Experienced (6 years+) software engineer, currently working at Emprego Ligado.
User Interface specialist with a broad interest in everything innovative in old, new, cross & emerging media. Has experience on different scales sizes of projects and is always looking for a good balance between commercial and social relevancy.
I’ve learned that the only constant in the interactive world is evolution, and I respond by doing the same. I am a creative technologist with a concentration in development(with no language limitations), a t-shaped skill set and a voracious appetite for learning.
I've spoken at several conferences such as QCon, talking about FrontEnd(Foundation, Bourbon), Javascript(ES6, Angular, Design Patterns), Accessibility(WAI-Aria) and Career.
Working on big brands such as: Rede Record, R7, BAND, Embraer, Ambev, Canção Nova, Arquidiocese do Rio de Janeiro, Pricez, PROSHOCK and many small others.
Specialties: Get it done, Exotic Front-end Techniques, Large Scale Applications, Software Engineering, User Experience, Usability, Accessibility.
Senior Software Engineer @ From November 2014 to Present (1 year) Vila Madalena, São PauloUser Interface Developer @ R7 is one of the most visited portal in South America, with unique 50MM visitors.
Most of my time I've worked with Backbone.js and Ruby on Rails on a new platform developed from scratch, creating multiples reusable components and tools focusing on quality and performance, I'm also have worked with lots of development streams like NodeJS, Python and Scala.
It was a pleasure to work hard to make it grow 40% in just one year with the new CMS and website. From July 2013 to November 2014 (1 year 5 months) Barra Funda, São PauloUser Interface Developer @ Predominantly front-end developer, developing and planning a structure to a large-scale environment for complex web applications using html5/css3 and javascript. The target audience called for every application to be fast, straight-forward, and user-friendly. All demands were fulfilled while adhering to current web standards which ensured accessibility and cross-browser support.
Also, I've been Gauge's consultant for Embraer
Developed a variety of application libraries and plug-ins in order to ease the future development of interactive applications.
Keywords: html5, wai-aria, schema.org, css3, stylus, javascript, jquery, coffeescript, java, freemarker, large-scale ui development, oop, json, ajax, webservices, social networks, git, svn. From May 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 3 months) São José dos Campos, São PauloUI/UX Consultant @ As a consultant for Embraer, one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world, maintaining a large-scale web application that handles fleet data analysis. I've provided support for already existing applications expanding capabilities to benefit the end-professional. In process, revitalized such applications with modern technologies. All development have to increase interactivity, functionality, and user-friendliness. From June 2012 to June 2013 (1 year 1 month) São José dos Campos, São PauloUser Interface Developer @ Client side web user interface development technologies including html5/xhtml, css/css3 javascript(jquery), coding within a web template system and application framework including a working knowledge of each layer's uniqueness and the interaction between them. Working with the knowledge of cross-browser/cross-platform compatibility including knowledge of and ability to solve common associated issues as well as investigate and troubleshoot complex inconsistencies. From November 2011 to April 2012 (6 months) São José dos CamposUser Interface Developer @ Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue. Developing brand strategy and statistics systems, strategic consulting with the management team, including business plan & sales strategy. From June 2011 to November 2011 (6 months) São José dos Campos, São PauloInternship @ Creative technologist. Specializing in front-end and back-end development using xhtml, css, javascript(jQuery), php(code igniter), asp.net and a whole slew of others. From July 2010 to December 2010 (6 months) São José dos Campos, São Paulo
Systems Development & Analysis @ Brazilian Institute of Advanced Technology From 2010 to 2013 Information Technology @ ETEC de São José dos Campos From 2008 to 2009 Guilherme Pontes is skilled in: jQuery, JavaScript, HTML 5, Front-end, User Experience, CSS3, Responsive WebDesign, CSS, Accessibility, Usability, Interaction Design, Git, Web Applications, JSON, Large Scale Javascript..., Node.js, Vim, PHP, Coffeescript, SASS, Stylus, User Interface, WAI-ARIA, Express, Shell, Linux, Backbone.js, Grunt, Command Line, AngularJS, Gulp, MV* Frameworks, Ruby, Ruby on Rails
Websites:
http://empregoligado.com.br,
https://github.com/guilhermepontes