Diego Abizaid
Verified Expert in Engineering
Front-end Developer
Diego is a front-end developer who creates beautiful, fast, and intuitive applications. At American Express, he built React and JavaScript components containing the latest accessibility and cross-browser compatibility. At IBM, he developed front-end components used by dozens of millions of pages within IBM. He enjoys positively impacting people's lives with his work. This is why he loves perfecting every line of code he writes, whether making a tool for a client or fixing bugs.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
React, JavaScript, Next.js, CSS, TypeScript, Figma, GitHub, Tailwind CSS, MacOS, Windows
The most amazing...
...tool I've created was the front-end of a stock market analytics tool called CrowTrends used worldwide.
Work Experience
Front-end Developer
American Express
- Maintained the company-wide design system library, currently used by hundreds of developers to create external and internal experiences for the enterprise.
- Built React and JavaScript reusable components containing the latest accessibility and cross-browser compatibility standards with a focus on composability and performance.
- Collaborated with various teams and early adopters to provide support, reduce friction to adopt the library, and improve the ease of use for developers using the codebase.
Lead Front-end Developer
IBM
- Developed key pages and components of a marketing campaign automation tool using the React library.
- Collaborated with the project architect to provided front-end guidance on codebase structure and implementation.
- Built and maintained a CMS-like web application using React that handles the creation and maintenance of all registration forms for IBM products.
- Developed various front-end components for the IBM design framework used by dozens of millions of pages within IBM, including all the marketing sites and IBM.com.
Experience
CrowTrends
I built and designed the front-end portion of the site from the ground up by creating a custom-made design system. CrowTrends is mobile optimized, accessible, and features an intuitive and elegant design with user experience at its core.
DiegoAbizaid.com
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, Pug
Frameworks
Tailwind CSS, Redux, Next.js, React Native
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, D3.js, Carbon, Emotion Library
Tools
GitHub, Google Analytics, Figma, Gulp
Other
Design Systems, Metadata, Accessibility, Mobile Web, Front-end, Computer Science, A11Y, Google SEO, User Authentication, Responsive UI, SVG Animation, CSS3 Animation
Platforms
MacOS, Windows
Storage
MongoDB
Paradigms
UI Design
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida, USA
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