Luciano Hillcoat

• Contributing to the development and enhancement of our client's learner platform, a solution for training employees through video-based lessons, by resolving issues, implementing new features, and ensuring effective and engaging learning experiences
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality user interfaces and exceptional user experiences
• Writing and maintaining unit tests using Jest to ensure robust and reliable functionality
• Implementing best practices for front-end development, including performance optimization and accessibility
• Contributing to the development of reusable components and design systems to streamline development and ensure consistency
• Participating in code reviews and providing constructive feedback to team members
• Staying up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in front-end technologies to apply innovative solutions

• Developed a responsive, mobile-first, static website for Web3 Games using Astro.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript, that reached over 1 million users in 30 days
• Developed the user-interface using the Figma design alongside to ensure the best looking and friendly experience
• Optimizing performance by leveraging modern image formats (WebP, AVIF) and loading scripts and stylesheets asynchronously
• Implemented SEO best practices including meta descriptions, OpenGraph and Twitter card information, and optimal page word count
• Implemented AdSense for monetization and Google Analytics for user-behavior analysis
• Leveraging Github Actions for CI/CD

• Built a responsive web application to track employee career history, training sessions, and skills using Next.js, TypeScript, and CSS Modules.
• Worked in a Kanban-driven Agile environment, managing tasks through Azure DevOps boards.
• Translated Figma designs into high-quality, type-safe React components.
• Assisted team members in delivering polished features within deadlines.
• Integrated remote Web Components into the React application via Webpack module federation.
• Applied React Context for managing application state and utilized Vercel's SWR for data fetching.
• Used Docker containerization to enhance deployment workflows and ensure consistent environments.

• Contributed to the development and mantainence of a Single Page Application (SPA) for document management using React.js, developed for a leading client in the audit industry (Big 4).
• Worked as part of an international Agile team, communicating in English and following Kanban methodology with Azure DevOps for task management.
• Prepared detailed technical design documents and estimated user stories to streamline the development process.
• Delivered high-quality React components and modernized legacy code to align with functional component standards and best practices.
• Designed and maintained a normalized React-Redux store to ensure efficient state management.
• Leveraged Axios and custom interceptors to seamlessly handle API data from the back-end.
• Created atomic styles using the styled-components library, combined with SCSS for flexible and scalable styling.
• Used modern Web Platform APIs to enable desktop screenshot capture, allowing users to annotate and embed images into documents.
• Built a print-friendly interface for specific components to support the client's need for physical documentation.
• Guided a new team member in learning React.js and modern development practices, accelerating their integration and boosting team efficiency.

• Refactored legacy codebase for an insurance system
• Fixing front-end bugs using PHP, HTML4 and CSS
• Porting old jQuery code into efficient vanilla JavaScript

In order to understand more Unit testing in Web UI applications, Luciano took a self-paced course on React Testing Library and Jest.

• Finding elements using accesible names and roles
• When to use the different query functions
• Jest Matchers
• Mocking modules
• Solving Act errors
• Debugging tests
• Mocking network requests using MSW
• Tests around authentication
• Fixing third-party libraries to run on test environments
• Hands-on experience adding tests to an existing application

Certificate Link Certificate: https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-b8ee67fd-9812-4d35-b0e3-1c7550f8979e/

Completed an intensive 15-hour TypeScript course, covering a wide range of advanced topics including:

• Primitive, Union, and Object Types
• Tuples and Enums
• Function Types and TSC Flags
• Classes, Abstract Classes, and Inheritance
• Interfaces and Access Modifiers
• Design Patterns (e.g., Singleton)
• Modern JavaScript Features (Spread Operator, Arrow Functions)
• Decorators and Generics
• Modules and Namespaces

This in-depth study enhanced Luciano's expertise in TypeScript, contributing to their ability to write more robust and maintainable code.

Note: Luciano was known as “Luciana” at that time.

Certificate Link Certificate: https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-7cf4e6d7-e79f-46a1-8d56-c4731b0136d8/

Completed an extensive 48-hours long React course to enhance skills and stay current with best practices.

This self-guided learning effort proved instrumental upon joining Cognizant Softvision, enabling valuable contributions to a high-profile client project.

Note: Luciano was known as “Luciana” at that time.

Certificate Link Certificate: https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-b40f930d-d308-4c47-bd31-c3b98fcce89d/

Motivated to advance their database expertise, Luciano completed an in-depth SQL course, showcasing strong skills in SQL database management.

Note: Luciano was known as “Luciana” at that time.

Certificate Link Certificate: https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-42309009-1c9c-4107-acb5-a925218b7f83

Highlighting Luciano's commitment to improving their English skills, they earned the EF SET English Certificate, showcasing their advanced fluency and proficiency in both written and spoken English.

• C2 Proficient 72/100
• Proficient in both spoken and written language.
• Comprehends fast-paced speech with regional accents and a range of written texts, including complex materials.

Note: Luciano was known as “Luciana” at that time.

Certificate Link Certificate: https://www.efset.org/cert/HbTawN