Leira C. Sánchez Quiñones
Fullstack Senior Software Engineer
Founder at MofongoJobs.com
Skills
Software Engineering, Web Development and other technical skills
Programming Languages
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
Frontend
React
NextJS
React Native
Tailwind CSS
Styled-Components
Backend
NodeJS
PostgreSQL
Prisma
Django
OpenAI API
Supabase
DevOps
Vercel
Heroku
AWS
Tools
Git
GitHub
Figma
Media Appearances
Podcasts, Events, TV, Radio, etc.
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Experience
From Mechanical Engineer to Founding Fullstack Engineer
Mofongo Jobs
Founder
October 2022 – present
- Leveraged React, Tailwind, AWS S3, Chat GPT API, JavaScript, HTML, and Vercel to deploy a responsive job board
- Architected a RESTful API in Node with Express, Prisma, PostgreSQL and Clerk authentication deployed in Heroku
- Created a community and web app to help tech professionals find jobs that allow them to work from Puerto Rico
- https://www.mofongojobs.com
Jam – Podcasts & Short Audio
Founding Software Engineer
August 2022 – September 2023
- Built a podcast social network mobile app from the ground up with React Native, TypeScript, and Styled-Components
- Implemented features in NextJS, Tailwind, and Node/Prisma/PostgreSQL to keep parity with mobile app
- Integrated native chat with Sendbird, integrated email with Sendgrid, built user profiles, likes, sharing
- https://listentojam.com
Welcome (YC W20)
Founding Frontend Engineer
January 2022 – June 2022
- Collaborated remotely with designers and PMs to reduce customer onboarding from 16 days to 30 min (99.79%)
- Built the ability for organizations to have custom-branded assets out of the box using SVGs, React, Redux, CSS, MUI
- Enabled busy leaders to create production grade virtual/hybrid events with just a few clicks
- Launch of custom assets for live events
- https://www.experiencewelcome.com/blog/stagekit
Capital One
Senior Associate Software Engineer
February 2021 – January 2022
- Developed and maintained intelligent marketing & messaging features for the Capital One iOS app
- Self-taught Swift, created documentation and automated tests, mentored interns & TDPs, collaborated across teams
- Delivered customer satisfaction and reliable financial services to over 1MM daily users
Associate Software Engineer
August 2019 – January 2021
- Designed and developed an internal full-stack web application for templating email, saving $10MM+ a year
- Built and tested RESTful API endpoints with NodeJS, Sequelize and PostgreSQL to drive data to user-facing features
- Developed UI built on reusable components with JavaScript, React, Redux, and Styled Components
Software Engineer
February 2019 – August 2019
- Learned to develop full-stack applications using Software Engineering & Clean Code best practices during an intensive 6-month internal web development bootcamp
- Read about my experience on the Capital One blog
- https://www.capitalone.com/tech/culture/my-journey-through-capital-one-developer-academy
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
December 2018
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez