Summary
Edgar Muentes is a senior front-end engineer with 11+ years of experience building and leading web teams, currently driving Lounge Services at American Express (formerly LoungeBuddy). He combines hands-on React, Node, JavaScript, CSS and HTML expertise with production practices like Jenkins and Git to deliver customer-facing, responsive experiences at scale. Edgar’s background spans higher education web management, agency and freelance work for magazines and Fortune 500 clients, and full-stack roles at Priceline and Havas, giving him fluency across project sizes and sectors. He mentors and organizes volunteer technical education through Code Nation, where he also coordinates class logistics and volunteer recruitment. Known for pragmatic estimation, delegation, and aligning teams to strengths, he balances delivery leadership with continued hands-on coding and frameworking. Based in San Francisco, he also runs his own software consultancy, reflecting sustained entrepreneurial drive alongside enterprise engineering.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts (A.A.) Graphic Design, Associate of Arts (A.A.) Graphic Design at Cedar Valley College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Sociology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Sociology at University of North Texas
Spanish