Adrian Gonzales - Engineer, Tinkerer, Creative Problem Solver

Award-winning full-stack engineer with 25+ years of experience in distributed systems, API frameworks, full-stack cloud application development, and developer tooling. Read More

Technology

Skills

Sales Engineering
Team Management
Cloud Computing
Serverless
Async & Batch Processing
Distributed Systems
Accessibility
APIs
Testing
Learning New Things...

Values

Big Picture Precision. I believe in getting the details right, with the project's goals in mind. I approach each task by delving into the needs and challenges, plotting a path that will bring the best deliverables possible within the constraints.

Developer Experience. Even on a solo project, I'm on a team. Someone will follow me (myself included) and they should be able to pick up my work and run with understandable code, tooling, and infrastructure.

Plan for Change. Building quality software is an iterative process. Reliability starts with a good base and improves through a constant loop of responding to feedback, needs, and resources.

Simple is Best. Elegant solutions are straightforward and easy to understand. Avoiding unnecessary complexity enhances usability and maximizes available resources.

Communication is Key. Products are not built in a bubble. Every project needs a healthy amount of input from stakeholders and feedback from the intended users.

Continuous Improvement. Just like good software, I push myself to learn from every experience, seeking feedback and opportunities for growth to enhance my skills and the quality of my work.

Work

Highlights from recent commercial and client work

Embeddable Product Locator app for Beverage and CPG brands

for Grappos

Grappos' Product Locator is a highly configurable application that can be embedded in a customer's website to provide a branded, accessible UI for finding products based on the visitor's location. Used extensively in the Beverage and CPG industries, this application has grown to adapt to client's needs for reporting, tracking, branding, and website technology.

TypeScript

Vue

Tailwind

WCAG

Playwright

Node.js

OpenSearch

Architecture and Development for a Membership Management CRM

for MarketMuscles

Market Muscles provides an all-in-one marketing and membership management platform for martial arts and dance studios. I joined in October 2018 as the first full-stack engineer, with the company scaling rapidly over the next 18 months.

Enterprise Architecture

Laravel

TypeScript

Vue

Tailwind

WebSockets

Event Driven

Custom WordPress theme development

for Cherry Street Pier

Cherry Street Pier is public space on the Delaware River waterfront in Philadelphia, hosting artists, performers, art, and concessions.

WordPress

Advanced Custom Fields

Sass

jQuery

Webpack

About Me