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Álvaro Silva

@lvarosilva

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Senior front-end engineer specializing in React-driven product delivery.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I seek a collaborative, agile team role where I can lead React-driven product delivery, mentor engineers, and work on challenging front-end and full-stack features with opportunities for growth.

I am a senior front-end engineer with over ten years building and maintaining enterprise-level web applications, specializing in React and Redux while also contributing across full stacks using Python/Django, Java and Node. I have a proven track record delivering reusable component libraries, improving existing products, mentoring teams, and integrating front-end solutions into large retail and financial systems.

I excel in agile teams, translating designs into production-quality features, diagnosing and resolving technical issues, and driving refactors and infrastructure improvements. I value collaboration, test-driven development (Jest/Enzyme), and continuous learning, and I regularly leverage automation and AI to speed delivery so teams can focus on higher-impact problems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Lumen5

Jul 2020 - Aug 2025 (5 years 1 month)

Led feature development and stability improvements for a React/Redux video-creation web app, integrated Python/Django backend features, and introduced tested reusable components to accelerate delivery and reliability.

React Redux Python Django Jest Storybook

Front End Developer

Natterbox

Apr 2019 - Jul 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Improved a Salesforce-embedded telephony app using React/Redux, acted as SME for front-end best practices, built reusable tested components, and extended the project to a React Native standalone version.

React Redux React Native Jest Enzyme Salesforce

Front End Developer

Digitalist Group Plc

Oct 2018 - Feb 2019 (4 months)

Developed a modular, white-label internal reservations system in React/Redux, delivered the first release on time, and collaborated with UI/UX and back-end teams on MVP timelines and code reviews.

React Redux JavaScript Modular Systems Collaboration Code Review

Front End Developer

Kingfisher Plc

May 2017 - Sep 2018 (1 year 4 months)

Delivered proofs-of-concept and rebuilt Angular features as reusable React modules for retailer websites, drove component reusability, and mentored the team on React best practices.

Angular React PoC Development Mentoring JavaScript HTML CSS

Fullstack Developer

Lloyds Banking Group

Jul 2013 - Apr 2017 (3 years 9 months)

Built internal tooling and dashboards using Java, Spring MVC, Hibernate and JavaScript; migrated legacy apps to React, maintained Jenkins jobs, and mentored new hires to improve team productivity and front-end capabilities.

Java Spring MVC Hibernate JavaScript React Jenkins