Summary
Rener Baffa is a Senior Frontend Engineer with 11 years of software experience and over seven years specializing in UI/UX and React-driven frontends, currently building at Shopify from Berlin. He combines a Master’s in Computer Science focused on HCI with hands-on leadership—having led frontend teams, introduced TypeScript, created a shared UI component library, and driven shifts toward microfrontends and Self Contained Services. Passionate about developer experience, testing, and CI/CD, he mentors through pair programming and knowledge sharing to raise team delivery quality. His research background in wearable, inclusive technologies and human emotions gives him a unique sensitivity to user-centered design that informs pragmatic architecture decisions. Outside work he blends curiosity and creativity—enjoying philosophy, dogs and craft beers—while continuously improving DevOps and TypeScript skills.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Gestão de Pequenas Empresas, Public Administration, Gestão de Pequenas Empresas, Public Administration at Universidade de São Paulo / USP
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo
Portuguese, English