Experience & Education

Sole front-end developer in a 5-developer team within a 36-person program, delivering new features for BMO's digital loan application product across web and mobile on an established codebase. Delivered the front end of an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance project; the team completed development 35% ahead of schedule, about 2 months early. Introduced AI-assisted development workflows, trained teammates on AI tooling, and maintained the team's AI assistant with enterprise-grade guardrails for code quality, security and testability. Presented "Leveraging AI in Development Workflows" to 47 engineers. Migrated the application from Angular 13 to Angular 19 within a micro-frontend architecture, and built bilingual (EN/FR), accessible features with Signals, NgRx and the BMO Design System, integrating with Java and Node.js services.

Showcase: Leveraging AI in Development Workflows

2026

Delivered a showcase presentation to 47 engineers on leveraging AI in development workflows. The session covered how to set up guardrails for AI-assisted coding, how to configure AI tools to produce code that meets enterprise quality standards, real-world examples of AI-generated code with and without proper guardrails, and strategies for maintaining code consistency, security, and testability when working with AI. The presentation concluded with an open Q&A session where engineers shared their challenges and discussed solutions as a group.

MailHive (SaaS, live in beta, 2025 to present): AI-powered email and job-search assistant for job seekers. Built the full product end to end in a monorepo: Angular 21 (upgraded from 15) with Signals and OnPush, and a Python/FastAPI back end on PostgreSQL. Designed the product architecture and documented key decisions as decision records: real-time delivery over Server-Sent Events with PostgreSQL LISTEN/NOTIFY, a provider-agnostic AI layer, and a PostgreSQL-backed job queue. Built with an AI-assisted workflow governed by automated guardrails: CI quality gates, front-end test coverage thresholds of 88-93% (Vitest), Playwright E2E smoke tests, lint rules and security scans. Integrated Gmail and Outlook via OAuth, AI-powered email classification, subscription billing (Paddle), and infrastructure as code (Terraform) on Scaleway. Social app (Nov 2023 to 2025): social platform built with Angular, Flask, PostgreSQL and Firebase Authentication.

Collaborating on a convention-discovery website built with React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS and server-side rendering (Express), focusing on technical SEO, Google Search Console analysis and UX, including a six-page UX study prototype.

Joined the front-end effort for the migration of a large-scale enterprise Oracle Forms system to modern web technologies, using RENAPS' ORMIT automated migration tool. Refactored and optimized the Angular and React code (TypeScript, RxJS, Angular Material) generated by ORMIT, improving code quality, structure and UI consistency with Material Design. Integrated the generated front end with REST and GraphQL APIs on a Spring Boot back end with Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.

Technical reference for front end and UX lead in a 3-person front-end team, building a PWA credit card platform serving 50,000+ users on web, iOS and Android. Built virtual card and spending-limit features with Angular, NgRx, RxJS and Firebase Authentication. Increased user engagement by 15% through a redesigned onboarding flow. Migrated the codebase from Angular 13 to Angular 15 in a monorepo setup. Reduced deployment time by 20% by streamlining the Jenkins CI/CD pipeline. Created the team's reusable component library and design system foundation with Storybook and Angular Material. Conducted code reviews and shared Angular and UX knowledge with teammates.

Led the redesign of the IRIS mental health platform, supporting a successful $2M funding round. Improved usability scores by 25% through user research and Figma prototyping; established a design system and QA handoff process.

Created data dashboards and trend analysis using Google Data Studio and MySQL for property management.

Built an insurance activation portal from scratch in Angular, replacing a manual call-center process. Reduced operational costs by 30% through self-service automation.

Migrated legacy jQuery applications to Angular for 3 enterprise clients in insurance and advertising.

Built real-time trading dashboards for investment firms with Angular, D3.js and WebSockets, keeping data latency under 1 second. Led a 5-day design sprint with user testing for a new client product. Won 1st place in GFT's Agile Challenge 2018.

1st Place in the Agile Challenge

2018

The day showed the recognition of all the dedication I had poured into my work. This accomplishment reflected my commitment to excellence across all projects and endeavors. This victory wasn't individual — it represented a collaborative team effort that fostered professional and personal growth through daily reinvention and higher standards. It taught me to reinvent myself daily.

Design Sprint – New Client Product

2018

While employed at GFT, I led a 5-day design sprint for a financial services client using Agile methodology. The initiative aimed to develop a new product, with the final day dedicated to user testing. The team demonstrated critical thinking and commitment to delivering value. Testing prototypes with actual users gave us crucial insights and confirmed we were on the right track. This project strengthened GFT's relationship with the client and enabled additional collaborations. Vanessa Galdino worked alongside me on this effort.

Built a health check-up results platform for 10,000+ employees with role-based access, replacing paper workflows.

Developed a dynamic and interactive platform for group travel in Latin America, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction.

Developed responsive websites for a job platform connecting over 23 million resumes with companies across Brazil.

Front-End Development Talk

2014

I delivered a presentation to Employer Group's IT staff focusing on front-end development. The session covered key topics such as Semantics & SEO, HTML5 & CSS, Responsive Design, jQuery, and Bootstrap. The discussion emphasized best practices and contemporary tools for constructing modern, responsive websites optimized for various devices and screen sizes.