Daniel da Rocha - Frontend Engineer

Berlin, Germany

Experience

May 2021 - Present

3 years 11 months

Fullstack development of our product: a web app (VueJS), Chrome extension (VueJS), SDK (JS), API (NodeJS), GraphQL server (Hasura, Postgres)
Included development of multiple user-facing features, conversion of app adn extension from Vue2 to Vue3, implementation of E2E testing system (Playwright), as well as debugging and refactors, on a team from 2 to 4 developers
Deployment on Google Cloud Storage, including management of CI pipelines and jobs

Oct 2020 - May 2021

8 months

Development our consumer-facing BrightLock Dashboard product
Included extensive refactoring of a legacy codebase, involving the restructure of the app's architecture and consolidation of its state
Full UI refresh implemented together with our design team; implementation of new features in sync with our back end team
Using JavaScript and VueJS with Composition API, XState for state modeling, Cypress for E2E testing, TailwindCSS and custom CSS for styles
Deployment on GitLab, including management of CI pipelines and jobs

Aug 2020 - Present

4 years 8 months

Berlin, Germany

Volunteer at TechLabs Berlin, a non-profit organization offering a 16-week free tech bootcamp in Data Science, AI, Web Development, and UX Design
After one semester as Web Development track lead, I am currently leading the whole Summer Term 2021

May 2020 - Oct 2020

6 months

Berlin, Germany

Design and development of the website for our architecture community in Berlin
JavaScript (Vue/Nuxt) to generate a static front end supported by Storyblok as headless CMS and a Hasura GraphQL/Postgres back end
Development of scrapers to gather job offers from architecture websites, using Python (Scrapy), Postgres, Slack API, Serverless, AWS Lambda, and AWS Cloudwatch

Mar 2020 - Oct 2020

8 months

Design and development of a web app where architects can share their experiences working from home
JavaScript, Vue/Nuxt, and XState for state management and form logic; static front end, supported by a Hasura GraphQL/Postgres back end
Integrated with Forest Admin (administration panel) and Metabase (data intelligence)
Deployed on Netlify (front end) and Heroku (back end and GraphQL server)

Jul 2018 - Present

6 years 9 months

Berlin, Germany

Co-organizer of a community of over 500 architects in Berlin, by creating and hosting varied events, both online and offline
Participation in strategy development, acquisition of partnerships, and general membership management tasks

Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

1 year 1 month

Design and development of a web app to help people keep track of award-winning movies and books
JavaScript, Vue to build a modular, component-based front end, which is supported by an Express/Postgraphile/Postgres back end and GraphQL server in NodeJS
Developed an administration panel for data insertion, which allowed the outsourcing of data entry operations
Deployed on Netlify (front end) and DigitalOcean/Dokku (back end)

Jan 2015 - Jul 2019

3 years 7 months

Beijing, China

Worked nine years as an architect for the German firm HENN, working on an extensive range of projects, from small pavilions, museums, and libraries, to super-tall skyscrapers, university campuses, and master plans
Developed a wide range of skills, from design thinking and problem solving, to complex project and team management
Lead teams of varied sizes, developing competitions and acting as design lead in several projects, applying Agile Management tools such as Kanban to ensure a smooth project delivery
Utilized tools include Rhino 3D, Grasshopper with Python scripting; Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD; Enscape, Maxwell, Octane Render; Adobe CC (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator)

Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

3 years

Germany