Boris Bezzola
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Verscio, Switzerland
Toptal member since July 6, 2021
Boris is a full-stack developer with four years of industry experience, specializing in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js. He co-founded a small software company that does full-stack development for clients. At Hegias, Boris focused on the content management system for the 3D modeling platform designed for the architecture, engineering, and design industry. He also developed an invoicing solution for Banana accounting software and another for training helicopter pilots.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript 6 - 4 years
- Web App Development - 3 years
- Web Development - 3 years
- React - 3 years
- REST API Clients - 2 years
- TypeScript - 1 year
- MongoDB - 1 year
- Node.js - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Linux, React, TypeScript, JavaScript 6
The most amazing...
...thing I've accomplished was co-founding a small company with three friends, which led us to acquire multimillion-dollar companies around the world as clients.
Work Experience
Co-founder | Full-stack developer
Self-employed
- Developed multiple websites that are visited daily by customers of various shops, banking companies, and food take-aways.
- Experimented with different technologies and found React, TypeScript, and Express.js to be the most stable stack to work with.
- Developed an app for a helicopter company, which digitalizes user manuals for different helicopter models. It's currently used on one model and selling well one year after its publication.
Senior Front-end Developer
Supergrain Inc.
- Migrated JavaScript codebase to TypeScript and reworked various parts of the codebase to a more developer-friendly code, improving importing and exporting of icons.
- Started working on the web editor for SuperGrain Query Language.
- Performed an analysis of the current codebase and suggestions to improve the future application to be built.
Mid Full-stack Developer
Hegias
- Developed and maintained the front and back end of a CMS platform that allows users to upload and manage 3D models.
- Rewrote the entire codebase for the CMS platform, passing from JavaScript to TypeScript and to a more modern React version.
- Managed interns who worked for the company temporarily.
Junior Developer
Banana SA (Intern)
- Completed an internship project related to in-app purchases for software created using Qt.
- Delivered the company's main application to the package manager of Linux.
- Created a statistical side platform where the company could find information about licenses.
Experience
Hegias Platform
Client Websites
App for Helicopter Emergency Training
Invoice Layout Scripts for Banana Accounting Software
American Bakery Website and Ordination Module
https://americanbakery.org/Website for BoardShop Taniwha
https://boardshop-taniwha.ch/Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) - Lugano, Switzerland
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, React Router, Context API, Node.js, React Redux
Tools
Git, GitLab, Create React App, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub, Postman, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Languages
JavaScript 6, HTML5, CSS3, CSS, HTML, SCSS, C#, C#.NET, TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP, C++
Platforms
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Firebase
Frameworks
Express.js, React Native, .NET, Redux, Qt 5, Next.js, Qt, Tailwind CSS
Paradigms
Agile
Storage
MongoDB, Databases
Other
Styled-components, Front-end, Web Development, Web App Development, REST API Clients, APIs, Back-end, i18n, Localization, Card Payments, Monaco
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