Georges Alphonse Prado Boris, Developer in São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil
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Georges Alphonse Prado Boris

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Software Developer

São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil

Toptal member since July 16, 2020

Expertise
Front-endJavaScriptCSSReduxReact.jsGitNode.jsSassFirebaseTypeScriptElm
Bio

With almost a decade of experience building client-side applications for web and mobile, Georges can solve any problem that may arise when creating those sorts of projects. Georges has worked as a technical lead in companies with hundreds of employees as well as startups. While remaining close to the design and product team, Georges has helped to streamline the development process by delivering quality software, always prioritizing the end-user experience and company goals.

Portfolio

Youse
Gatsby, Design Systems, Project Management, Ruby on Rails (RoR), React, Flutter
Toptal Core Team
React, Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Udacity
React, Angular, JavaScript

Experience

  • JavaScript - 9 years
  • CSS - 9 years
  • Redux - 9 years
  • Front-end - 9 years
  • Design Systems - 5 years
  • React - 5 years
  • TypeScript - 3 years
  • Elm - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Zoom, Google Hangouts, Slack, MacOS

The most amazing...

...project I've led was the creation of the design system for a large insurtech, creating hundreds of UI components and developer utilities for the whole company.

Work Experience

Engineering Manager

2019 - PRESENT
Youse
  • Developed an extensive design system alongside the design team that is used across all of the company's client-side applications, from mobile devices to web applications.
  • Created the architecture that enabled the team to switch from two native apps to a single cross-platform Flutter application, increasing the speed at which they created new features and reducing the time spent on bugs and platform differences.
  • Managed a team of more than ten developers with different areas of expertise (web, iOS, Android), making sure they were productive, focused, and continuously progressing in their careers.
Technologies: Gatsby, Design Systems, Project Management, Ruby on Rails (RoR), React, Flutter

Team Lead

2018 - 2019
Toptal Core Team
  • Managed the team that worked on an internal tool that helped the company's marketing team to be more productive. This tool was built using Ruby on Rails and React.
  • Planned and executed the project planning for this marketing tool—in a constant feedback loop with the product team, I acted as both manager and developer to make sure the project was delivered on time.
  • Reviewed and directed the work of senior developers (back end and front end), maintaining the highest level of technical quality for all our releases.
Technologies: React, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Team Lead

2017 - 2018
Udacity
  • Managed a team of front-end developers spread across the globe as the team lead for one of the growth teams that mostly focused on marketing A/B test experiments.
  • Worked as part of the team that defined the new tech stack for the global marketing pages that would enable a faster delivery rate and smoother user experience using React as the foundation framework.
  • Created dozens of UI components and pages for the company's marketing website using Angular and RxJS.
Technologies: React, Angular, JavaScript

Lead Software Developer

2014 - 2017
Tasking
  • Developed a 75,000+ LoC React application with a large design system-focused component library.
  • Authored a few Redux-and-Firebase open-source libraries that were developed as part of the project.
  • Created the application's architecture from the MVP until the full-blown product with dozens of client-side features, server-side computations, continuous delivery, and third-party integrations.
Technologies: Firebase, Node.js, Redux, React, JavaScript

Experience

Youse

http://www.youse.com.br
Youse is a complex insurtech company and I acted as their developer for their complete design system that is used across their web and mobile applications (using React and Flutter). I was also part of many internal projects from the company's marketing website, internal tools, and the main mobile application while managing a team of ten web and mobile developers.

Udacity

Udacity is one of the most important edtech startups. I was part of their growth team, managing a team of front-end developers and also working as a developer for their marketing pages and growth experiments. For this project, I mainly worked with AngularJS, RxJS, and React.

Education

2013 - 2013

Specialization in Interaction Design

Cooper U - San Francisco, CA, United States

2007 - 2012

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture and Urbanism

Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js

Tools

Figma, Sketch, Git, Webpack, Slack, Google Hangouts, Zoom

Languages

JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Elm, Sass, TypeScript, Elixir

Frameworks

Redux, React Native, Flutter, Angular, Express.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Next.js, NestJS

Platforms

Firebase, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Paradigms

UI Design, UX Design

Industry Expertise

Project Management

Other

UI Components, User Interface (UI), Front-end, Design Systems, Gatsby, Project Planning

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