About me

Hi! I'm Albert, an experienced and passionate Full Stack JavaScript Developer, with focus on Node.js and React Native.

Previously, I developed native Android mobile apps for 6 years, participating in the development of small, medium and large apps, some used by thousands of users, built alone or with multiple engineers, on both small startups and large companies.

I hold a 5-year degree in Industrial Engineering, specialized in Electronics. In the past I’ve worked as an Electrical and Electronic Engineer. I also built an electronic product prototype with Bluetooth Low Energy with a companion iOS app.

Education

• Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree@Udacity

  2022 udacity.com/course/full-stack-web-developer-nanodegree--nd0044

  4-month course on Full Stack Web Development using Python, Flask, SQL, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, JWT, Auth0, Docker and AWS. Completed 5 projects on Full Stack and REST API development with Flask.

• React Nanodegree@Udacity

  2021 udacity.com/course/react-nanodegree--nd019

  4-month course on React, React Native, Redux and React Router.

  • React Redux project

    Uses Redux and Redux Thunk for state management, React Router and hooks. Hosted on Netlify.

  • React Native MobX project

    Uses MobX for state management and React Navigation for routing.

• Front End Web Developer Nanodegree@Udacity

  2018 udacity.com/course/front-end-web-developer-nanodegree--nd0011

  6-month course covering HTML, CSS, Responsive Web Design, JavaScript, ES6, Accessibility, React and React Router. During the course I completed 8 graded projects, including 2 projects with React.

  • JavaScript project – Memory Game

    A memory game written in plain JavaScript.

  • React project – Neighborhood Map

    A React app that displays locations using Google Maps.

  • React project – My Reads

    A simple React app that allows you to manage books. Uses a REST API.

• Android Developer Nanodegree@Udacity

  2016 udacity.com/course/android-developer-nanodegree-by-google--nd801

  12-month immersive course on Android mobile app development taught by Google Engineers. Teaches how to implement Material Design, the Gradle build system, Google Cloud Messaging, efficient background sync with Sync Adapters, store data locally with Content Providers and SQLite databases, Android Wear and Watch Faces, master-detail tablet UIs, home-screen widgets and more.

  • Android project – GitHub Trending

    An Android app that shows GitHub trending repositories. It implements a Sync Adapter that fetches data periodically and stores it into a Content Provider. It has a home-screen collection widget. It displays ads using AdMob.

  • Android project – Popular Movies

    An Android app that displays movies. Uses Dagger 2, Retrofit 2, RxJava 1 and AutoValue, among others. It caches data locally using a SQLite database and the libraries SQLBrite and SQLDelight, so that it can work fully offline.

• Industrial Engineering@ETSEIB - UPC BarcelonaTech

  2013 etseib.upc.edu

  5-year degree in Industrial Engineering, specialized in Electronics.

Experience

• React Native Developer@Bake250º

  May 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr

  Contract

  Barcelona

  bake250.com

  React Native development with TypeScript. State management with Redux, React Context and MobX. Push notifications with Firebase Cloud Messaging, iOS share extension, deep links, social login with Facebook/Google/Apple. Automated builds and publishing to Google Play and App Store with Expo Application Services (EAS).

• React Native Developer@Goo Apps

  Mar 2021 – May 2021 · 3 mos

  Contract

  Barcelona

  gooapps.net

  React Native development with Redux and TypeScript.

• Android Developer@Privalia / Veepee

  Mar 2020 – Dec 2020 · 10 mos

  Contract

  Barcelona

  veepee.fr

  Developed the home screen of the Veepee native Android app with Kotlin, Dagger 2 and RxJava 2, MVVM with ViewModel of Architecture Components and GitLab CI. API with GraphQL and Apollo Client.

• Android Developer@Gazella app

  Mar 2019 – Nov 2019 · 9 mos

  Contract

  Remote

  gazella.app

  Developed the native Android app with Kotlin, using Kotlin coroutines for concurrency, Dagger 2 for dependency injection and JUnit and Mockito for testing. Implemented Google Play billing paid subscriptions.

• Android Developer@Schibsted Spain (now Adevinta)

  Jul 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

  Contract

  Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona)

  adevinta.com/es/spain

  Worked on the Vibbo and Milanuncios Android apps, using libraries like RxJava, Dagger 2, JUnit, Mockito and Kotlin. Development done with code reviews, Continuous Integration with Travis and agile methodologies with Jira and agile coaches.

• Android Developer@Altran

  Dec 2016 – May 2017 · 6 mos

  Contract

  Barcelona

  altran.com

  Developed a native Android app for TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona) to sell tickets for the Barcelona tourist bus and other public transport services. The app works fully offline using a SQLite database and syncs with the backend in the background using a SyncAdapter. Uses Bluetooth peripherals to pay with credit card and print tickets and receipts.

