Esteban Muñoz Solís, Developer in San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Esteban Muñoz Solís

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Full-stack Developer

Location
San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Toptal Member Since
August 29, 2015

Esteban has over 13 years of experience developing software and 11 years developing full-stack web applications in Ruby on Rails. He's used to working both remotely and directly with clients. This experience has given him excellent communication skills with both clients and co-workers. He has a master's degree, is very proactive, and likes professional challenges, so he's always looking for projects that can make both him and the client grow.

Full-stackLinuxjQueryJSONGitMacOSRubyRuby on Rails (RoR)RSpecCoffeeScriptZURB FoundationXMLAgile Software DevelopmentScrumBehavior-driven Development (BDD)Offshore Ruby on RailsSenior RubyFull-Stack Node.jsCapybara

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Linux, MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've helped code is a hardware/software solution for providing security and cryptographic processing, using network-attached encryption.

Work Experience

Co-owner and Software Engineer

2011 - PRESENT
EJE Digital
  • Worked in several full-stack Ruby on Rails applications as senior software engineer for outsourcing clients.
  • Provided guidance as technical lead for junior developers in the company.
  • Managed in-house web applications using cutting-edge technologies as full-stack developer and technical lead.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

Full-stack Web Developer

2015 - 2016
American Medical Professions Association (via Toptal)
  • Built a complete web application from scratch, including features like profile management, social networking, document repository, and more.
  • Wrote more than 500 automated tests for the app.
  • Integrated the web application with some third party APIs.
  • Took care of the administration of the web application, including setup steps for the code repository, hosting and assets, and the deployment process.
  • Took care of the requirements analysis and design of the entire application.
  • Kept constant communication with the client about requirements and project updates.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

Software Engineer

2006 - 2011
Avantica Technologies
  • Involved in design, development, testing, and maintenance activities for a security encryption software, both software and hardware related.
  • Designed, developed, and tested an application in a web service that processed requests that were queued as they were received.
  • Designed, developed, and tested a web application that created a meeting point for people with cancer and their friends and families.
  • Analyzed requirements for a banking web application especially designed for teens. Also involved in the development of a prototype for this project.
  • Oversaw a web application and API for an email marketing client.
Technologies: C#, C++, Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, .NET, C

IT Administrator and Software Developer

2005 - 2006
Reingeniería de Servicios S.A.
  • Designed and developed software applications to facilitate the company’s management in all the required areas.
  • Administrated the company's local network.
  • Developed and managed one of the company’s web pages and its servers.
Technologies: Java, .NET

Costa Rican Citizen Registry Lookup

https://github.com/ejedigitalcr/people-lookup-cr
Rails 5 JSON API to look for Costa Rican citizens by ID number

VerticalResponse API Wrappers

API client libraries for the VerticalResponse application (http://www.verticalresponse.com/) There are currently three wrappers available for three different languages: Ruby, Java, and PHP.

AvanticaGreen Web Application Game

https://github.com/estebanms/AvanticaGreen
Web application that consists in a collaborative game for internal users of the Avantica Technologies organization, to help spread awareness about the environment.

Languages

Ruby, CoffeeScript, JavaScript, HTML, Sass, XML, CSS3, C, PHP, C#, Java, Perl, C++

Frameworks

ZURB Foundation, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Bootstrap, Capybara, .NET, Zend Framework

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, Ruby on Rails API, Node.js

Tools

Git, RSpec, Subversion (SVN)

Platforms

MacOS, Linux, Windows

Storage

JSON, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Other

Full-stack, APIs

Paradigms

Agile Software Development, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Test-driven Development (TDD), Scrum

2006 - 2008

Master's Degree in Computer Science

University of Costa Rica - San José, Costa Rica

2002 - 2005

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

University of Costa Rica - San José, Costa Rica

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