Victor Parra is a seasoned technology leader and Practice Director with nearly three decades of software development experience and nine years in senior leadership roles, based in Guadalajara, Mexico. He excels at translating complex business requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions and has led multimillion-euro budgets and teams across IT, infrastructure, ERP and enterprise software. Hands-on in front-end payments work, he has contributed to BigCommerce open-source projects improving checkout UX and integrating gateways like Adyen, Stripe and Google Pay—an unusual blend of executive oversight and concrete front-end craftsmanship. Victor mentors technical leads in Agile and SDLC best practices and is fanatical about quality, usability and security, consistently delivering mission-critical systems. His background in applied computer science and long track record across global firms give him both strategic vision and day-to-day engineering credibility.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineer, Software Development, Computer Engineer, Software Development at Universidad de Guadalajara
Applied Computer Science Masters, Software Engineering & Quality, Applied Computer Science Masters, Software Engineering & Quality at ITESO Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara
Contributions:69 reviews, 15 commits, 6 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Victor primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the `checkout-js` repository, an optimized one-page checkout system. Their work involved implementing and modifying payment methods, specifically integrating and supporting various payment gateways like Adyen V2, StripeV3, and Google Pay. They added features like secured fields and custom rendering for payment forms. Additionally, the user also made changes to the UI for Bancontact and Alipay, demonstrating a focus on improving the payment user experience.
Contributions:140 reviews, 35 commits, 52 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Victor primarily contributed to the development of the checkout user interface within the BigCommerce Checkout JavaScript SDK. Their work involved implementing and modifying payment-related UI components, specifically focusing on integrating payment methods like Masterpass and GooglePay. The user also addressed issues related to currency and rounding in payment processing, as well as adding new payment methods like iDEAL and SEPA through Adyen integration. The commits demonstrate a focus on improving the user experience and expanding payment options within the checkout flow.
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