Marcelo Portugal
Lead Software Engineer at UKG
Milford, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMarcelo Portugal is a Lead Software Engineer with over five years of hands-on experience building accessible, internationalized web UIs using HTML, CSS, TypeScript, and Angular in Agile environments. At UKG he advances features from designs to delivery while mentoring teams and driving sprint cadence, drawing on a long tenure that began in front-end and UX roles at Kronos. He contributes to open-source UI tooling—improving accessibility, keyboard handling, and translations for the popular angular-ui/ui-grid—showing a practical focus on inclusive, global user experiences. Based in Milford, MA, Marcelo pairs strong problem-solving and leadership skills with a knack for spotting UI patterns and standardizing them into maintainable theming and component strategies.
5 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Millis High SchoolLaffayete High SchoolUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstColegio Apoio
Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
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Github Skills (7)
accessibility10
javascript10
ui-design10
angular10
internationalization9
angular-ui-grid6
angularjs6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
angular-ui/ui-grid
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
UI Grid: an Angular Data Grid
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 35 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Marcelo primarily contributed to improving the accessibility and user interface of the UI Grid component. They fixed bugs related to the select all checkbox and grid menus to ensure proper screen reader announcements and keyboard handling. The user also added and updated translations for various languages, specifically focusing on the user-facing text within the grid. These changes improved the user experience and internationalization of the data grid.
data-gridgrid-layoutui-gridjavascriptangular
angular-ui/bower-ui-grid
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:9 commits in 2 years
bowerbower-packagegridui-grid
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