Héctor is available for hire

Héctor Benítez

Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

Location

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Toptal Member Since

April 4, 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.

PHP Agile Software Development Symfony 2 AngularJS Laravel CSS Python Node.js Silex PHP 7 Scrum MacOS Bitbucket Heroku GitHub

Portfolio

Gymtropolis (via Toptal)

MySQL, jQuery, AngularJS, Laravel, PHP

Nearsoft

JavaScript, PHP

Hashcam (via Toptal)

AngularJS, Symfony, PHP

Experience

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

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

VirtualBox, Vagrant, Git, Linux, MacOS

The most amazing...

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

Work Experience

Web Developer

2016 - PRESENT

Gymtropolis (via Toptal)

Created and implemented a loyalty rewards program.
Migrated the app from PHP 5.1 to PHP 5.6 and Laravel.

Technologies: MySQL, jQuery, AngularJS, Laravel, PHP

Web Developer

2013 - PRESENT

Nearsoft

Created amazing web apps.

Technologies: JavaScript, PHP

Developer

2016 - 2016

Hashcam (via Toptal)

Created a REST API to work with mobile apps.
Created a single-page web app for admins.

Technologies: AngularJS, Symfony, PHP

Developer

2015 - 2015

IronRide (via Toptal)

Created a REST API to work with mobile apps.

Technologies: Symfony 2, PHP

Developer

2015 - 2015

IPCOM (via Toptal)

Migrated an old PHP module to Symfony2.

Technologies: Symfony, AngularJS, Symfony 2

Engineering Manager

2008 - 2013

LogisticApps

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: JavaScript, PHP

Experience

Gathr

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

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

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.

Skills

Languages

PHP 7, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python

Frameworks

Symfony 2, AngularJS, Laravel, Silex, Zend Framework, Flask, Symfony, Yii

Tools

PhpStorm, Bitbucket, GitHub, Git, Vagrant, VirtualBox

Paradigms

Agile Software Development, Scrum, REST, DevOps

Libraries/APIs

Doctrine 2, Node.js, jQuery, SQLAlchemy

Platforms

MacOS, Heroku, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Storage

MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Education

1999 - 2004

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science

Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi - San Luis Potosi

Certifications

APRIL 2022 - APRIL 2025

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

AWS