Summary
Leonardo Galante is a Founding Engineer with a decade of experience building frontend-first products across startups and scale-stage companies from Buenos Aires. He has led and shipped complex web and mobile interfaces at companies like Phantom, Friktion Labs, and Mercado Libre, progressing from React Native developer to frontend tech lead and senior engineer roles. Currently helping shape Elmnt as an early engineer, he combines hands-on implementation with product-facing responsibilities common to startup founding teams. Trained in systems engineering at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional and certified in full-stack web development via freeCodeCamp, he blends formal engineering discipline with pragmatic, modern JavaScript practices. Colleagues value his ability to move quickly from prototyping to production while maintaining UI reliability and developer ergonomics. Outside work he maintains a public site with his projects and thinking, signaling a habit of documenting and sharing technical learnings.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
Ingeniería Ingeniería en Sistemas de Información, Ingeniería Ingeniería en Sistemas de Información at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Spanish, English, Portuguese