# Luis R. > Senior Software Engineer at Talkspace - Online Therapy Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/luisr Passionate programmer, proficient in App Development on iOS and Android using facebook's framework React Native. Currently studying Computer Science at LaGuardia Community College, and working as a Junior Developer at Hyr developing their app. GitHub: https://github.com/LuisRizo ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Talkspace Jan 2021 – Present | New York, United States At Talkspace, I am a big part of all front-end technology decisions and patterns. I focus highly on providing my teammates with an easy to use and understand codebase, that puts developer experience first in order to make creating features in React painless and easy to do. This includes code reusability, shared modules, component libraries, networking and cross-frame communication, linting, and CI pipelines. The foundation that I have helped create on the front-end at Talkspace has allowed us to create features that are responsive, easy to deploy, predictable, reusable and testable. While I also work in the backend using NodeJS, my main focus is in our ReactJS web apps. ### Software Engineer @ Talkspace Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area At Talkspace, my role changes quite often. I juggle tasks between the mobile React Native application, the React website, and the NodeJS servers that run the company. I work on improving the performance of our services, creating and cleaning up test suites, using new technologies for current and new projects, and improving the development experience for my coworkers as much as possible. ### Junior Software Developer @ Hyr Inc. Jan 2017 – Present | Newark, New Jersey Hyr aims to make it easier for business owners and talent to find each other. Currently developing version 2.0 of Hyr's current application using the React Native framework, using a totally new backend server to improve user's experience with live data using Web Sockets. ### President Society Tech (PSTech) Ambassador @ LaGuardia Community College Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area As a PSTech Ambassador, my peers and I represented LaGuardia Community College students to companies such as MongoDB, Intersection, Foursquare, and more. We visited their offices and lead Q&A sessions with the companies' employees and mentors regarding their technologies and their opinion in the various technology fields. ### Big Data Developer and Researcher @ New Jersey Institute of Technology Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | United States Learned and put to practice Python and Big data analytics tools and principles to analize cancer patients and find trends to predict future people affected by cancer. This REU(Research Experience for Undergraduates) program was funded by the NSF. ### iOS App Developer @ Debitize Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Manhattan Debitize provides credit card perks without credit card debt. Debitize automates payments, giving its users the discipline & convenience of debit. At Debitize, I learned React Native and applied my new knowledge to develop Debitize's application, working alongside the Lead Engineer and CTO. ### App Developer Intern @ Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 At ERA, I was assigned to work with one of the companies of their Spring 2017 class and help them build an app prototype, which ended up being the base for their official app. ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science The City College of New York Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 ### Associate's degree in Computer Science LaGuardia Community College Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/luisrizog --- Source: https://flows.cv/luisr JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/luisr/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22