Manuel Valle Email & Phone Number

United States

Santa Clara, California, Us

Sliema, Central Region, Mt

Burbank, Ca, Us

I was part of a small high-impact team developing a state-of-the-art system for accelerated data movement & storage cost analytics, handling petabytes of data across cloud providers and storage technologies.I contributed to the development of core features such as:- Data transfer optimizations- Cloud storage cost tracking- Transfer speed/progress metrics- Multi-cloud support and integration with technology partners- Internal gRPC and REST APIs- Native ports to macOS and WindowsI am proud to have been part of this technical challenge and to have worked with a team of talented, supportive, and genuine professionals.

San Jose, Ca, Us

My main responsibility was to integrate with my client's team (Points International) and help them achieve their business development goals through the delivery of quality software.In addition to the responsibilities with my client, I collaborated on internal initiatives to help Nearsoft achieve its yearly goals while retributing to the community. Those included:- Being a Staff Member at the Nearsoft Academy mentorship program (which aimed to turn recent graduates into professional software engineers after six months of intensive training), contributing to decisions regarding curriculum and logistics.- Performed 200+ technical interviews.- Imparted a series of technical training to new engineers twice a year.- Closely mentored 6 interns for 6 months each. All of them were able to land a job and become meaningful contributors to the company's clients.- Organized a Data Science meetup involving both industry professionals and academics.- Participated as a speaker in several talks and workshops.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Got accepted into the Nearsoft Academy, an internship program with a duration of 6 months. I got an offer as a full-time developer during the 3rd month.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Points is a publicly-traded company and the global leader in loyalty commerce.As the Technical Lead of the Points Loyalty Wallet (points.com) I was responsible for:- Providing technical guidance to my team- Training new hires- Advocating for the engineering team's needs- Participating in product design meetings with new partners- Being the point of contact for other teams on technical matters- Ensure quality outcomes on the frequent audits performed by external partiesI worked across the full stack developing platforms for top brands (e.g. Apple, American Airlines, Hilton Hotels, Lyft, etc.) to engage with their customers through loyalty currency transactions.- Developed a REST API in Go (Golang) able to securely handle thousands of transaction requests per second- Developed single-page web applications, white-label, multi-tenant SaaS products, and administration tools using technologies like React, Redux, Sass, Webpack, and GulpI designed and implemented several core features, including:- Account management and balance tracking for loyalty programs- Rules engine to enforce hundreds of complex legal requirements- Security features (login, SSO, 2FA, anti-bot protection, audit trails)- Order orchestration engine to process transactions between different loyalty currencies and 3rd-party systems- E-mail and SMS communications- High cross-platform operability, including 7 (desktop and mobile) browsers and the major screen readers for the 3 main operating systems- Compliance with a variety of accessibility, security, and data-privacy standards (e.g. WCAG, PCI DSS, GDPR).- A/B testing framework- A browser extension for development productivity- System instrumentation and monitoring- High-quality structured logs- Low-noise actionable alertsIt was an amazing project, with a lot of fun challenges and a fascinating business model, where I had the luxury of working in a team of extremely talented and humble people who deeply cared for each other.

Web design (Wireframing, Photoshop, Flash), web development (HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, ActionScript), search engine optimization (SEO), sales, and customer support for small businesses.