Pedro Almeida

Pedro Almeida

Senior Frontend Developer in São Paulo, Brazil

About

  • LAST UPDATED: Nov 20th, 2024

Skilled software engineer with 5+ years of experience in front-end development, looking to make an impact by playing the long-term game with long-term people. I’ve worked extensively with Javascript/Typescript and React, and strive towards creating what people don’t yet know how to get, at scale.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Remote

Building impactful, personality-rich, high-quality digital experiences and pushing the boundaries of what web applications can do and how they can solve real-world problems.

2022 — 2024
Remote
  • Spearheaded the development of Collamap, a Google Maps-like infinite zoom canvas. Subsequently, improved its performance and loading time by 295%, saving +10k USD in consultancy fees;

  • Established reliability, maintainability, and scalability for new and existing projects by rewriting the frontend architecture, introducing a complete testing pipeline, and writing technical documentation;

  • Conducted biweekly presentations for the entire team of developers showcasing how a complex task was solved, sharing insights, fostering constructive debates, and bringing the team closer together;

  • Set in motion internal projects and discussions for relevant AI solutions, later evolving into Singularity Spark;

  • Mentored and supported new engineers, smoothing their onboard process and ensuring deadlines were met;

2020 — 2021
Remote
  • Developed interactive charts and graphs for data visualization using Plotly.js and D3.js;

  • Implemented real-time metrics and scores of KPIs from paid media, e-commerce, and CRMs;

  • Extended automated alerts system for ad campaigns from Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube;

  • Assisted in creating containerised applications using Docker for backend microservices;

2019 — 2020
São Paulo, Brazil
  • Built websites, e-commerces, and a mobile app, constantly collaborating with the UI/UX designers;

  • Worked closely with senior engineers to learn and adopt best practices and industry standards;

Projects

2023

Developed an open-source quality-of-life Blender add-on that resembles Git, made to ease the process of creating and managing backups and versions of a project.

Written in Python and tested with the pytest lib;