Front End Development Manager

Tulio Solorzano

925-***-**** ********@*****.*** Walnut Creek, CA https://www.linkedin.com/in/tulio/

Passionate about developing a nice looking and fast performing web application. I’m also passionate about building performant Front-End Development teams operating at the intersection between Design, Software Development, and Product. My metrics driven approach is proven to deliver results over a successful ten years as an Engineering Manager.

Highlights

● 20 years experience as an Engineering Manager, Front-End Developer, and Designer in the tech industry.

● 15 years as both a Front-End Engineering Manager and Staff Software Engineer.

● Strong experience migrating legacy tech stacks to modern React/Next.js frameworks.

● Thrives in highly-collaborative environments. Deep experience connecting and empowering groups, such as Design, Marketing, Engineering, and C-Staff for high-quality outcomes.

● Intensely focused on user centricity through performance optimization and user research. Skills

People Manager, HTML, CSS, SASS and SCSS Preprocessors, JavaScript, React.js, Next.js, Front-End Development, Responsive Web Design, User Experience (UX), Version Control, Project Leadership, Team Leadership, Figma, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Site Speed Performance Experience

Staff Software Engineer / Squad Lead, Rakuten Rewards; San Francisco, CA — 2020-July 2023

● Squad Lead and Staff Software Developer responsible for major promotions and store landing pages.

● Transitioned legacy Velocity pages to the company's React/Next.js stack, including creating the Figma UI/UX designs to conform with the company Design System. Web Development Manager, Rakuten Rewards; San Francisco, CA — 2017-2020

● Led team of FE Developers through Rakuten acquisition, maintaining an 85% desirable retention over two years.

● Led the UI development of re-branding from Ebates to Rakuten while also acting as Lead UI Developer.

● Worked closely with cross-functional stakeholders to drive front-end technology decisions in support of an agile environment.

● Utilized agile methodologies to ensure projects were completed efficiently and on time.

● Experience working with in-house and offshore developers for around the clock web development.

● Focused on optimized front-end experiences for improved render times of less than 2.5 LCP. Web Development Manager, Ebates.com; San Francisco, CA — 2010-2017

● Led team of FE Developers through the $1 Billion acquisition of Ebates by Rakuten.

● Partnered with C-Staff and other members of leadership to deliver major projects, such as: white label sites, blogs, influencer widgets, and admin portals

● Held a dual role as Web Development Manager and Web Information Architect. This allowed me to connect designers to the medium they were designing for in a seamless and efficient way.

● Created a light custom CSS framework for optimized client performance.

● Entrusted to be responsible for leading development during 4 major site re-designs which continued through and after acquisition of Ebates by Rakuten.

● Introduced a mobile-first approach to the customer facing E-commerce Web Application.

● Designed and implemented the initial prototypes and first iteration of the Ebates Mobile Web Application.

● Coordinated work between in-house and offshore Web Developers in a transition from monthly based releases to Agile development for faster completion and delivery, bringing down releases to shorter time frames. Introduced Minimum Viable Product process for faster feature development and iteration.

Senior Web Developer, Ebates.com; San Francisco, CA — 2008-2010

● Part of the core team responsible for establishing and implementing SEO best practices to the Website in order to help boost good rankings and downgrade negative ones. Through this process I transformed the Website from a graphics heavy UI to lighter and more SEO Friendly CSS based UI by introducing CSS Sprites.

● Learned about and introduced Speed Optimization in order to achieve faster load/response times touch also helped with SEO by allowing crawlers to crawl and index faster. Lead Web Developer, Virgin Mobile USA; Walnut Creek, CA — 2005-2008

● Worked closely with business analysts in order to conceptualize and implement fresh content throughout regular web release cycles, using JSP, XML, XHTML, and CSS.

● Translated content from English to Spanish in order to maintain the company’s Spanish website section, keeping up to date with the language’s latest technology terms.

● Created graphics and interactive Flash modules implemented through the company website. Testing Director, Hard Boiled Testing, Inc.; Oakland, CA — 1999-2004

● Designed, developed, maintained the company website and multiple client databases.

● Led teams of Quality Assurance Engineers on projects ranging from computer games to online/web applications across different platforms/multi-language operating systems, ensuring product quality, functionality and usability.

● Researched, purchased and installed software and operating systems, ensuring multiple platform configurations were available to clients.

Education

Silicon Valley College, Walnut Creek, CA — BA, Design and Visualization

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