Summary
RJ Varona is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable web applications and features used by millions of users. Currently at Lyft after several impactful roles at Intuit, he led migration work for QuickBooks invoicing that touched hundreds of thousands of companies and contributed to products handling millions of invoices monthly. His full-stack toolkit includes React, TypeScript, Node.js, .NET, Java, testing frameworks like Playwright and Jest, and CI/CD design, and he’s known for unblocking teams through pair programming, clear documentation, and thoughtful code reviews. Comfortable collaborating across time zones, he has shipped customer-facing features that drove adoption and gathered hundreds of thousands of feedback responses to inform product decisions. Based in Old Toronto, RJ blends a methodical engineering approach with a creative side—he’s also an avid cook who experiments with desserts, bringing the same curiosity and attention to detail to both code and the kitchen.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Southern Adventist University