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Juan Carlos Arias Ambriz, User Experience (UX) Developer in Guadalajara, Mexico
Juan Carlos Arias Ambriz

User Experience (UX) Developer in Guadalajara, Mexico

Member since June 6, 2016
Juan has over ten years of freelance UX experience. His projects span a wide variety but are rooted in his commitment to providing the user's best experience. Juan has developed applications used by high-profile clients and has learned to accomplish the perfection of details in his work.
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Portfolio

  • Toptal Clients
    Shopify, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, React, Angular
  • Facebook
    Recoil, Flow, GraphQL, Relay, Jest, React, JavaScript, Reason ML
  • Sellution
    CSS, HTML, JavaScript

Experience

Location

Guadalajara, Mexico

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio, Brackets, Git

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed is a framework for a SPA where every page is generated from a JSON file, significantly simplifying the process of writing an app.

Employment

  • Front-end Engineer

    2016 - PRESENT
    Toptal Clients
    • Designed and developed a framework to build a website for a real state that is fully responsive and written in pure Vanilla JavaScript.
    • Built an eCommerce seller and updated some of theirs Shopify stores using Liquid language.
    • Built a platform in React to control the publication of legal documents.
    • Collaborated with a client to build a Chrome extension and advised on the project's direction that led to 2x growth in less than 6 months.
    • Develop a microsite and admin site in AngularJS that will help redeem rewards of two different platforms; the admin included the development of components to help speed up the development process.
    Technologies: Shopify, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, React, Angular

  • Front-end Developer

    2020 - 2021
    Facebook
    • Learned ReasonML while developed a new product from scratch.
    • Helped in the effort to move from idea to alpha in 3 months, was in charge of half of the product flow.
    • Mastered the use of Recoil to move code out of React components, simplifying the front-end code.
    • Formed part of the effort to type ads manager codebase using Flow.
    Technologies: Recoil, Flow, GraphQL, Relay, Jest, React, JavaScript, Reason ML

  • Front-end Architect

    2009 - 2019
    Sellution
    • Created a single-page application (SPA) that acted as a CRM and ERP.
    • Developed a proprietary framework and architecture to run a complex system with different modules like email, virtual drive, and CRM.
    • Constructed a platform for building eCommerce sites with a great deal of customizable content.
    • Created a UI to connect to social media outlets such as YouTube and Twitter to help supervise the user's online presence.
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript

  • Front-end Architect

    2006 - 2017
    EC-Ideas
    • Created the logo of the company.
    • Developed an app in which you can track vehicles using GPS technology.
    • Developed a mobile app using JavaScript and PhoneGap to create schedules.
    • Created an app to track the progress and status of game machines set at malls throughout the city.
    • Migrated the GPS platform from Flash to JavaScript.
    Technologies: Flash, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

  • Freelance Web Developer

    2004 - 2017
    Metablocks
    • Worked on projects that supported US artist web engagement for clients such as Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, and Miley Cyrus.
    • Supported a project that created a mosaic from Twitter avatars from posts on a certain topic. The mosaics were often used as album covers. This project was first done in Flash and then migrated to JavaScript.
    • Created Instagram-type effects that run in mobile phones at high speeds.
    • Created several games, which are clones of popular games, like Snake, Flappy Bird, and Candy Crush.
    • Created an editor in Flash, which can be used to make kinetic typography. The app allowed you to sync lyrics with music and then play it back. Clients that used the project were Paulina Rubio, Neon Trees, and P. Diddy.
    Technologies: CSS, Node.js, HTML, JavaScript, Flash ActionScript

  • Freelance Front-end Developer

    2004 - 2008
    Electric Wonders
    • Brought to life an online catalog by implementing promotional items that blinked.
    • Created a flip page app to be used with the catalog.
    • Created a custom product app in Flash that allowed you to upload a logo or add text and, see it flash, change colors, and blink at different speeds depending on what was available to the product.
    • Built the site for the company from the designs that were provided.
    • Created an executable version of the catalog in which you could also customize the product of your choice.
    Technologies: Flash, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Experience

