Summary
Ricardo Kojo is a Frontend Software Engineer with eight years of experience building performant, accessible web interfaces using Angular, React, Svelte, Vue and TypeScript. He has driven architecture and partial-hydration efforts at Elo7 and now contributes to product-facing experiences at Wellhub, blending modern frameworks like Astro/Svelte with Fastify on responsive, SEO-aware pages. A USP computer science graduate and former president of USPCodeLab, he pairs formal training with grassroots leadership—organizing hackathons, tech talks and hands-on developer education. He emphasizes accessibility, progressive enhancement and pragmatic progressive hydration to deliver fast, resilient UIs. Fluent in English and native in Portuguese, he also brings a curiosity for languages and cultures (basic Japanese) that surfaces in collaborative, cross-cultural teams. Notably, he mentors peers and participates actively in sprint planning and pair/mob programming, helping uplift team practices beyond individual contributions.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Computer Science, Bachelors, Computer Science at University of São Paulo
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo
Portuguese, English, Japanese