Clifford Fajardo is a frontend-focused full‑stack engineer with 11 years of experience building high‑traffic web experiences and internal platforms from San Francisco. He’s led tech and product engineering for LinkedIn’s DC Network Engineering unified web UI, pioneered production Node.js stacks for internal services, and modernized web infra while preserving flagship product standards. Comfortable across React, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, Python, GRPC and Kubernetes, Clifford bridges frontend UX work with backend API and platform foundations like SSO libraries and build pipeline integrations. He’s a pragmatic technical leader who builds developer communities, speaks at conferences, and has a track record of turning internal tools into company-wide infrastructure. Notably, his career path blends a sociology BA with rigorous software training (Hack Reactor) and early mentorship through Year Up, reflecting both technical depth and a commitment to mentorship and accessibility.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Sociology, Bachelor of Arts - BA Sociology at University of California, Berkeley
Computer Science, Computer Science at Bradfield School of Computer Science
James Logan High School
Year Up United
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
Associate of Arts & Behavioral Science, Associate of Arts & Behavioral Science at City College of San Francisco
Contributions:55 commits, 1 PR, 47 pushes in 4 years 2 months
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