Summary
Mario Blanco is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in Austin with over 20 years of hands-on experience designing and prototyping complex web UIs and UX-driven applications. He specializes in front-end architecture, having led end-to-end UI efforts for enterprise customers like The Home Depot and ConocoPhillips while mentoring cross-functional and geographically distributed teams. Comfortable across the stack, he has contributed to REST APIs and microservices and blends modern React/TypeScript toolchains with legacy frameworks from his enterprise background. A collaborative leader and coach, he translates business requirements into pragmatic prototypes, wireframes, and production-ready interfaces. Bilingual in English and Spanish, he’s known for improving team communication and developer skills through hands-on mentorship and continuous refactoring. An understated strength is his ability to bridge design and engineering—turning sketches and user feedback into maintainable, well-tested front-end systems.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Information Technology at Iowa State University - College of Business
Spanish, English