Edu Wass

Edu Wass

Software Engineer

About

I am Edu, a web developer with a Computer Science background and a decade of experience across multiple platforms.

I am a keen technologist with a passion for the future of creativity online, seeking new and interesting ways to use programming to create idiosyncratic work.

I love what I do and I'm always on the lookout for new exciting technology and constantly trying to learn and improve my skills.

When not working on code, you'll find me enjoying some of my hobbies like music production, sports and fitness or gaming.

Projects

2024

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Work Experience

2017 — Now
Remote

Full stack development. Specialised in delivering highly performant WordPress sites using best modern tools in market.

- MailCharts.com: Full development of MailCharts' website, an email monitoring tool that helps email marketers analyze and plan for their campaigns

- Harver.com: Harver is a pre-employment assessment platform, designed to make excellent hiring achievable for companies of all sizes. Edu helped in redesigning their website.

- GirlsWhoCode.com: Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization which aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. Edu helped on the development of their marketing website.

- MediaMath.com: MediaMath is a global technology company that is leading the movement to revolutionise traditional marketing and drive transformative results. Edu helped in the building and orchestration of an internal product catalog.

2020 — Now
Remote

Provide services as consultant for external companies via Arc.dev. Arc is a platform that connects software engineers with companies that are looking for talent.

2016 — 2018
CTO at Container Studio
London, Barcelona

Container Studio is a small studio of digital makers, designers and developers. Making thoughtful products for clients and screens everywhere.

- Created a WordPress API wrapper for React to read values from a WordPress back-end and render them in client-side JavaScript.

- Built a Docker image with PHP7, Nginx, Git, and web hooks for ease of site deployment and development.

- Created custom WordPress themes and back-ends for several clients.

- Designed and developed new wireframes for pages for Harbour Space, Europe's state-of-the-art university for technology and design.

- Planned and developed the new website for Ubiqum, a well-known international coding bootcamp.

2017 — 2017
Barcelona

Harbour.Space University is a private university in Barcelona, Spain that teaches technology, design and entrepreneurship.

There I lectured on a course teaching students what technology makes sense for early/MVP stage, late stage, and scaling in terms of infrastructure, stack, UX/UI, mobile, and back-end.

Helped rebuild parts of the Harbour Space marketing website.

2015 — 2016
Barcelona

TheGeorge is a distinguished international marketing agency based in Barcelona, Singapore and Milan. Working for great clients like: Microsoft, Pearson, Samsung, Nestle... amongst others.

- Designed and developed the Microsoft Windows 10 Italy promotional site, featuring some of Italy's most talented YouTubers helping boost sales and popularity of Windows 10 in Italy.

- Planned, developed, and provided creative input for the new Monza website, a WordPress site with heavy traffic loads during the F1 season, which we successfully supported using caching methods and load balancing techniques.

- Worked on the development of the Wall Street English multisite network, with about 25 different country sub-sites with custom features and functionalities.

- Planned and developed the core back-end of AskCucu, an Airbnb-like housing platform to help students find places to stay in Asia.

- Developed the new Amfivia event company website with a focus on marketing that resulted in a huge improvement in web conversion rates.

2016 — 2016
Remote

Tribe is a group of digital experts who collectively help build and grow Ecommerce brands using WooCommerce. Taking stores to the next level by increasing traffic, improving conversions and building intelligent, automation growth systems.

Expertise included:
- Ecommerce growth strategy and management
- Marketing automation
- Conversion optimization
- WooCommerce development and support

During my time there I worked as lead WordPress/WooCommerce developer, helping with new and existing client projects.

2010 — 2012
Barcelona

Two years in the IT department of the IRI, a major research and development institute in the field of robotics.

Education

2010 — 2013
Barcelona

High quality university training and excellence in the field of informatics that responds to the needs of society and the economy.

Certifications

Contact

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