• Android Developer@21 Buttons

  Feb 2016 – Jul 2016 · 6 mos

  Freelance

  Barcelona

  21buttons.com

  Developed the first version of the native Android app, together with 2 other developers. The app was downloaded more than 100k times in the first months. Raised rating from 4.0 to 4.4.

• Android Developer@Freelance (various clients)

  Mar 2015 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr

  Freelance

  Remote

  upwork.com/freelancers/~013e25706172961009

  Developed 7 native Android mobile apps (with Java) alone, and also participated in 3 projects with multiple engineers for clients from Austria, San Francisco, New York and Norway. Some apps where built with Parse.com (a Backend as a Service), which required JavaScript server-side coding. The rest of the apps where built with custom backends using REST APIs and local databases like Realm or OrmLite. Some jobs where done at the UpWork freelance platform, where I achieved the Top Rated status and a 100% job success.

• Electronic Engineer (Bluetooth Low Energy and iOS development)@CETEMMSA Technological Centre (now Eurecat)

  Mar 2013 – Jul 2013 · 5 mos

  Internship

  Mataró

  cetemmsa.com

  Final project of the Industrial Engineering degree. Designed an electronic device that communicated with an iPhone using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE, Bluetooth Smart). The project consisted of two parts: (1) Development of a native iOS app with Objective-C that connects and communicates (read/write) with the electronic device using BLE. (2) Development of an electronic device with the integrated circuit CC2540 from Texas Instruments. Designed the electronic circuit, designed the printed circuit board with Altium Designer, built a series of functional prototypes, and programmed the microcontroller CC2540 with the C language.

• Electrical Engineer a the Grid Integration Department@Alstom Wind (now General Electric)

  Jul 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 9 mos

  Internship

  Barcelona

  ge.com/renewableenergy/wind-energy

  As a team member of the Grid Integration Department, performed several studies on integration of wind turbines to the electric power grid (voltage control, frequency regulation). Conducted simulations with MATLAB/Simulink models of Doubly Feed Induction Generators and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators wind turbines.

• Electrical Engineer@CETEMMSA Technological Centre (now Eurecat)

  Jul 2008 – Sep 2008 · 3 mos

  Internship

  Mataró

  cetemmsa.com

  Developed prototypes of simple electronic products. Designed the printed circuit boards with Altium Designer, assembled the prototypes by soldering the components and programmed the PIC microcontrollers with the C language.

Courses

• Multiplatform Mobile App Development with React Native

  May 2019

  Coursera - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  Website Certificate

• MIT 6.005x Software Construction in Java

  May 2017

  edX - MITx

  Website Certificate

• Introduction to User Experience Design

  Aug 2016

  Coursera - Georgia Institute of Technology

  Website

• Introduction to Functional Programming, by Erik Meijer

  Dec 2015

  edX - DelftX

  Website Certificate

  Functional Programming course by Erik Meijer (creator of Reactive Extensions), using Haskell, and following the book 'Programming in Haskell' by Graham Hutton.

• M101JS: MongoDB for Node.js Developers

  Jul 2015

  MongoDB, Inc

  Certificate

• Introduction to TypeScript (DEV201x)

  May 2015

  edX - Microsoft

  Certificate

• Programming Cloud Services for Android Handheld Systems

  Nov 2014

  Coursera - Vanderbilt University

  Certificate

• CS169.2x: Software as a Service

  Jul 2014

  edX - BerkeleyX

  Website Certificate

• Pattern-Oriented Software Architectures: Programming Mobile Services for Android Handheld Systems

  Jul 2014

  Coursera - Vanderbilt University

  Certificate

• Louv1.01x: Paradigms of Computer Programming

  May 2014

  edX - LouvainX

  Certificate

  By Peter Van Roy, using the Oz programming language.

• Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems

  Apr 2014

  Coursera - Vanderbilt University

  Certificate

• Creative, Serious and PlayfulScience of Android Apps

  Feb 2014

  edX - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Certificate

• Programming Languages

  Dec 2013

  Coursera - University of Washington

  Website Certificate

  Programming languages concepts with Standard ML, Racket and Ruby.

• CS169.1x: Software as a Service

  Nov 2013

  edX - BerkeleyX

  Website Certificate

• Introduction to Systematic Program Design - Part 1

  Sep 2013

  Coursera - The University of British Columbia

  Certificate

  Concepts of the book 'How to Design Programs', using the Racket programming language.

• 6.00x: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python

  Jun 2013

  edX - MITx

  Website Certificate