Victor Fernandes

BuildingPerformantFrontends atScale

Passionate about everything JavaScript and having built an open-source SDK used by thousands of companies, I bring over a decade of frontend and development experience.

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Fulltime Experience

Upwork

Contract

Senior Engineer

Mar 2023 - Present

Consistently awarded Top Rated Plus status based on 120+ successful contracts
Invited by Upwork to join them full time as a Senior Software Engineer - I
Worked on several components like Direct messaging, Mobile app and chat
Conducted 50+ engineering interviews (SDE 1 to Staff) for various teams across Upwork
Led a team to build an in-browser AI capable video editor that loaded within 2 seconds

Airbase

Senior Frontend Engineer - I

Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

Part of multiple feature development teams using React
Integrated external services including ERP, HRIS, Marqeta, AmEx, and Plaid with the core product
DRI for the module responsible for onboarding and bank setup of customers
Conducted 50+ engineering interviews across levels and mentored engineers

CleverTap

Senior Frontend Engineer

Sep 2019 - Aug 2021

Initiated and launched an internal UI framework that enhanced design-dev productivity
Developed roadmap features for the CleverTap dashboard using Vue
Built & launched CleverTap’s open source Web SDK on npm for engagement and analytics with 30k+ monthly downloads
Conducted 50+ frontend interviews and mentored UI engineers

Media.net

UI Developer - II

Apr 2018 - Aug 2019

Built PWAs using Vanilla JavaScript, React, and Angular for interfaces along with PHP/Node, MySQL, and Redis
Worked on Media.net analytics and a web push notification app
Conducted 100+ technical interviews across roles/levels and mentored new engineers
Enhanced TTFB by 500% by implementing Redis in a legacy PHP+MySQL app; built a custom sub-1 second loading WordPress theme; refactored codebases to improve speed

Promisec Ltd

Contract

Developer

Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

Solely responsible for marketing (company website) and some product feature development
Reverse engineered and incorporated a third-party reporting dashboard into the core product in 2 months
Designed and implemented website updates to reduce bounce rates by 25%+
Created a new partner portal and online support portal to streamline customer support
Responsible for company DNS, Licensing, and marketing automation servers

Skills

Front-end Frameworks

React
Next.js
Vue
Nuxt
Svelte
SvelteKit
Angular
Astro
Remix

TypeScript + JavaScript

TypeScript
JavaScript
Node.js
ESNext
tRPC
Zod

Tooling, State & DX

Vite
Bun
pnpm
Turborepo
Webpack
Vitest
Playwright
TanStack Query

Databases

Supabase
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Prisma
Drizzle

WordPress

WordPress
Custom Themes
Custom Plugins
AWS
CI/CD
Caching

User Interface

CSS
Tailwind CSS
Sass
Animations
Framer Motion
GSAP
Design Systems
Accessibility

Backend & APIs

Node.js
PHP
Express
Fastify
NestJS
Hono
REST
GraphQL
tRPC
Edge Functions

Education

Computer Science Engineering

St Francis Institute of Technology

2011 - 2015