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Ron Barrantes
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UI ENGINEER / EX-SALSA-INSTRUCTOR / COFFEE-POWERED
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I am an Engineer with a strong eye for design, an insatiable curiosity, and a passion for learning and personal growth.

In my personal life, I am a coffee drinking, tech nerd who loves cooking and traveling. In 2024, me and my family lived in Costa Rica trying out the nomad live. In a former live I was a Salsa and Bachata dance instructor.

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UI Engineer

Designed and created a Dashboard that manages Virewirx’s internal tool. This tool is in charge of coordinating VR headsets, computer servers, and VR applications in order to provide a high quality VR experience for multiple users, while at the same time giving real time status on each individual device

Created a configuration server that will create specific configurations depending on what kind of VR headset or computer server may be using

Create a logging server that takes info and error logs from the Virewirx’s managing dashboard and writes them to local memory

Helped find, identify, and fix bugs with the current internal tooling

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02

Staff Software Engineer

Worked in the creation and initial launch of the VeroSkills platform, a new learning, tutoring, and recruiting tool where a student can be taken from a beginner to getting hired.

Implementing frontend, backend, and full stack features utilizing Next.js.

Contributing to the brainstorming and workshopping of new features, improvements, and ideas. Helping with the maintenance of the platform.

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03

Software Developer Engineer - (Contractor)

Working on the migration of Azure's Search as a Service from KnockoutJS to modern ReactJS, utilizing FluentUI as the UX framework.

Creating reusable components, classes, and utilities that will later be used throughout the SaaS blades.

Writing unit testing for each blade and it's components.

Ensuring that each component localized for all languages supported by Microsoft, as well as accessible compliant.

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Software Developer Engineer - (Contractor)

Worked in Azure's initial migration from KnockoutJS framework to the more modern React Framework.

Worked on the testing of multiple services the Azure Compute, Service Fabric, and Containers during Azure IaaS migration from their own internal tooling to MochaJS and PortalFx as Azure transitions from KnockoutJS to ReactJS.

Contributed to Azure PortalFx, a library used for testing blades, controllers, and components at Azure

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05

Software Developer Internship

Contributed to the development of Quoted, a social media application for families.

The app was an MVP by the Chicago based consultant firm and it utilized React Native and Redux as a frontend technology and Ruby on Rails for its backend

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06

Web and Graphics Designer

@ Freelancer

Work in a myriad of areas regarding visual design. On the web, I worked creating HTML/CSS and JavaScript websites. Setting up, theming, and managing Wordpress sites.

In print, I worked creating anything from business cards to event posters, as well as merchandise such as T-Shirts and Leggings

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SHIPS.

PaperKoi

This is a project I'm currently working on for firms that need a cleaner way to request, collect, and keep client documents organized.

It is meant for teams like bookkeepers, tax professionals, and other admin-heavy firms that are tired of chasing files across emails, follow-ups, and random links.

The goal is to give clients a simple place to upload what is needed, while giving the firm a better way to keep requests clear, track what is missing, and find documents later.

Easy Civics

This is a project I’m creating for my family to help them review the questions commonly found on the U.S. citizenship exam.

It gives the user 10 of the 100 official questions in a multiple choice format, then shows results and review screens so they can see what they missed and keep practicing without the whole thing feeling like a giant study packet.

Matching game

This is a simple matching game that I made for my 4 year old son. He really enjoys playing it

It is built with Vite's React, TypeScript, and TailwindCSS. It is hosted on Vercel.

Game of Life

An interpretation of the classic game of life, built with good old React, TypeScript, and TailwindCSS. It is hosted on Vercel.

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