Héctor Miguel Benítez Fletes

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Member since March 1, 2015

Being a software developer is Héctor's passion, especially software architecture. He is an Agile enthusiast, and considers his pragmatism to be his main strength. Héctor thinks that the best part of this job is the constant flow of amazing things to learn and challenging problems to solve.

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Portfolio

Gymtropolis (via Toptal)
PHP, Laravel, AngularJS, jQuery, MySQL
Nearsoft
PHP, JavaScript
Hashcam (via Toptal)
PHP, Symfony, AngularJS

Experience

JavaScript, 10 years
PHP, 10 years
PostgreSQL, 6 years
Agile Software Development, 6 years
AngularJS, 4 years
Laravel, 4 years
Python, 3 years
Node.js, 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

OS X (Dev), Linux, Git, Vagrant (VirtualBox-Linux)

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed is a full-featured eCommerce platform from architecture to implementation.

Employment

Web Developer
Gymtropolis (via Toptal)
2016 - PRESENT
- Created and implemented a loyalty rewards program.
- Migrated the app from PHP 5.1 to PHP 5.6 and Laravel.
Technologies: PHP, Laravel, AngularJS, jQuery, MySQL
Web Developer
Nearsoft
2013 - PRESENT
- Created amazing web apps.
Technologies: PHP, JavaScript
Developer
Hashcam (via Toptal)
2016 - 2016
- Created a REST API to work with mobile apps.
- Created a single-page web app for admins.
Technologies: PHP, Symfony, AngularJS
Developer
IronRide (via Toptal)
2015 - 2015
- Created a REST API to work with mobile apps.
Technologies: PHP, Symfony 2
Developer
IPCOM (via Toptal)
2015 - 2015
- Migrated an old PHP module to Symfony2.
Technologies: Symfony2, AngularJS
Engineering Manager
LogisticApps
2008 - 2013
- Managed tasks and team members as the web development team leader in charge of developing and maintaining all of the company's web applications, websites, and server administration. As CTO, I was in charge of making all IT decisions.
Technologies: PHP, JavaScript

Experience

Gathr (Development)
Gathr is a brand-new service that allows you to bring the movies you want to a venue near you. Our simple goal is to unite you, the movie lover, with the films you want to see, right in your neighborhood. Movies are meant to be seen in a theater with a crowd.
ConnectAddress (Development)
Connect Address helps online shoppers complete more orders by instantly connecting them to friends and colleagues to ensure accurate order preferences. Your web store will have more sales, less shopping cart abandonment, and higher quality traffic.
StoresFactory (Development)
StoresFactory is a complete ecommerce solution that allows you to set up an online store to sell your goods. It lets you organize your products, customize your storefront, accept credit card payments, and track and respond to orders.
Toptal Mentor
Héctor is a mentor in the Toptal Global Mentor’s Program. This program is a partnership between Toptal and General Assembly to provide high quality mentorship for students from minority and low income backgrounds who are looking to begin their careers as professional software engineers. Héctor shows commitment to diversity in tech by mentoring a General Assembly student every week for a year, covering everything from coding tips and tricks to advice on making it in the industry.

Skills

Languages
PHP, CSS, HTML, Python, JavaScript
Frameworks
Laravel, Symfony2, AngularJS, Silex, Zend Framework, Zend Framework 2, Flask, Yii, Symfony
Tools
PhpStorm, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile Software Development, REST
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Doctrine 2, SQLAlchemy, jQuery
Platforms
Heroku, Mac OS X, Linux
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
Misc
Elasticsearch

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science
Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi - San Luis Potosi
1999 - 2004

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