Heatmap
Rewrote the existing heatmap into a new one in React, using react-virtualized and Redux. It replaced the previous one built in Angular a…
- React
- Redux
- react-virtualized
- postcss
albert fernández{ developer }
About me
Hi! I'm Albert, a software developer based in Barcelona.
I enjoy building applications for the web. I am passionate about creating great user experiences, with great performance, and that can be accessible for all users.
I am originally from Tarragona, where I studied a BSc in Telecommunications Engineering at Universitat Rovira i Virgili. I also hold a MSc in Digital Media Engineering by the Technical University of Denmark.
After graduating from the MSc, I lived for a few years in Copenhagen, and in 2017 I moved back to Catalonia, from where I work remotely for Peakon as Senior Frontend Developer.
Where I've worked
- Peakon
- Zendesk
- Københavns Universitet
- Podio (Citrix)
- Applus IDIADA
- LEAR
Senior Frontend Engineer @ Peakon
May 2017 - PresentRemote (Barcelona)
- Write modern, performant, maintanable code for all frontend applications: manager dashboard, employee survey, training system.
- Introduced React and I lead and architected the migration from angular to a modern stack.
- Built and maintained the css & components libraries, used in many different projects.
- Architected and engineered many major features across the entire product.
- Accessibility champion, lead the efforts in the frontend team to achieve WCAG Level AA conformance.
Software Engineer @ Zendesk
February 2016 - April 2017Copenhagen, Denmark
- Worked at the Knowledge Bank team, part of the Help Center product.
- The knowledge bank app was built using cutting edge technologies at the time, and as part of that the team built I was part build the first org React Component library.
- The React component library was shared and then later used by teams across the organization. It was built themeable and with accessibility in mind.
- Responsible for architecting new frontend applications, and writing major functionality.
- Built a new build and deployment chain, which reduced deployment time in a CD environment, with offline builds using yarn.
- Changed the application architecture from flux to Redux, which improved developer productivity, reduced code complexity and bugs.
Student Programmer @ Københavns Universitet
September 2013 - July 2014Copenhagen
- Part time student job at WallViz research project.
- Goal of the project was to use visualizations on wall-sized, interactive displays for improving decision making from massive collections of data.
- Built a new system to run these visualizations with JavaScript (D3.js) on touchable displays.
Frontend Developer @ Podio (Citrix)
September 2014 - January 2016Copenhagen
- Built reusable and maintanable components using React, for the main Podio web application.
- Contributed extensively to keep the app up-to-date with modern technologies, as introducing React v0.14, or Webpack/SystemJS.
- Architected, built and maintaned the public marketing website as single embedded developer in marketing team.
- Built the website as a custom-made application in Ruby on Rails, with a component-based, fully responsive mobile first approach. It is still the website being served at podio.com.
Software Engineering @ Applus IDIADA
July 2013 - August 2013Santa Oliva, Tarragona
- Summer job as developer, in a project for managing proving grounds and customer portals.
- Developed a web interface of a booking system, where customers could book race tracks.
- Worked with J2EE, Hibernate and Spring.
Software Engineer @ LEAR
February 2012 - August 2012Valls, Tarragona
- Development and maintenance of tooling, for the release and rollout of embedded software for BMW.
- Management of the SVN repository, continuous builds and CI.
- Worked with Ruby, Rake, Atlassian Bamboo and custom Java applications.
Where I've studied
MSc in Digital Media Engineering @ Technical University of Denmark
September 2012 - August 2014Lyngby, Copenhagen
- Relevant courses in software engineering, requirements engineering, mobile app prototyping, artificial intelligence, machine learning and UX/UI Engineering.
- MSc Thesis on Data Visualization for Informed Consent at Sensible DTU.
- As part of the Mobile App prototyping course, a team of 3 developed an Android app that was used as the official annual commencement event app. The app was context-aware and provided an overview of the different events.
BSc in Telecommunications @ Universitat Rovira i Virgili
September 2008 - September 2011Tarragona, Catalonia
- BSc in telecommunications, but specialization in computer networks & programming.
- Relevant courses included: computer networks, mobile (Android) and web application development.
- BSc Thesis on developing a privacy-aware protocol to monitor people with cognitive impairments. A research paper was published as part of this work IEEE: m-carer.
Works
Topics
Rework of the existing topic functionality. Peakon does an analysis of the company's comments, and extracts common topics using machine…
- React
- Redux
- postcss
