Experience
San Francisco Bay Area
Joined as first front-end engineer (employee #4) on the AngularJS code-base.
Collaborated with our designer to implement features in a “pixel perfect” manner while balancing technical constraints.
Improved in-house WYSIWYG HTML rich text editor.
Set up and maintained JavaScript tooling (Gulp).
Developed a back-end (Node.js) HTML/CSS sanitization system to safely render emails at scale.
Implemented early versions of the company website.
Led solo development of the first version of Front Chat, proving React’s validity for the main product.
Rewrote the “Inbox” core experience in TypeScript/React/Redux, establishing a new front-end standard.
Regularly helped and mentored new (and old!) engineers to help them ramp-up on the new code-base.
Established reputation as front-end specialist for solving complex CSS/UI challenges
Maintained front-end tooling and dependencies of the by monitoring the landscape for updates and new techniques.
Consolidated business logic and presentation by learning and implementing React Native.
Implemented core product features, addressed tech debt and mentored engineers on UI/UX standards in our code-base.
Helped developing React Native calendar for mobile, creating on-the-fly designs based on Android/iOS UX patterns.
Rewrote major app screens in React (from AngularJS), maintaining user experience despite limited design guidance.
Delivered numerous features with a high UI/UX bar through collaboration with the design team.
Kickstarted AI efforts via feature prototyping and design mocks.
Improved desktop and mobile apps by prioritizing and fixing key UX debt issues.
Designed and implemented improvements to the mobile calendar, syncing with designers for approval.
2011 — 2014
Designed a Mac-native UI for VLC 2.0 (2012).
Led iOS redesign for VLC’s App Store relaunch in 2013.
Update VLC for iOS’ design following iOS 7′s release (2014).
Produced various design assets and promotional materials.
Education
IUT Béziers