Luca Bezerra
Senior Full Stack Developer at Reach Financial
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolLuca Bezerra is a Senior Full Stack Developer with 11 years of experience and a Master's background in Computer Science, currently building product-focused features at Reach Financial. He excels in Python/Django and JavaScript/TypeScript/React, with a strong track record modernizing front-end test suites and developer tooling at Shopify and contributing to high-profile projects like Shopify Polaris. Comfortable across web, mobile and game development, he pairs backend data work (complex Django migrations, APIs) with pixel-perfect UX implementation and measurable performance improvements. A natural mentor and speaker, he frequently shares knowledge through talks and internal coaching, and has a knack for catching subtle UI and copy issues. His side projects and boilerplates reveal a pragmatic approach to developer experience and testing infrastructure that consistently raises code quality.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MSc on Computer's Science, RFID Systems, MSc on Computer's Science, RFID Systems at Universidade Federal de PernambucoDegree on Systems Analyst and Developer, Computer Science, Degree on Systems Analyst and Developer, Computer Science at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco - IFPEHigh School, High School at Colégio de Aplicação da UFPE
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
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Github Skills (26)
javascript10
bootstrap10
testing10
polaris10
typescript10
system-design10
carbon-design-system10
component-library10
jestjs10
typescript-types10
bootstra10
typescripts10
react10
webpack9
webpacker9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
vintasoftware/django-react-boilerplate
Nov 2017 - Nov 2019
Django 5, React, Bootstrap 5 with Python 3 and Webpack project boilerplate
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Luca primarily focused on front-end development within this Django-React boilerplate project. They implemented a React-based example application, creating components for color changing and display. They also added unit tests using Jest and integrated ESLint for testing support, improving the project's testing infrastructure and code quality. Additionally, the user made minor adjustments to the homepage and overall component structure.
herokudjango-3pythondjangobootstrap-4
Shopify/polaris
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
Shopify’s design system to help us work together to build a great experience for all of our merchants.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 5 commits, 9 PRs in 9 days
Contributions summary:Luca's commits primarily focus on modernizing and updating tests for React components within the Shopify Polaris design system. They refactored tests for components like `ColorPicker`, `Image`, `Icon`, `Filters`, and `ResourceItem/ResourceList`, migrating to the `mountWithApp` testing utility. These updates involved adjustments to test structures, component interactions, and assertions to ensure the components' functionality and accessibility. They also made updates to testing server-side rendering.
shopifymerchantsreactvscode-extensiongreat
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