Luis Alvarez

Frontend Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications using modern technologies. Passionate about performance optimization, clean code, and cross-functional collaboration. Focused on delivering real business value through maintainable, well architect-ed solutions.

Principal Projects

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Monfly
Monfly

Personal finance application to track income and expenses, categorize transactions, set alerts, and visualize insights with dashboards. Includes secure authentication and profile management.

TypeScriptNext.jsTailwind CSSShadcn UI+4
Bambú
Bambú

Landing page and demo app for a fictional “tech boutique”: focused on clean UX, internationalization (i18n), typed forms, and scalable content. Designed to showcase a modern end-to-end flow.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSShadcn UI+5
Portfolio 2025
Portfolio 2025

Interactive personal portfolio focused on performance and motion. Built with Astro and React components using reusable UI. Animates sections, projects, and experience with accessibility in mind.

AstroReactNext.jsTypeScript+7
Spotify API Kit
Spotify API Kit

Type-safe SDK for the Spotify Web API, designed for secure Node.js backends. Includes helpers for authentication, common endpoints, and strict typing for a smooth developer experience.

TypeScriptNode.jsSpotify Web APIExpress.js+2
JS Challenges Hub
JS Challenges Hub

Unified collection of Frontend Mentor challenges. Built with Vite and React, including routing, validation, and structured organization to demonstrate solutions and best practices.

TypeScriptReactViteTailwind CSS+2
Neovim Config
Neovim Config

Custom Neovim configuration optimized for frontend and backend development. Includes LSP, Treesitter, formatting, search, and Git integration. Focused on productivity and fast startup.

NeovimLuaLSPTreesitter+5
SEO Generator
SEO Generator

Lightweight tool for generating SEO metadata (Open Graph and Twitter Cards). Built for quick copy-paste usage to prevent manual errors.

TypeScriptReactViteTailwind CSS

Experience

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Software Engineer — Nowports (Remote · Mexico City)

Built a unified component platform to align products and speed delivery. Contributed to an internal API migration that improved Time to Interactive by ~60% using NestJS, Prisma, and TypeScript. Integrated Sentry for monitoring and debugging, led code reviews, and refactored the main marketing site to boost maintainability and load performance.

Frontend Developer — Nowports (Remote · Mexico City)

Implemented consent management, GA4, and GTM to enable cross‑region analytics and real‑time performance tracking. Built a fast blog system with Next.js + HubSpot. Partnered with product, design, and marketing to translate business needs into technical specs and reviewed PRs. Refactored the main landing page using a modern stack.

Frontend Developer — Accenture (Remote · Mexico City)

Improved UI/UX and long‑term maintainability across landing pages and product surfaces. Collaborated in agile teams to ship features on time while upholding quality standards.

Frontend Developer — Self-Employed

Developed and maintained user interfaces for web applications. Collaborated with designers and backend developers to implement new features and improve existing ones.

Writings & Posts

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Dev.to
A guide on how to configure ESLint and Prettier in VSCode for a better development experience.
A guide on how to use relative paths in JavaScript with VSCode.
A guide on my favorite themes for VSCode.