Stéphane P. Péricat, Developer in Chicago, IL, United States
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Stéphane P. Péricat

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Front-end Developer

Location
Chicago, IL, United States
Toptal Member Since
October 11, 2014

Stéphane is a front-end engineer with over 15 years of experience specializing in building performant and scalable JavaScript-based web applications. Stéphane enjoys working in a collaborative environment alongside a team of talented developers, sharing his expertise and knowledge while eagerly learning new technologies.

Front-endWeb DevelopmentGitCSSjQueryAgile Software DevelopmentNode.jsUnit TestingScrumHTML5CSS3Test-driven Development (TDD)BootstrapJiraVue

Portfolio

Morningstar
JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue 2, Nuxt.js, Node.js, GraphQL, Apollo Server, Jest...
Morningstar
JavaScript, Vue 2, Nuxt.js, Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, Jest, Playwright...
Morningstar
JavaScript, Vue 2, Node.js, HTML5, CSS3, Jest, Webpack, Jenkins, Sonar, Sass

Experience

Front-end Development - 15 yearsJavaScript - 14 yearsUnit Testing - 11 yearsNode.js - 11 yearsVue - 7 yearsNuxt.js - 4 yearsGraphQL - 4 yearsApollo Server - 4 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Git, Vue, Nuxt.js, GraphQL, Apollo Server

The most amazing...

...product I've built is a complete online retail banking solution for one of the biggest banks in Kuwait.

Work Experience

Principal Software Engineer

2023 - PRESENT
Morningstar
  • Developed and maintained a retirement management application.
  • Contributed to cross-team FE development architecture and technical standards.
  • Built internal development tooling to speed up UI application development.
  • Worked with the product owner to establish a roadmap and make sure deadlines were met.
Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue 2, Nuxt.js, Node.js, GraphQL, Apollo Server, Jest, Playwright, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, VitePress, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon CloudFront CDN, Jenkins, Sonar, CloudBees

Lead Software Engineer

2021 - 2023
Morningstar
  • Architected and developed a greenfield financial application.
  • Worked with site reliability engineers on CI/CD improvements.
  • Led and coached a remote team of engineers.
Technologies: JavaScript, Vue 2, Nuxt.js, Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, Jest, Playwright, Apollo Server, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon EC2, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Jenkins, Sonar, CloudBees, HTML5, CSS3

Senior Software Engineer

2018 - 2021
Morningstar
  • Built a web-based platform for investments professionals and wealth managers.
  • Maintained the codebase and the overall platform and developed new features, such as a component library.
  • Maintained technical documentation and coached associate engineers.
Technologies: JavaScript, Vue 2, Node.js, HTML5, CSS3, Jest, Webpack, Jenkins, Sonar, Sass

Software Engineer

2016 - 2018
Morningstar
  • Built web components for an online financial platform.
  • Maintained a legacy Angular 1.5 financial application.
  • Maintained technical documentation for both active and legacy projects.
Technologies: Jenkins, Webpack, SCSS, Vue, Node.js, JavaScript, AngularJS, Mocha, Karma

Contract Software Engineer

2015 - 2016
Apex Systems
  • Maintained various legacy and active AngularJS applications.
  • Componentized a monolith financial client-side application.
  • Improved and maintained documentation for both active and legacy projects.
Technologies: SCSS, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3

Front-end Consultant

2014 - 2015
Backbase
  • Developed and maintained web and mobile banking applications.
  • Consulted on technical matters and trained new hires.
  • Maintained the internal knowledge base and training materials.
Technologies: Jenkins, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

JavaScript Engineer

2012 - 2014
Spil Games
  • Built an API aimed at game developers looking to integrate with the platform.
  • Built new functionality for the gaming portals.
  • Conducted training and coaching and wrote internal documentation.
Technologies: Git, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, AngularJS, Karma, Mocha, Python

Web Developer

2008 - 2012
E-mark
  • Wrote HTML newsletters and maintained an email marketing application in PHP.
  • Conceived, developed, and built complex marketing campaigns.
  • Built realty websites using WordPress and Drupal, along with web stores using Magento.
Technologies: PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, MooTools, jQuery, WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Linux
Image of Electron: Cross-platform Desktop Apps Made Easy publication
Publication

Electron: Cross-platform Desktop Apps Made Easy

https://www.toptal.com/javascript/electron-cross-platform-desktop-apps-easy
Image of MIDI Tutorial: Creating Browser-Based Audio Applications Controlled by MIDI Hardware publication
Publication

MIDI Tutorial: Creating Browser-Based Audio Applications Controlled by MIDI Hardware

https://www.toptal.com/web/creating-browser-based-audio-applications-controlled-by-midi-hardware

Languages

SCSS, HTML5, CSS3, ECMAScript (ES6), JavaScript, CSS, HTML, GraphQL, PHP, TypeScript, SQL, Sass, Python

Frameworks

Bootstrap, Nuxt.js, Jest, Electron, Express.js, AngularJS

Libraries/APIs

Node.js, Vue, Vue 2, jQuery, MooTools

Tools

Git, Jira, Vue CLI, Webpack, Gulp, Adobe Photoshop, Mocha, Karma, Mongoose, ITerm, Grunt, Jenkins, Sonar, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

Paradigms

Scrum, Agile Software Development, Unit Testing, Test-driven Development (TDD)

Platforms

OS X, Ubuntu, Linux, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon EC2, WordPress, Drupal, Magento

Other

Front-end, Web Development, Front-end Development, Apollo Server, Unix Shell Scripting, Vite, Web3, Playwright, CloudBees, VitePress

Storage

MongoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

2001 - 2003

Associate's Degree in Computer Systems and Networks

Université François-Rabelais - Blois, France

OCTOBER 2013 - PRESENT

M101JS: MongoDB for Node.js Developers

MongoDB, Inc.