Valentin Cassarino, Front-end Engineer
Economist turned engineer based in Argentina, driven by a passion for creating beautiful and engaging web experiences, always striving to produce the highest quality code while designing intuitive interfaces.
Limited availability
Casa de Gobierno, Argentina
A bit about myself
Hi there. As I mentioned before, I'm an economist turned engineer. I started studying economics back in 2020, but, 3 years after starting the degree, I realized that my passion was in the tech field. I learned almost all I know about programming by myself, and I've been working really hard to get to where I am today.
About me personally? I'm really into the world of product design and tech trends, and I love a good chat about anything tech. When I'm working on a project, I'm all in, aiming to make things as great as they can be for the people using them.
Experience
Front-end Engineer @ Yakoa
Apr 2023 - now
At Yakoa, we aim to build the best IP protection platform for the blockchain. Some noteworthy aspects about my work are:
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Got experience working solo for the first months and mentoring interns onwards.
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Built the MVPs for our two apps, using NextJS
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Built the second iterations of our apps, using plain React this time.
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Worked with multiple data fetching libraries, such as react-query, urql and Relay.
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Got familiarized with web3 terms and how the blockchain works.
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Wrote the full test suite for both of our applications, using Playwright.
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Built the company's own design system.
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Participated in the product design/development from its inception to its release.
Front-end Engineer @ Selehann
Mar 2022 - Apr 2023
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First experience working on the agency field.
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Worked with many tools: React, NextJS, Typescript, Docker, AWS, Azure.
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Participated in multiple projects, some of them worth mentioning are: a CMS for a US government-related project, a no-code tool for training AI models and an NFT-related project.
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Got experience working with large teams. We were approximately 400 people working on the same thing, so collaboration between teams was the key.
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Led a team of 10 other front-end engineers.
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Designed a product from scratch and discovered my passion for building great user experiences.
Full-stack Engineer @ Freelance
May 2021 - Mar 2022
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Got the sense of how it is to work on the IT field.
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Mostly built websites for local companies.