Richard Pastenes

Sr. Front End Developer

  • p.503-360-8735
  • e.richard@pastenes.com
  • w.richard.pastenes.dev

Summary

I am an experienced front-end web developer with over a decade of experience. A born problem-solver, I have honed my troubleshooting skills and I’m passionate about learning and keeping up with dev related concepts and technologies. I highly respect and appreciate great design and there is nothing more rewarding to me than developing beautiful and functional web apps. I’m seeking to bring these strengths to a team developing cutting-edge web applications.

Interests

  • Digital & Film Photography
  • Outdoors & nature
  • Rally racing
  • Drone videography

Education

  • AAS in Web Design and Development

    2013

    Portland Community College

  • Bachelors in Electronic Engineering

    2003

    Technologic University of Chile

Experience

  • Senior Technologist

    April, 2022 - November, 2022
    Matter Supply Co.
    • Implemented web apps using modern technologies such as React, Next.js, GraphQl, Shopify Hydrogen, TypeScript
    • Provided maintenance for existing client's modern web apps
    • Took part on presenting and selecting the new API first CMS of choice for the agency (Sanity.io)
    • Worked efficiently with a large team of PMs, Strategists & Technical Architectures, providing implementation estimates and maintaining fluid communication with the main goal of delivering a quality web application to the client within deadlines

  • Senior Software Developer

    February, 2020 - April, 2022
    ThinkShout
    • Implemented heavily customized Drupal and WordPress sites
    • Introduced the concept of headless WordPress sites to the agency
    • Built & deployed the agency’s first Headless WordPress site with WPGraphQL, ACF, Gatsby/React & Gatsby Cloud
    • Provided code reviews to peers, insight on new Front-End related technologies to adopt
    • Collaborated on all React related projects, providing insight, code/code reviews, and implementing API’s
    • Worked on new site implementations as well as maintaining existing projects

  • Lead Web Developer

    July, 2015 - February, 2020
    Intuitive Digital
    • Implemented headless WordPress sites using the WordPress REST API & Gatsby.js
    • Built several custom WordPress sites for local businesses
    • Collaborated with third-party web designers
    • Worked with Account and Project Mangers to estimate development timelines, while collaborating with the SEO and PPC teams to ensure a seamless user experience
    • Analyzing code and configurations for bugs and inefficiencies
    • Managing and providing training to junior developers
    • Revamped agency-wide task management system and internal wiki
    • Improved client's sites maintenance processes and systems
    • Purchased and re-vamped web team’s staging hosting provider
    • Interfaced with clients to provide maintenance support

  • Web Developer

    June, 2014 - August, 2015
    Nia
    • Implemented custom WordPress sites
    • Added full responsiveness to existing legacy Drupal 6 company site
    • Collaborated with Sr. Developer on existing Drupal site

  • Junior Web Developer

    July, 2013 - March, 2014
    Spot Color Marketing
    • Developed custom WordPress sites
    • Collaborated with in-house web designer
    • Revamped agency client hosting services

Skills

  • AWS
  • Alpine.js
  • CSS Grid/Flexbox
  • Contentful
  • ES6
  • Figma
  • Framer Motion
  • Gatsby.js
  • Git
  • Git Flow
  • Github
  • GraphQL
  • JavaScript
  • Netlify
  • Node.js
  • PHP
  • REST API
  • React.js
  • Redis
  • SEO
  • Sanity.io
  • Shopify Hydrogen
  • Storybook
  • Styled Components
  • TailwindCSS
  • Team Management
  • Timber
  • TypeScript
  • Vercel
  • WordPress