  • Open-source Library
    https://github.com/striwensko/Striwensko.js

    I'm the author of Striwensko.js, a set of classes that provide integral functionality in JavaScript without tying you to a framework. The library is comprised of four main areas:

    1. JSON loading (JSON_Loader class)
    2. Animation (TimeLine class),
    3. Event_Dispatcher (Helps maintain modularity)
    4. Mouse, touch interaction (Drag_Touch class)

  • NDA

    In this project, I helped with the development of a site for Exhale Spa, which became part of the Hyatt hotel group. The development was done using Angular 6 and it included an entire admin site where the admin can control the site content as well as view reports on the subscriptions and content.

  • Wiggot
    https://wiggot.com/

    This is a CRM system for real estate brokers that allows brokers and organizations to manage their clients as well as their properties. This system is build using React-Redux and also contains a publish site which runs on Node.js with a template system to create their own branded portal for each agency.

  • Photo Editor Example

    This is one customization of a photo editor I created which has been used by many clients. This version in particular was customized for Gwen Stefani.

  • Example of Mosaic
    http://www.tweematic.com/babyface/

    This project is a mosaic I created that feeds in avatar photos from Twitter hashtags. Used by artists like Jason Derulo and Jennifer Lopez.

  • Kiwi-Bop
    https://kiwi-bop.com/

    This site is currently in the process of being developed using Angular 4.

  • Sellution 360

    Probably the most ambitious projects I've worked on is an entire CRM, eCommerce, and ERP system which required the creation of a new framework very similar in concept to what React and Angular would look like if merged together.

    This project is a single-page application that has a router, an entire suite of components, and a system of loading modules separately to ensure enhanced loading speed.

    Its core relies on my open-source library and the entire system was developed to be configurable via JSON, which makes adding new pages to the system extremely easy.

  • Vital Concepts for Modern JS Developers (Publication)
    https://www.toptal.com/javascript-consultants/tips-and-practices
    This resource contains a collection of modern, vital JavaScript concepts provided by our Toptal network members.
  • Trello vs. Jira: Compared From A Developer’s Perspective (Publication)
    https://www.toptal.com/agile/trello-vs-jira-comparison
    Project management tools have dramatically transformed the way software is engineered, but which one should you use, and when? In this article, Toptal Freelance Developer Juan Carlos Arias Ambriz outlines the differences between Jira and Trello and explains how you should choose between them.
  • Emulating React and JSX in Vanilla JS (Publication)
    https://www.toptal.com/javascript/emulating-react-jsx-in-vanilla-javascript
    Not everybody likes JavaScript frameworks, nor are they always applicable. But even when we don't want to or can't use them, there are some parts that are handy to have. In this tutorial, Toptal Freelance JavaScript Developer Juan Carlos Arias Ambriz proposes a simple way to recapture some of the benefits of using JSX while working in vanilla JS.
  • Front-end Frameworks: Solutions or Bloated Problems? (Publication)
    https://www.toptal.com/javascript/are-big-front-end-frameworks-bad
    Modern front-end frameworks constantly require you to download an entire development environment, complete with dependencies, and compile your code before even trying to view it on your browser. Is this something good? Is it the problem we are building more complex sites, or the frameworks are complex on their on own and they introduce an unnecessary level of complexity.

Skills

  • Languages

    ActionScript 3, Flash ActionScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, GraphQL, Reason ML

  • Libraries/APIs

    React, Twitter API, Node.js

  • Tools

    Flash, Git, Brackets, Visual Studio, Shopify Plus, Flow

  • Platforms

    Shopify

  • Other

    Shopify Customizations, PSD to Shopify, SVG, Text Animation, Animation, APIs, User Experience (UX), Recoil

  • Frameworks

    Redux, Jest, Relay

  • Paradigms

    Responsive Web Design (RWD)

Education

  • Engineer's in Electronic and Communications Engineering
    2000 - 2004
    ITESM Campus Guadalajara - Guadalajara, Mexico

Certifications

  • Toptal React Academy
    JULY 2018 - PRESENT
    Toptal
  • React
    APRIL 2018 - PRESENT
    ITESM

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