About Me
I'm Noemi, a self-taught front-end web developer. I wrote code in the Basic language for the first time when I was 18 years old
and experienced the excitement of building something from scratch. Front-end is where I can explore the creative side of things.
After several years in the tech industry building e-commerce and Javascript web applications,
and in recent years mentoring women at the beginning of their coding career, I haven't lost the excitement that got me into this.
I want to keep learning and inspiring people in tech. I want to contribute to a great ethical company where I can develop my strengths and be a
valuable member of the team. If this sounds interesting and we're a match, drop me a line at hello[at]noemilosada.com. Open to fully remote & flexible working roles only.
Technical Skills: Javascript | ReactJS | Redux | HTML | CSS | Typescript | NodeJS | REST | TDD | Git | Webpack | OOP |
Styled Components | Jest | npm | Jasmine | Vim | Magento | BigCommerce.
Skills: Front-End Web Development | Web Management | Mentoring | Coaching | Feature Development | UI Development |
Web Accessibility | Responsive design | Relationship Building | Problem Resolution
Professional Experience
Freelance Web Developer
Wales & remote, 04/2024 - currently
Working on an e-commerce project in Magento.
Senior Software Engineer II with Elsevier Ltd (Mendeley)
London & Remote, 06/2022 - 04/2024
Moved to the citation team to work on Mendeley Cite - a Microsoft Word add-in for inserting references and bibliographies into a Word document,
with almost 500k Weekly Active Users (WAU). Tech stack includes ReactJS, Redux, Typescript, Microsoft Word API, FluentUI, NodeJS, DynamoDB,
Jest and react-testing-library.
- Mentored Junior Developers
- Volunteered to be the Delegate Architect of the team, regularly catching up with other architects, creating C4 diagrams, ADRs and other documentation
- Received an award for implementing accessibility into the main flow of Mendeley Cite
- Co-authored a proof of concept (PoC) to redesign Mendeley Cite architecture, exploring on the bridge design pattern, WebSockets and the local storage API
Senior Software Engineer with Elsevier Ltd (Mendeley)
London & Remote, 03/2022 - 06/2024
Moved to the Web Importer team to develop a new Chrome extension from scratch, aimed at helping researchers import papers, web pages, and other documents into
their Mendeley library. Used ReactJS, Redux, and TypeScript for this project.
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Mentored Junior DevelopersMoved to the Web Importer team develop from scratch a new Chrome extension - to help researchers to import papers, web pages,
and other documents into their Mendeley library - in ReactJS, Redux and Typescript
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Transferred to the Mendeley Reference Manager team, responsible for a library and document reader used to organise references, with almost 4 million
Year-To-Date (YTD) active users. Implemented features and improved the codebase using Electron, ReactJS, Redux, and the functional programming paradigm,
with a focus on accessibility
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Improved the testing environment by transitioning unit tests from Ava to Jest, introducing integration tests using react-testing-library,
and writing End-To-End (E2E) tests using CucumberJS
- Co-founded "Girls What Code", a group aimed at coaching and mentoring women through various career paths within the company
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Developed a dark theme prototype for the Core Reference Manager app, one of the most requested features. Collaborated with a product manager
and designers, delivering presentations and workshops to the team
Software Engineer III with Elsevier Ltd (Mendeley)
London, 03/2016 - 06/2017
Worked in the Profiles team while also collaborating with other teams, leading transitions of products from one technology to another and taking
ownership of creating a style guide.
- Transitioned Mendeley Profiles from FlightJS to ReactJS and styled-components.
- Built various Java websites to tight deadlines, pairing with external developers and adapting skills to learn a new language
- Contributed to the E2E test environment by writing tests in Ruby and Cucumber
- Transitioned those websites to ReactJS, Redux, styled-components and NodeJS
Front-End Web Developer with Elsevier Ltd (Mendeley)
London, 10/2014 - 03/2016
Implemented a social network (Mendeley Profiles) for researchers within the Profiles team, alongside developing a style guide for
universal use across products. Collaborated with different teams, each comprising between five and 10 engineers and two to three designers.
- Built a pattern library with reusable components using FlightJS and SASS using atomic design methodology
- Transitioned the backend infrastructure from PHP to NodeJS
- Developed an application in NodeJS, ES6, and HTML canvas to generate avatars based on the initials of users who didn't have a profile photo
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Fashioned a prototype in ReactJS, using the company's API to argue the case for moving apps from FlightJS, with the suggestion being chosen ahead
of others, and the company beginning the transition following a presentation
Freelance Frontend Web Developer with The Radical Tea Towel Company Ltd
London & Remote, 02/2020 - 09/2020
Created a custom theme and components using BigCommerce for their UK and US websites as well as their sister website, Town Towels.
Front-End Web Developer with AlexandAlexa.com
London, 03/2013 - 10/2014
Developed features, and maintained / improved the Magento online shop while working in conjunction with a team of eight engineers as part
of the conversion team.
- Transitioned numerous Magento components into AngularJS, and created a prototype of the website stored in AWS as part of a hackday
- Worked with Agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum in a start-up environment
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Improved the minification process and developed Magento modules when implementing an open design across desktop,
tablet and mobile platforms and developed new front-end features.
Freelance Front-End Web Developer
Remote, 01/2013 - 10/2014
Built e-commerce websites in Magento as part of a team of two engineers and a Product Owner for customers in Spain, Germany and the US.
Som projects I worked on: Mr. Wonderful,
US Elitegear.
Front-End Web Developer with The Etailers
Barcelona, 09/2010 - 12/2012
Agile environment (Kanban and Scrum). Magento e-commerce development for the company's customers
(more than 25 stores) and developed the corresponding content blogs in Wordpress. Promoted in 2011.
Some projects I worked on: Vila Viniteca,
Cottet,
Vileda,
Sharp,
Schweppes.
Front-End Web Developer with ASM Web Services
Prat de Llobregat, 03/2010 - 09/2010
Worked in a consultant company doing the frontend web development for many different types of companies.
Was part of the Magento e-commerce development team for the last five months.
Web developer with Transit Projectes
Barcelona, 06/2008 - 09/2008 (Part Time)
Worked for several customers developing static web pages and wrote technical articles for CAM (a Spanish bank).
Education
BEng Computer Engineering at Open University of Catalunya. Barcelona & remote (Incomplete)
BEng Computer Engineering at University of Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona (Incomplete)
A-level equivalents in Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Philosophy, Spanish, Catalan and English (Bachillerato de ciencias + selectividad).
Spoken languages: Spanish (native), Catalan(native) and English(fluent).