Summary
Sonia Vivas is a Software Engineer I based in Madrid who transitioned from a prolific career in stage lighting and audiovisual production to front-end and full-stack development. With experience at Amazon, INECO and now Elastic, she brings a year of professional software experience layered on top of rigorous training in JavaScript, front-end development and software quality. Her background as a lighting designer and touring technical lead gives her exceptional instincts for user-focused design, rapid prototyping and coordinating complex, time-sensitive productions. Comfortable working across the stack, she combines creative problem solving from the arts with engineering discipline learned through immersive programs like Adalab and FICTIZIA. Fluent in English and steeped in cultural and technical education, she’s the kind of developer who designs elegant interfaces with a director’s attention to staging and detail.
1 year of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced JavaScript for developers, Advanced JavaScript for developers at FICTIZIA
Audiovisual Communication, Audiovisual Communication at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Stage Lighting Technician, Stage Lighting Technician at Centro de Tecnología del Espectáculo
Master's degree in Cultural Management, Master's degree in Cultural Management at Universidad de Alcalá
Intensive General English Course (Level C1), Intensive General English Course (Level C1) at Atlantic Centre of Education
Advanced University Course Software quality: design architecture testing and XP., Advanced University Course Software quality: design architecture testing and XP. at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Front-end developer Web application development, Front-end developer Web application development at Adalab