Guillaume Breux
Verified Expert in Engineering
JavaScript Developer
La Massana, Andorra
Toptal member since July 23, 2018
Guillaume is a customer-centered front-end developer leading with agility and a designer’s eye for detail to deliver an optimal user experience. He transforms an idea from conception to application to revenue driver, making thoughtful business and design decisions throughout development and lifecycle. Guillaume is a humble team player leading by influence and genuine passion for crafting solutions by speaking the languages of designers, developers, and users in fostering smart collaboration.
Portfolio
Experience
- CSS - 7 years
- JavaScript - 7 years
- Front-end Development - 7 years
- HTML - 6 years
- Front-end Architecture - 5 years
- Next.js - 5 years
- Product Management - 3 years
- Web3.js - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
VSCodium, Git, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've built is a company trying to improve the way companies hire people with a more transparent and fair approach.
Work Experience
Front-end Developer | Team Lead | Tech Recruiter Support
Freelance
- Designed and implemented a Web3 NFT project on the Ethereum blockchain.
- Selected, tested, interviewed, and led a UI developer in helping scale a company maintaining a user-focused culture.
- Made the data-backed business case for a company to deploy a more user-focused approach to services. The effort resulted in hiring a designer and a UI developer and the development of team-centered processes.
- Trained engineers and designers on design tools like Figma, fostering a shared language and improving overall collaboration.
- Joined the Toptal exclusive network and wrote a paper in their highly respected blog for the occasion.
- Redesigned and integrated a 20-year-old, highly specialized media platform in the French healthcare industry.
- Onboarded and coached a developer with specific knowledge that enabled project independence.
Co-Founder and CXO
Wanted—Acquired by Revolut
- Delivered an international web application, managed its development, and scored 100% on the last performance rating technologies.
- Implemented the front-end architecture for all necessary services and developed Chrome plugins for growth hacking and moderation.
- Executed strategy, testing, refinements, and a privacy-first approach, gathering direct feedback from talents and companies.
Lead Front-end Developer
Once
- Played a key role in the startup’s success and the holistic web experience that led to the $18M sale of Once.
- Adapted design to an optimized desktop version that outperformed both iOS and Android KPIs for LTV, acquisition cost, traffic to lead, and key actions.
- Built the CRM strategy to send customized, thoroughly tested emails to 9 million guests.
- Implemented a front-end development strategy to minimize the need for a DevOps team, forging a fully independent service at a meager cost using a serverless AWS strategy.
- Collaborated with the product team on new features, making a case for changes and gathering data to verify hypotheses.
Photographer
Freelance
- Helped deliver a commercial for Samsonite, working with cinema-grade equipment.
- Found relevant spots and advised lights and equipment to create the art project—Queer Kids—documenting LGBTQ youth in Belgium.
- Edited a complete set of fine art pictures for high fidelity print.
- Automatized a setup to deliver a couple of thousand luxury hats pack-shots.
Experience
Wanted
It is the first platform designed to poach the best talent at their desired salary.
Demo: https://demo.getwanted.com
Milestones:
• $2m Pre-seed from Hoxton, Partech & Kima
• 100k+ vetted talent @ CPA under $3
• Beta clients: Facebook, Lodestone, Cembra among others
Once Dating
https://getonce.comI joined Once pre-product and was in charge of making sure our guests browsed the web version like they were using a native application and developing all the web services the company needed. Every decision was made to improve the holistic experience that led to an $18 million exit.
Education
Professional Degree in Web Design and Front-end Development
CEPEGRA | Center Competence Forem Cepegra - Brussels, Belgium
Bachelor's Degree in Photography
INRACI | Institut National de Radioélectricité et Cinématographie - Brussels, Belgium
Coursework Completed Toward a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Graphics
HEAJ | Haute École Albert Jacquard - Namur, Belgium
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Flexbox, React, Web3.js
Tools
Sketch, Figma, Git, IntelliJ IDEA, Jekyll
Languages
SCSS, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Less
Frameworks
Next.js, Redux, Angular
Paradigms
BEM, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Platforms
Webflow, MacOS
Other
Serverless, SVG, Responsive UI, Front-end Development, Front-end Architecture, CSS Grid, Product Management, VSCodium, Creativity, Computer Graphics
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