# Angelica Pilarca > Senior Software Engineer at Los Angeles Times Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/angelicapilarca I am a software engineer that loves to work on projects that are creative and powerful. True accomplishment for me is writing efficient code. I enjoy practicing new programming concepts in my free time and am passionate about learning. As a former shop manager I love to work in a team with strong interpersonal skills and good workflow. I am very organized and work well with others. My skills include: * Javascript, Node.js, React, jQuery * Java * Ruby, Ruby on Rails * Docker * Bamboo * Angular.js * MySQL, SQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL * HTML, CSS * RSpec, Jasmine testing, Cypress ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Los Angeles Times Jan 2024 – Present | El Segundo, California, United States ### Software Engineer @ Los Angeles Times Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | El Segundo, California, United States ### Software QA Engineer @ Los Angeles Times Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | El Segundo, California - Created automated browser-based tests for http://latimes.com/ and http://sandiegouniontribune.com/ using the Cypress framework that automatically run every 30 minutes, enabling the team to detect and find bugs without manual QA - Made internal CMS changes and updates including styling changes, field adjustments, and custom overrides which are used by editorial to upload stories - Worked with editorial and the design team to make styling updates to http://latimes.com/ and http://sandiegouniontribune.com/ , providing a more pleasant experience for readers - Created and updated handlebars templates within internal CMS to make components of the sites available for AMP pages, giving mobile readers a better experience - Worked within internal Subscription Service and CMS to handle newsletter subscriptions - Made front-end updates using React on http://membership.latimes.com/ - Worked within internal CMS to create and update Apple News components, providing a larger audience ### Software Engineer @ Mammoth Media Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Santa Monica, CA (12/17 - 12/18) Engineering Responsibilities: * Contributed to building and maintaining a multi-service Node.js backend in a fast-paced and fluid start up environment * Contributed to building and maintaining web and content management system as well as content publishing tools built in Angular.js and supported by a Node.js backend * Assisted in analysis, design and development of new features to support mobile client needs * Managed, designed, and maintained MySQL databases * Assisted in migration to microservice architecture from Monolithic API * Worked as a trusted member of the engineering team for Yarn (Top App of 2017 on both iOS and Android) (06/17 - 12/17) Quality Assurance Responsibilities: * Worked as a part of a SCRUM team to manage and ensure quality of delivery of two top 50 mobile apps in the iTunes store (Wishbone & Yarn) * Ensured that testing methods followed established quality control procedures * Worked extensively with quality assurance and integration testing mobile ad SDKs * Worked closely with the engineers as a part of the SDLC to deliver successful products with an average crash free rate of 99.9% * Provided accurate, direct, consistent and timely feedback to department management regarding observations, performance and results * Worked cooperatively with other departments to meet management driven deadlines ### Student @ Dev Bootcamp Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | 633 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA A 19 week intense training program for web developers, specializing in Ruby, Rails, HTML5, CSS, AJAX, JQuery, Git, Heroku and Agile Development. The first 9 weeks are remote, while the second 9 weeks are an immersive in-class experience. The program also addresses intra- interpersonal strategies to fostering optimal learning and teamwork environments. ## Education ### Web Development Dev Bootcamp Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/angelica-pilarca --- Source: https://flows.cv/angelicapilarca JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/angelicapilarca/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23