Summary
Gerson De La Cruz is a Full Stack Engineer with five years’ experience building performant web applications using React, TypeScript, Python and Django REST Framework. He combines front-end craftsmanship—SCSS-driven responsive UIs and performance tuning—with back-end skills in API design, PostgreSQL and scalable deployments on Heroku and AWS. Having worked across education and travel-tech teams, he’s comfortable translating UX designs into production-ready features and maintaining high code quality through testing and reviews. Gerson’s background in languages and business management complements his technical work, helping him communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders. A maker since childhood, he brings a hands-on, problem-solving mindset to delivering user-focused solutions. Based in Barry, Wales, he prefers VS Code and pragmatic tooling to ship clean, maintainable systems.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA/BSc (Honours) Languages and Business management Languages and Business management, BA/BSc (Honours) Languages and Business management Languages and Business management at The Open University
Full Stack developer, Full Stack developer at Code Institute