# Ethan Salonga > Software Engineer @Detect Location: Miami, Florida, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ethansalonga Learning to code changed my life. Growing up, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I remember as a kid I wanted to play video games for a living and become a professional wrestler. Tragically, neither ended up happening. I was good at math and analytical thinking so I went to school for engineering. Senior year of high school I decided that I wanted to do Biomedical Engineering so I could make a real difference in the world. Real noble and all, but the reality is after working professionally in the industry for some time, I knew it wasn't the right career for me. There was no passion in my work. Fast forward to October 2021. It's late at night and I'm in my bed scrolling through TikTok, feeling adrift and wholly unsatisfied with my life at the time. I come across a creator explaining what frontend development is and reasons for learning how to code and I figure why not? Let's watch some videos, do some courses, build some projects and give this a real go. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I was still working a full-time job as a Biomedical Engineer, but started spending every free moment I had learning web development. In just 10 weeks I accepted a role for Frontend Engineer and thus began the next chapter of my life. I love coding and I love being a developer. The idea of constantly learning new things every day excites me, and I feel like there’s no limit to what you can build. My specialties include quickly learning new skills and technologies, analytical thinking and problem solving, and understanding of web design, development, and architecture. My current technologies include Next.js, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Redux, Gatsby, Tailwind, Git, Sass, PostCSS, Bootstrap, Postman, Webpack, and Vite to name a few. I try to consistently learn new technologies in my free time when I can. In the future I would love to explore deeper into the world of general programming and software engineering, but for now I'm happy in the sphere of web development. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Detect Jan 2025 – Present | Miami, FL ### Frontend Engineer @ Men's Health Clinic Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Tech stack: Frontend: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Gatsby, Tailwind, Next.js, HTML, CSS Tools: GitHub, VSCode, Postman CRM/CMS: Zoho, Prismic Deployment: AWS Amplify, Netlify • Led the frontend development and maintenance of 6 major web projects, including an internal admin console and a patient portal dashboard serving 13,000+ daily users, along with 4 region-specific websites with high traffic. • Built entire frontend architecture for internal payment processing portal from scratch, streamlining sales flows and driving generation of over $1M of revenue per month. • Facilitated SEO tech audit of main website, improving failing Lighthouse scores by over 150% from failing to passing and further optimizing site performance, searchability and crawlability. • Developed entirely new internal flow for processing refunds, driving company productivity across 5 international regions and eliminating waste of time and resources on previous nonoptimal flows. • Collaborated cross-functionally with teams such as backend, design, marketing, and finance. ### Biomedical Engineer @ GDC Medical Electronics Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Plainview, New York, United States • Demonstrated ability to solve complex engineering problems by diagnosing thousands of pieces of medical equipment and either repairing them or providing alternative solutions for stakeholders. • Performed service checks and repairs on medical equipment for over 100 hospitals, medical clinics and nursing homes. • Collaborated closely with onsite engineering departments and managers to organize and manage project workloads. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Biomedical/Medical Engineering Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, Binghamton University Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ethan-salonga - Website: https://ethansalonga.dev/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/ethansalonga JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ethansalonga/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01