Resume Kiko Ruiz LloretStaff Front-End Engineer

I'm a Front-End Engineer with extensive experience in building scalable, maintainable web applications and designing user-centric interfaces. Over the years, I've taken on roles with increasing responsibility, currently serving as a Staff Front-End Engineer at Adevinta Spain, where I drive convergence across multiple teams and ensure alignment on key technical decisions for front-end development. My focus is on optimizing front-end workflows and ensuring consistent practices across the organization.

In this role, I colead the creation of the golden path for front-end development, guiding teams in adopting a unified stack and best practices that foster efficiency and scalability. I facilitate agreements on technology choices, ensuring that teams remain aligned and that technical solutions are cohesive across verticals. Additionally, I prioritize observability, ensuring our systems provide clear insights into performance and reliability, while supporting the development of shared tools like the SUI Components design system and the SUI toolkit.

Work experience

Adevinta Spain

March 2019 - Present

Staff Front-End Engineer

  • Facilitating agreements between teams to ensure that all verticals (Motor, Real Estate, Jobs, etc.) adopt and follow the golden path.
  • Developing shared tools to optimize front-end workflows.
  • Providing guidance on CI/CD implementation and build time and deployment improvements.
  • Actively involved in key technical decisions, supporting teams in defining their technology roadmaps and solving complex issues.
  • Fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among different company verticals.
  • Supporting the modernization of the tech stack by providing training and assistance to development teams.

February 2016 - February 2019

Senior Front-End Developer

  • Contributed to the transition from a monolithic architecture to a microservices-based system with a layered front-end, improving scalability and code maintainability.
  • Helped to create the SUI Components design system and the SUI toolkit.
  • Promoted the adoption of new technologies such as React, Node.js, and Sass, enhancing development speed and code quality.
  • Introduced improvements in the development process, including task automation and testing, which accelerated deployment times and optimized workflows.

Ofertia

February 2015 - February 2016

Senior Front-End Developer

  • Developed robust front-end solutions, adhering to high-quality standards with a strong focus on testing and performance.
  • Responsible for technical planning and front-end management, ensuring architectural scalability and cohesion.

Softonic

August 2012 - December 2014

Lead Front-End Developer

  • Technical responsible for a product quality, stability and sustainability.
  • Building, training and making the team knowledge grow.
  • Analyzing and resolving all levels of technical problems.
  • Team figurehead, providing technical leadership within their team, including coaching and mentoring team members.
  • Quickly identifying and escalating risks and issues to the appropriate person with well defined solutions, while often implementing them.
  • Actively looking for Scrum process improvements within the development department and proposing solutions.
  • Also developing as any other member within a team.

October 2009 - July 2012

Front-End Developer / Web Designer

  • Designing, developing and testing software solutions including proposals of the functionality architecture, and modifications to existing functionality.
  • Analyzing and resolving moderately complex technical and business problems.
  • Working with the customer to clarify details of the User Stories such as the User Acceptance Criteria.
  • Identifying and escalating risks and issues to the appropriate person.
  • Actively looking for Scrum process improvements within the team.
  • Providing estimates for tasks.
  • Demonstrating commitment to continuous professional development.

Freelance

May 2005 - July 2012

Web Designer and Developer

  • Developed web design projects and applications for various clients, from corporate identity to full website development.

Web Experience

April 2008 - April 2009

Web Designer

Education

Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño de Alicante

2003

Título Superior en Diseño Gráfico

Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

2001

Licenciatura en Bellas Artes

Technical skills

  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • CSS
  • Sass
  • Node.js
  • React
  • Webpack
  • SWC
  • Next.js
  • Cypress
  • Jest
  • Vitest
  • Pact (contract testing)
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions
  • Travis
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • TDD
  • DDD
  • Hexagonal architecture
  • Scrum
  • Datadog

Languages

  • Catalan
  • Spanish
  • English