Riccardo Polacci
Senior Frontend Engineer at Slack
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRiccardo Polacci is a Senior Frontend Engineer with nine years of experience building user-focused web applications using React, Vue, Angular and TypeScript, currently shaping UI at Slack. He has a strong track record of modernizing legacy frontends—leading migrations from Backbone to React/Vue—and reducing technical debt while mentoring teams as a tech lead. A pragmatic full-stack freelancer as well, he’s built CMS and ERP systems from scratch and managed end-to-end delivery, server administration and client relationships. Riccardo is passionate about UX and performance, regularly sharing best practices and organizing internal learning events to raise frontend standards. Based in Old Toronto but open to roles in the US, he combines hands-on coding with people-focused leadership and a habit of building personal projects to explore new technologies. An unusual detail: he pairs frontend craftsmanship with multilingual content and SEO experience from earlier roles, giving him an edge in product-facing web work.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Hardware Technical, Computer Hardware Technology/Technician, Hardware Technical, Computer Hardware Technology/Technician at Instituto Europeo de Estudios EmpresarialesCisco CNA 1, Computer Science, Cisco CNA 1, Computer Science at Cisco CollegeSuperior Web Development Course, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Superior Web Development Course, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at Escuela Arte GranadaWeb Design Course, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Web Design Course, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at Deusto Formación
Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, French, norse, old
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Github Skills (64)
javascript10
npm10
bootstrap10
permission10
typescript10
nodejs10
angular10
ngfor9
angular-component9
ajax9
jquery9
event-handling9
css9
sass9
npm-install9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SrAxi/node-todo-api
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:31 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
SrAxi/kata-exercises
Jan 2019 - Aug 2022
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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