Juan Mendes

I am a seasoned developer specializing in designing and developing data-driven web applications. With extensive experience in guiding development teams and enhancing application architecture, I continually strive for innovation and efficiency in software solutions. I am a dual citizen of the US and Brazil and I split my time between Boston and Florianópolis in Brazil. == Professional Specialties == Architectural Guidance: Expert at steering teams toward a unified architecture, ensuring consistency in code and the overall application. I excel at writing code generators to enforce architectural decisions and significantly reduce handwritten boilerplate. == Web Development Skills == * Proficient in Angular, React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and Object-Oriented JavaScript. * Experienced in end-to-end and unit testing to maintain robust code quality. * Skilled in developing web applications using diverse architectures, including PHP, J2EE/Struts/Apache/Velocity, LAMP, Grails, and ASP. * Familiar with various programming languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C, C++, PHP, Groovy == Special Projects == === NX Integration for VMware Cloud Director === * Successfully converted VMware Cloud Director's monolith Angular application to utilize an NX monorepo with libraries, enhancing parallelization and caching. This conversion reduced build times from 40 minutes to less than 15 minutes and dev server startup times from 1 minute 15 seconds to just 15 seconds. * Developed code generators with NX, creating scripts that reduced the time for new engineers to set up complex UI pages from two days to mere minutes by providing a guided, prompt-based script. == Innovative Features == === Quick Search Feature === Engineered a quick search capability that allows users to effortlessly search and execute actions on entities such as VMs and networks, directly from the search bar, eliminating the need to navigate through extensive menus to find entities or screens. == Application Development Focus == * Creating accessible applications to ensure inclusivity. * Enhancing application safety using Content Security Policy (CSP). * Implementing plug-in architectures to allow for third-parties to extend the UI. * Designing RESTful APIs using Swagger and HATEOAS. * Implementing CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Jenkins to streamline development processes.