# Joseph Perez > React Engineer | 7+ years building cool things Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/josephperez Software Engineer specializing in front-end web development. I have 6+ years of professional experience bringing feature-rich web apps to life from product requirements and static graphic designs using React, Redux and Electron. I enjoy solving complex state and data management problems and tinkering with code to find balance between readability, performance, and maintainability. I find excitement in dynamic, fast-paced environments where continuous iteration and rapid pivots are the norm. Github: https://github.com/jpezninjo ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Mozilla Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area • Pocket Web Team • Developed the UI updates for the Pocket and Mozilla Social apps in support of Mozilla's rebrand of "Firefox accounts" to "Mozilla accounts" • Migrated the Pocket app from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 ### Softare Engineer @ Pulse - Automatic Status Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Menlo Park, California • Served as lead front-end expert on a full-stack team of 6 • Led migration of 10+ pages to React16 hooks, state, functional components • Developed data-heavy, feature-rich screens for virtual office spaces, onboarding, a payment flow featuring Stripe Web Elements, and an account settings system featuring Google Places and managing connections with 3rd party services such as Google Calendar, Outlook, Trello, Jira, and Spotify. • Led refactoring the client-side of our authentication+session system to support multi-workspace sessions + Google OAuth + beaming into our web app from our Electron app. • Wrote and reviewed engineering specs, worked closely with product and design teams for rapid prototyping. • Researched + introduced: React component testing, Redux addons for immutable state management and selector-level memoization, and recommended React+Electron coding practices • Wrote 50+ E2E / 900+ unit tests with Pupetteer and Enzyme. Acquired in 2022 by Mozilla. ### Softare Engineer @ Lentil AI Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Menlo Park • Created web pages for video conferencing and post-meeting views featuring AI-generated transcript and summarization • Wrote engineering specs from product specifications and static graphics designs. • Assisted in debugging streaming issues related to video conferencing • Introduced automated testing into our CI/CD, code coverage validation into our CI/CD, mandatory code linting on local Git hooks. ### Classroom Student Support Technician - USF Information Technology Services @ University of San Francisco Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area • Provided AV and computer support in classrooms, conference rooms, and event venues to the USF community. • Performed functionality testing, equipment maintenance and troubleshooting, deployment/delivery and training for equipment, and both onsite and remote management of digital signage computers located on campus. • Served as lab technician for 3 HESI sessions, a standardized test for nursing students to gauge their readiness for professional licensure • Frequently complimented for responding to incidents in a timely manner (I ride a longboard) ### Wordpress Content Developer @ Monterey County Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Salinas, California Area • Touched up and refreshed over 40 webpages to increase organization and user readability. • Created a new landing page with links to the most popular services. • Provided a fresh perspective for designing pages aimed at county residents trying to find or learn more about our various department services. ### Community Volunteer @ Reading Partners Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Sanchez Elementary/Caesar Chavez Elementary • Guided students grades K-5 with the Reading Partners curriculum in order to accelerate their reading ability to a standard level. ### Student Volunteer Intern @ Monterey County Behavioral Health Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 • Performed setup and assistance in county trainings. • Performed data entry of budget and employee training accountability. • Assisted in the planning and opening of a new county mental clinic. • Encountered experience in contract revision, sales negotiation, and drafting a proposal for a new bus stop that would affect clients of our newly open clinic. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science University of San Francisco ### Nanodegree in Fullstack Web Development Udacity ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/reallyjperez - Website: http://cs.usfca.edu/~joperez - Website: https://github.com/jpezninjo --- Source: https://flows.cv/josephperez JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/josephperez/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29