# Vicente Chavez > Software Engineer at InvestCloud Location: Pleasant Valley, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/vicentechavez I am an accomplished architect and detailed oriented engineer with 7 years of experience in software engineering and programming principles across multiple platforms. I have a solid mathematical background to develop advanced and efficient algorithms. I am passionate about learning and using emerging technologies. CORE COMPETENCIES • Agile Development • Mobile Development • Database Design and Modeling • Object-Oriented Design (OOD) • Design Patterns • Project Management • Solutions Architecture • Quality Assurance • Develop in Teams and Indepedently • Automated Testing TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS • Languages: Javascript, Ruby, PHP, Perl, SQL • Frontend: Reactjs, Redux, jQuery, Backbonejs, HTML, CSS • Backend: Nodejs, Apache • Web Frameworks: Expressjs, Rails, YII, Lavarel, Cake, • Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, RedShift, MariaDB, MongoDB • Technologies/Tools: Redis, APC, Memcache, Webpack, Yarn, Mochajs, Chaijs, Enzyme, Github, New Relic, Optimizely, Oracle Eloqua, MailChimp/Mandrill, Sendgrid, SalesForce, Twilio, PHP Unit, Jira, JSON, RESTFUL Web Services, Facebook API, Google API, Instagram API, Twitter API, Google Analytics Custom Events • Cloud/Hosting: AWS (EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, RDS), Heroku, Apache ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ InvestCloud, Inc. Jan 2021 – Present | West Hollywood, California, United States ### Software Engineer @ RetireUp Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Libertyville, IL ### Senior Software Engineer @ Apparel Media Group Jan 2012 – Jan 2017 | Greater Chicago Area Pear enables big brands to build authentic relationships with millions of consumers through our proprietary sponsorship fundraising platform and networks. Through the use of advanced technologies, APIs, and deep social site integration, we make local and grassroots media marketing scalable, cost-effective, and accountable. Pear was acquired by CustomInk.com in 2013. • Leader of core engineering team. • Planned, designed, coded, and released the first version. • Maintain ownership of frontend and backend code for core B2C fundraising platform. • Build and maintain social APIs for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. • Build and maintain dashboard for B2B clients (big brand names like Verion and Mondelez). • Build and maintain custom API with customink.com for user award redemption. • Build and maintain API for PearGifts, a secondary gift card product. • Build and maintain API with Google Geocode, Google Places. • Led implementaion of React Redux as new new frontend for all user social interactions. • Troubleshoot issues affecting production, stage, and development environments as requested. ### Senior Software Engineer @ RetireUp Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Greater Chicago Area - Implemented Stripe payment system integration. - Implemented Blueleaf client information integration. - Implemented Riskalyze client information integration. https://www.retireup.com ### Senior Software Engineer @ Taluit Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Greater Chicago Area Taluit helps qualified candidates find job openings and helps employers reach out and engage job seekers. The tool is a multi-user, web based productivity software that can be used for teams. SourceSite lets you automate many of the tasks that make Internet sourcing so time consuming. Leverages the power of the Internet without spending hours upon hours posting, searching, updating, tweaking. • Implemented search featured to retrieve candidates from different sources such as Linkedin.com, Indeed.com, Jigsaw, Talentdrive.com, Monter.com, Careerbuilder.com and an internal Mongodb • Implemented tool for posting jobs. • Implemented team collaboration tool to help clients recruit as a team and share candidate databases to coordinate recruiting efforts. • Implemented tool for collecting analytics on jobs posted. ### Lead Developer @ Nutritionix LLC Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Greater New York City Area Nutritionix.com is the largest verified nutrition database. Our goal is to make it easier to understand what you eat. Through our interactive nutrition tools and world-renowned nutrition database, we help millions of consumers understand nutrition every single day. • Led a team of 3 developers. • Migrated the Nutritionix Website to The Yii Framework. • Developed the Nutritionix API. • Developed the admin Interface to facilitate brands manage their products. • Led the development of the Iphone app and mobile website powered by the Nutrition API. • Developed Javascript widgets to provide brands the ability of displaying our nutrition information on their websites. ### Junior Developer @ E-Merj Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Developed mostly in PHP 5, but also used other languages such as JavaScript and Perl. Main contributions: Developed a contact inviter, a system to store media sent from cell phones, integration of Paypal's payment methods into the Gleedo application maintained by http://gleedo.com/. Wrote scripts in Perl to automate daily routines such as backing up data, retrieving emails from Email account and storing them in a database. Developed a management system in PHP to allow administrators to interact with the Database. Worked with PHP's GD2 extension to manipulate images submitted by users. ### IT support @ America Project Services Jan 2004 – Jan 2009 Part Time Tech. Support. Install and troubleshoot Windows and Linux based systems. Install and troubleshoot networks, Modems and Routers. Inventory updates and reports in the database. ## Education ### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science; Computer Science State University at New Paltz ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vincechavez80 --- Source: https://flows.cv/vicentechavez JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vicentechavez/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13