Renan Couto, Developer in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Renan Couto

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Front-end Developer

Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toptal Member Since
December 22, 2015

Renan started out as a graphic designer by education whose heart was led into the software development end where he now works as a front-end developer. He is someone who is passionate about what he does and is proud when it is done right. His motto is that code should be beautiful and design, functional. Even though his main focus is on front-end development, he has a good understanding of the whole process.

Front-endCSSjQuerySassHTML5StylusTest-driven Development (TDD)Node.jsExpress.jsAgile Software DevelopmentBabelGulpMeteorReactNext.jsBEMMithril.js

Portfolio

Endouble.com
React, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
HE:labs
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Sass, JavaScript
Blanq Tecnologia
Grails, Stylus, Sass, Node.js

Experience

Front-end - 10 yearsDesign - 8 yearsJavaScript - 8 yearsHTML5 - 5 yearsNode.js - 4 yearsBEM - 3 yearsMeteor - 2 yearsReact - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Atom, Git, Linux

The most amazing...

...thing I've worked on was a full-featured single-page app that connected a CRM to a REST API and had realtime communication services like Firebase.

Work Experience

Senior Front-End Developer

2016 - PRESENT
Endouble.com
  • Developed several custom WordPress-powered career websites.
  • Applied code standards across multiple development teams.
  • Developed a custom JavaScript framework on top of React.js.
  • Participated in the process of hiring other front-end developers for the company.
Technologies: React, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript

Front-End Developer

2015 - 2016
HE:labs
  • Designed a Zendesk portal that was integrated with a static website.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Sass, JavaScript

Front-End Developer

2014 - 2015
Blanq Tecnologia
  • Built the back- and front-end of a real estate multi-tenant portal on top of Node.js and Express.
  • Developed a full-featured single-page application CRM.
  • Built a Google Maps plugin to show places near a specific location.
  • Integrated the institutional website into HubSpot.
  • Created several themes for one of their products.
Technologies: Grails, Stylus, Sass, Node.js

Front-End Developer

2008 - 2014
NBR Tecnologia
  • Responsible for the front-end of a major sports apparel eCommerce in Brazil.
  • Managed and was in charge of the development for the front-end for an eCommerce site of the largest supermarket chain in Brazil.
  • Designed and developed several institutional websites.
Technologies: CSS3, Sass, JavaScript, Node.js

Moskit CRM

https://app.moskitcrm.com/
A single-page application built on top of Mithril.js.

Werken Bij Prorail

https://werkenbijprorail.nl/
A career website built on top of a custom WordPress version.

Pagination Object Library

https://github.com/renancouto/pagination-object
This is a simple library to handle pagination data.

Imóveis de Londrina

http://www.imoveisdelondrina.com.br/
The biggest real estate portal in the greater Londrina area, with more than 20,000 offers and more than 100 partners.

I worked as the lead developer of this product from end-to-end. It runs smoothly and quickly on Node.js and it's powered by AWS.
2000 - 2003

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design

Universidade Norte do Paraná - Londrina, Brazil

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, React, Node.js, React Router

Tools

Stylus, Browserify, Babel, Gulp, Atom, Git

Frameworks

Mithril.js, Next.js, Express.js, Grails, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Languages

HTML5, Sass, JavaScript, CSS, ECMAScript (ES6), CSS3, Ruby

Storage

MongoDB

Paradigms

Test-driven Development (TDD), BEM, Agile Software Development, Scrum

Platforms

Meteor, MacOS, WordPress, Linux

Other

Front-end, Styled-components, Design, Browsersync, i18n

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