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Jesús Olivares

Full-Stack Developer · React & React Native

10 years building web and mobile products — from Laravel, Vue and jQuery to React, React Native, Next.js and NestJS.

Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela · Remote (GMT-4)

  • 10 years of experience
  • Spanish native · English B2
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Stack evolution · 2016 to 2026

  1. 2016 to 2017PHP · Laravel · jQuery
  2. 2017 to 2019Vue & AngularJS
  3. 2019 to 2023React & React Native
  4. 2023 to NowNowFull-stack · Next.js / NestJS

01 — About

Product-minded engineer, ten years in.

Software developer with 10 years of experience across web and mobile. Started full-stack with PHP, Laravel, Vue and jQuery, specialized in React and React Native, and now ships full-stack products with Next.js, NestJS and AI-assisted workflows. Strong UI/UX background: able to design, build and deploy a product end to end.

Years of experience
10+
Companies
9
Live products
5
Certifications
25

02 — Experience

Ten years, four eras.

Nine roles, from PHP and jQuery to full-stack TypeScript. Newest first.

  1. Era 04 · 2023 to Now

    Full-stack · Next.js / NestJS

    1. Present

      Remote

      Boxia

      Frontend Developer

      • Maintain and expand product features with minimal design guidelines.
      • Use a UI/UX background to solve responsive design problems independently.
      • React
      • TypeScript
      • TailwindCSS

  2. Era 03 · 2019 to 2023

    React & React Native

    1. 2022

      Labarra360

      Frontend Developer

      • Built a back-office application.
      • React

    2. Frontend Developer

      • Built a platform to manage SEO texts for an e-commerce platform.
      • React

    3. 2021 · 5 mos

      Mercately

      Frontend Developer

      • Built the front end of a messaging hub that centralizes MercadoLibre, Instagram and WhatsApp chats.
      • Maintained and added features to the React Native app for Android and iOS.
      • Used Redux extensively for state management.
      • React
      • React Native
      • Redux
      • Bootstrap

    4. 2020 · 2 mos

      API Trips

      Node.js Developer

      • Built a REST API and designed the MySQL database.
      • Implemented the authentication flow with Passport.js.
      • Node.js
      • Express
      • MySQL
      • Passport.js

  3. Era 02 · 2017 to 2019

    Vue & AngularJS

    1. 2018 — 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Remote

      Yotalis

      Software Architect (Laravel · React · Vue)

      • Full-stack developer, team lead, UI designer and product manager.
      • Designed an e-commerce platform's UI/UX in Adobe XD and built it with Laravel, Vue and React.
      • Introduced end-to-end testing with Cypress.
      • Laravel
      • Vue.js
      • React
      • Sass
      • MySQL
      • Adobe XD
      • Cypress

    2. 2018 · 5 mos

      AthenaUp / AthenaCryptoBank

      Full-Stack Developer

      • Built a single-page application with AngularJS, PHP and MySQL.
      • Built the landing page with HTML, CSS and jQuery.
      • AngularJS
      • PHP
      • MySQL
      • Bootstrap
      • jQuery

  4. Era 01 · 2016 to 2017

    PHP · Laravel · jQuery

    1. 2017 — 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas (Venezuela)

      Full-Stack Developer & Laravel Trainer

      • Built a call-center system with PHP, jQuery, Bootstrap, mPDF and PostgreSQL.
      • Built an asset-loan management system with PHP, PostgreSQL and JasperReports.
      • Trained developers in Laravel and maintained internal systems.
      • PHP
      • Laravel
      • jQuery
      • Bootstrap
      • PostgreSQL
      • JasperReports

    2. 2016 — 2017 · 1 yr

      Full-Stack Developer

      • Developed and maintained web applications with PHP, Bootstrap, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery.
      • PHP
      • JavaScript
      • jQuery
      • Bootstrap
      • CSS

03 — Projects

Live products you can try.

Five products in production. Visit them live.

  • Caribito

    Founder · full-stack developer

    Details

    Venezuelan tourism marketplace that connects trip operators with travelers.

    • Next.js
    • NestJS
    • PostgreSQL
    • TanStack Query
    • Playwright
    Visit site

  • TuTrainer

    Founder · full-stack developer

    Details

    App for personal trainers to track every client's progress.

    • Next.js
    • NestJS
    • TypeScript
    Visit site

  • Daniela Cucine

    danielacucine.com

    Details

    Showcase site for a family carpentry business, with catalog, blog and a 3D design service.

    • Next.js
    • Prisma
    • PostgreSQL
    Visit site

  • Zivave

    zivave.com

    Details

    Luxury e-commerce store with bank-transfer payments, an admin panel and a blog.

    • Next.js
    • Prisma
    • PostgreSQL
    • Better Auth
    Visit site

  • More on GitHub

    Libraries, experiments and code samples from ten years of shipping.

    Open GitHub

04 — Skills

Tools I reach for.

Grouped by where they live in the stack. No percentage bars, just what I use in production.

  • Frontend

    13 tools

    • React
    • Next.js
    • Redux / Redux Toolkit
    • React Query
    • Context API
    • Vue.js
    • Nuxt
    • Quasar
    • AngularJS
    • TailwindCSS
    • Sass
    • Bootstrap
    • Three.js / React Three Fiber

  • Mobile

    01 tools

    • React Native

  • Backend

    07 tools

    • Node.js
    • NestJS
    • Express
    • PHP
    • Laravel
    • REST APIs
    • OAuth / Passport.js

  • Databases

    04 tools

    • PostgreSQL
    • MySQL
    • MongoDB
    • Redis

  • Languages

    04 tools

    • TypeScript
    • JavaScript (ES6+)
    • PHP
    • SQL

  • Testing

    03 tools

    • Jest
    • React Testing Library
    • Cypress

  • Tools

    06 tools

    • Git
    • Webpack
    • Vercel
    • Claude Code
    • Pencil.dev
    • Adobe XD

  • Practices

    05 tools

    • UI/UX design
    • Agile
    • SOLID
    • Software architecture
    • Microfrontends (learning)

05 — Education & certifications

Always learning.

A systems engineering degree, plus 25 courses and certifications since 2016.

Degree · 2018

Systems Engineer

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional (UNEFA)

Languages

  • SpanishNativeC2
  • EnglishUpper intermediateB2

  • ZentaGroup

    English B2 certification

  • Platzi

    Frontend Architecture career

  • Platzi

    Vue.js career

  • Platzi

    Backend Development with PHP career

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