Diogo – React, React Native, Node.js

A post creation tool geared towards newsletter owners. It'll have smart features that will help writers create posts more easily by leveraging different technologies they use to curate content such as social media, chat apps, bookmark managers, etc.

• created Next.js application;
• integrated and configured TipTap editor.

The customer was a secure digital vault that helped households organize, store, and share essential documents, records, and memories with AI-powered classification and enterprise-grade security.

Diogo was responsible for the following:

• joined the company as the third mobile developer, helping with delivering features and fixing bugs on the React Native application;
• started the effort to share more code between the mobile and web teams, which resulted in the creation of a private npm package with shared code used by both apps;
• increased the project’s TypeScript coverage, translating business concepts to descriptive types;
• established navigation patterns to follow mobile UX best practices;
• introduced features folder architecture to match the growth of complexity of the application, making it easier to navigate the project and split new feature tickets.

The service provided a solution to Marketing Agencies and Brands, allowing them to track campaigns, connect them to freelancers, and manage the impact of their investment.

Diogo's main scope of responsibilities included the following:

• developed new features on the web project using Elm/React on the client and Node/F#/ GraphQL on the server;
• helped design and specify new features alongside the designer and product owner;
• worked on project management culture, implementing new processes and adapting Agile methods that made sense for the team.

The app was a ride-sharing mobile app with a different business model. It gave the drivers freedom to set their prices and charge them a fixed fee.

Among others, the contributions were:

• led the effort to adopt Apollo Client as the technology to communicate with different API services and make it the single source of truth inside the application;
• helped improve how the project was managed with suggestions on how to handle new tasks and sprint organization;
• launched the beta version of the app for drivers and riders in Tampa Bay and started improving the app based on feedback and new features;
• worked through defining the patterns and architecture that the Node.js back-end would follow;
• set up CircleCI for automated deployment of the server;
• deployed the first version of the server on Google App Engine;
• worked on continuous improvement of the codebase and porting/adding new features.

This project was the React Native Android version of a pre-existing health and fitness app targeting women's health. The app featured free and paid workout videos and also live workouts that featured a real-time chat with other participants.

Diogo's contributions were:

• developed and launched an Android React Native project from the ground up;
• implemented a React Native bridge of a native Android live streaming SDK;
• translated an iOS app design to Android specific UI.

The project was a smart contacts app that was initially written as a native iOS app and then ported to a React Native app.

Among others, he was tasked with:

• developed a native iOS app that got great feedback from beta testers;
• created a React Native Android and iOS app;
• presented suggestions to improve the back-end API;
• teamed up with the designer and product manager to discuss and decide on new features.

This was an iOS native app that processed credit card transactions by connection to a separate card reader through Bluetooth.

• Built from the ground up the iOS app, which was responsible for processing debit/ credit card transactions. The app reached the top 5 most downloaded finance apps and was being used by thousands of customers;
• Improved the app by adding features and fixing bugs;
• Helped the back-end team to improve and fix errors on APIs;
• Joined forces with the designer to come up with wireframes, screens and animations for the app;
• Presented instructions regarding app’s functionalities to the support team;
• Discussed with partner companies about technologies they provided for the project;
• Talked with customers to get feedback on how to improve their experience and fix issues they were having.