Luis Salazar
Senior Software Engineer Full Stack at PetSmart
Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Summary
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Top SchoolLuis Salazar is a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in modern front-end architectures using TypeScript, React/Next.js and TDD practices. He has a proven track record migrating legacy React and class-based codebases to component-driven, TypeScript-first stacks at companies like Shutterfly and ISSA, and now drives full-stack efforts at PetSmart migrating to a monolithic microservices Next.js architecture. Comfortable across Angular and React ecosystems, he has delivered measurable UX and performance gains—such as 30% app speed improvements and streamlined HR and refund tools that boosted team efficiency. An active contributor to dotCMS, he focuses on UI/UX polish and styling improvements in an enterprise headless CMS, revealing a keen eye for detail beyond core functionality. Based in Heredia, Costa Rica, he combines consulting experience with product-focused delivery and a knack for turning legacy systems into maintainable, testable platforms.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachillerato Ingeniería informática, Bachillerato Ingeniería informática at Universidad Hispanoamericana (CR)Desarrollador web tecnico superior, Desarrollador web tecnico superior at Universidad Creativa
Spanish, English
Github Skills (7)
css10
content-management-system10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
content-management10
javascript9
html9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dotCMS/core
Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
Headless/Hybrid Content Management System for Enterprises
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 22 PRs, 11 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Luis primarily worked on front-end development tasks within the dotCMS core repository, focusing on styling and UI improvements. Their commits include creating and updating CSS styles, specifically for required fields, and adding icons. The user also made changes to the codebase related to the import preview functionality, further indicating involvement in the UI/UX of the content management system. Additionally, the user was responsible for implementing UI features like a new container selector and styling the confirmation dialog.
cmsmanagement-systemdotcmsphpdxp
luisrojascr/luisrojascr.github.io
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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