Alexis Villaraza
SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Alexis is an experienced Frontend-leaning Full Stack Software Engineer with 3.5 years of professional engineering experience. She has a proven track record of effectively navigating diverse environments, having worked in both a big enterprise like Carvana and a seed startup like Integrate. Alexis is known for her quick learning abilities, adaptability, and passion for making a positive impact through technology.
During her time at Carvana, Alexis was one of three software engineers collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, UI Designers, Back End Engineers, and Quality Engineers. She played a key role in supporting and maintaining Carvana's landing page.
At Integrate, Alexis further honed her skills as a Junior Full Stack Software Engineer, working remotely in a small startup environment. She demonstrated exceptional ability in pivoting seamlessly between multiple projects and effectively managing competing priorities and deadlines to deliver high-quality solutions. Alexis's collaborative approach and strong communication skills with stakeholders and fellow engineers resulted in faster task submission and alignment with project goals.
Outside of her technical expertise, Alexis is known for her leadership skills and strategic planning abilities, having hired and fostered team engagement of ~20 performers and established relationships with clients and business partners. Her background in management has equipped her with a keen ability to analyze situations from a holistic perspective and make calculated decisions that benefit the organization as a whole. Alexis's commitment to continuous improvement is evident in her proactive approach to seeking and incorporating feedback, resulting in consistent progress and professional growth.
Currently, Alexis is seeking a full-time remote position in a company with 100+ employees where she can contribute her skills and thrive in a collaborative environment. Her goal is to continue learning and expanding her knowledge while making a positive impact through her work. For opportunities or inquiries, you can reach out to her at alexis.borja@gmail.com.
Full Stack Software Engineer 
Integrate
- In a small startup environment, demonstrated ability to pivot seamlessly between multiple projects, effectively managing competing priorities and deadlines to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Adaptable and collaborative team member, leveraging strong communication skills to effectively coordinate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Translated UI designs into code using React, Typescript, and Tailwind, ensuring pixel-perfect execution.
- Leveraged GraphQL to implement efficient and flexible APIs for user flows in this SaaS company, using GoLang with a Postgres database, resulting in a seamless integration of backend services.
- Created client-facing email communications with personalized data consumed from an API using HTML, CSS, and Go templates that work across various email platforms. Used Github for code review and continuous integration.
Frontend Software Engineer 
Carvana
- One of three software engineers who collaborated with Product Managers, UI Designers, Back End Engineers and Quality Engineers to support and maintain the Carvana landing page from development, through build pipeline, and after cloud deployment. Used git version control and continuous integration to deploy into Azure.
- For this e-commerce and fin-tech company, used React and Typescript to conduct A/B testing which increased customer credit applications by 20% via structural/functional updates to the hero area
- Consumed from multiple REST APIs to develop personalization for authorized users and applied design system patterns to develop reusable and scalable UI components with mobile first responsive web design
- Used Jest (Enzyme and React Testing Library) to improve unit test by over 80%
- Applied best practices and maintained code quality by participating in pull requests and code reviews
- Engaged in peer discussions via Agile Ceremonies (daily scrum, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives) on architecture and the overall direction of Carvana platforms
- Received the Developer of Delight award for introducing the company to the Functional-Usable-Delightful concept.
- Participated in yearly and quarterly hackathons where I used Python to build games.
Front end Developer 
Strongmind
- Updated data layer for interactive interfaces on educational platforms.
- Front end web development of interactive interfaces using LESS, React, and Gatsby.
Team Lead 
Lambda School
- Mentored a team of 6 - 8 students to be self-sufficient when solving programming problems.
- Provided daily one-on-one feedback and weekly code reviews.
- Served as a project lead, keeping students organized and on task for multiple cross-functional build week projects.
- Facilitated daily standups to build camaraderie, share best practices, and provide guidance for the week's material.
Owner/Project Manager
BOSS Entertainment Live
- Hired and managed a team of +/- 20 performers
- Fostered team engagement, allowing all team members to feel a sense of ownership and pride
- Established and maintained business relationships with clients and partners both locally and out of state
- Managed projects and events such as group costume builds, choreographed shows, fundraisers.
- Organized and planned multiple projects, delivering on ad hoc client requests in parallel
- Consistently met challenging deadlines with high quality results
EDUCATION 
Full Stack Web Development Student
Lambda School
- Learned several programming languages from the ground up in just 6 months.
- Participated in three different build weeks, collaborating in groups of +/- 8 students to successfully develop websites.
- Built a fitness app in 3 release canvases in a team of 4, using GIT, Postgres, Node.js, and React.js.
Global Business Leadership and Management, BS
Arizona State University
Faux Boutique
React, Redux, API
Solo Project: E-commerce site built using redux.
Used a public API to display products information
Developed state management with redux, making the code easier to maintain
Added fuzzy search feature using Fuse.js
Implemented advance design using LESS
ACNH Villager Picker
React, LESS, API
Solo Project: If Animal Crossing and Tinder had a baby, this would be it. This website allows a user to choose characters out of a list and keep track of their chosen or rejected animals.
Used an ACNH public API to display character information
Created a reusable interactive quiz complete with a scoreboard at the end
Implemented advance design using LESS
Wellness Tracker
React, Redux, Node, API, PostgreSQL, JSON Web Token
Collaborative school project: This was designed for companies who want to monitor their employees’ overall wellness.
An employee can sign in and track their sleep, water intake, exercise, and breaks.
A company admin can also sign in to see each of the employee’s scores within each of their departments.
Contributed to a cross-functional team of 4 developers and 1 UX designer on an 8 week sprint with 3 canvas releases.
Applied JSON web token to develop user credential authentication.
Developed API calls and endpoints.
Implemented features and debugged code on the frontend and backend.
Organized pair programming sessions to increase efficiency.
Github Frontend: https://github.com/Lambda-School-Labs/refresh-fe
Github Backend: https://github.com/Lambda-School-Labs/refresh-be
Opti
HTML, LESS
Collaborative school project: A website designed to find the best optimal price for an airbnb rental property.
Participated as a UI developer in a cross-functional team of 3 developers and 4 data scientists on a weeklong project.
Designed and implemented the landing page using LESS.