (Tuya S.A.) using PHP, Yii Framework, jQuery, and PostgreSQL, as well as TDD methodology.
    • Created a workflow for managing Tuya S.A.'s contracting and procurement process using PHP, Yii Framework, jQuery and PostgreSQL, as well as TDD methodology.
    • Created a module for processing TIFF images (rewrote legacy code) for an HR company using PHP, Yii Framework and PostgreSQL.
    Technologies: JavaScript, PHP

  • Performance Improvement Advisor

    2011 - 2012
    Ernst & Young
    • Worked as a PMO (Project Management Office) team member in an IFRS implementation program.
    • Managed the progress and timing of projects related to the IFRS program.
    Technologies: Project Management

  • Research Assistant at the VR Lab

    2009 - 2011
    EAFIT
    • Created an immersive virtual reality training system with stereoscopic vision to improve the mechanical assembly training process of manufacturing companies using Python with Panda3D.
    • Created an augmented reality training system to complement the functionality of the virtual reality system using C++.
    • Designed and implemented an interactive cutting algorithm with pattern recognition for triangular meshes to simulate cuts in a surgical simulator using C++.
    Technologies: Python, C++

  • Developer

    2009 - 2011
    Freelancer
    • Created the front and backend of a purchase orders system for a wholesale product supplier in Florida using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript and PostgreSQL.
    • Created several online stores including shopping carts, inventory management, and online payments, among other features. Used Ruby on Rails, jQuery, PostgreSQL, HTML and CSS.
    • Created the frontend (from a PSD) for an image gallery management system, including integrating and customizing an IDUT. Used PHP and JavaScript (http://www.ewaperzgallery.com).
    • Created a stand-alone application in Java to manage container-related information for a foreign trade company in Colombia (Marporte).
    • Performed numerous PSD to HTML transformations.
    Technologies: HTML, jQuery, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Experience

  • Melollevo

    Melollevo is an auctions site that operates in Colombia. I developed it all in Ruby on Rails with some jQuery and PostgreSQL as the DB. I built the entire site, including the design (except for the logo).

  • Melikeu

    Melikeu is a brand new dating website that helps users discover if the person they like, likes them too. The site is developed in Ruby on Rails with some jQuery and PostgreSQL as the DB. I developed all of the backend and part of the frontend.

  • Awesome checkbox
    http://apeniche.github.io/awesome-checkbox/

    Awesome checkbox is a JS/CSS plugin that has been extremely useful in many projects I've worked on that allows to easily style checkboxes using font-awesome (or any custom css class), so it basically replaces the default checkbox for any two icons with custom size, color, etc.

  • Meet Volt, A Promising Ruby Framework For Dynamic Applications (Publication)
    https://www.toptal.com/ruby/meet-volt-a-promising-ruby-framework-for-dynamic-applications
    In an attempt to make web applications a lot more dynamic, front-end Javascript frameworks like Angular.js, Backbone.js and Ember.js have gained a lot of popularity. However, these frameworks often require a back-end application to be useful, so they are used in conjunction with web frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Django. On the other hand, Volt is capable of managing the back-end and a dynamic front-end; since both functionalities are tightly integrated into its core.

Skills

  • Languages

    Ruby, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, C++, Python

  • Frameworks

    Ruby on Rails (RoR), Yii, Capybara

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Ruby on Rails API, Twilio API, Facebook API, Devise, Stripe

  • Platforms

    MacOS, Heroku

  • Storage

    PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

  • Other

    Front-end, Multitenancy

  • Tools

    Adobe Fireworks, TextMate, RSpec, Emacs, Git

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development, Test-driven Development (TDD)

  • Industry Expertise

    Project Management

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Production Engineering
    2005 - 2011
    EAFIT University - Medellin, Colombia
  • Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering
    2004 - 2009
    EAFIT University - Medellin, Colombia

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