JIREH

NIMES

I'm currently a Technical Lead based from the Philippines. Experienced in full stack development for more than 9 years. A BS Computer Engineering graduate. And someone who loves coffee!

ABOUT ME

Results-driven software developer with nearly 9+ years of professional experience delivering scalable and impactful solutions across multiple industries. Passionate about building efficient, user-focused applications that create business value and improve user experience.

Experienced in working within culturally diverse and collaborative environments, with a strong ability to adapt to evolving technologies and business needs. Committed to continuous learning, innovation, and delivering high-quality solutions that contribute to organizational success.

CERTIFICATIONS

Azure Fundamentals
Cisco

WORKING EXPERIENCES

Lead Application Developer
Theoria Medical, Inc.
August 2025 - June 2026 (10 months)
  • Provide leadership and direction to a team of developers, ensuring smooth and timely project execution.
  • Define and enforce development methodologies, coding standards, and best practices.
  • Break down user stories into technical tasks to support sprint planning and development workflows.
  • Serve as the technical decision-maker on how goals will be achieved, including architecture and implementation strategies.
  • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to support continuous improvement.
  • Mentor and guide developers to foster skill growth and team development.
  • Collaborate with project managers, product owners, and other cross-functional teams to ensure project alignment and delivery.
  • Contribute to the stability, observability, and performance of our applications, going beyond traditional monitoring to identify, diagnose, and propose fixes for system issues.
  • Utilize monitoring and diagnostic tools to ensure application health and performance.

Key Focus Areas

  • Development Leadership: Direct the day-to-day activities of the development team and promote a culture of engineering excellence.
  • Execution: Translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure high-quality code delivery within project timelines.
  • Observability & System Health: Drive initiatives to enhance application observability, monitor system health, and ensure the stability and performance of our platform.

Decision-Making Authority

  • Determine technical direction, project scope, and individual/team task assignments.
  • Guide architecture, tooling, and implementation decisions across projects.

Communication & Collaboration

  • Maintain regular communication with the Head of Development to report progress and raise issues.
  • Collaborate closely with project managers and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and timelines.
  • Act as a liaison between developers and other departments to facilitate smooth handoffs and integration.
Technical Lead
Cebu Air, Inc. (Cebu Pacific Air)
August 2023 - August 2025 (2 years)
  • Provide governance and expertise with solutions development and delivery execution of technology-based projects/solutions.
  • Work under the Solutions Delivery Team and directly under the supervision of the Solutions Delivery Manager.
  • Ensure that all solutions development projects are properly executed by the vendors under software factory (managed service) projects with close collaboration from the organization's IT pillars or towers (Commercial, Enterprise, and Operations).
  • Provide expertise as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) with the development and architecture implementation.
  • Personally developed a mobile application for meal voucher redemption using Expo (React Native) and following the IATA's Bar Coded Boarding Pass (BCBP) implementation guidelines. First React Native application to be deployed in the organization.

Secondary Role: CI/CD SME

  • Lead on setup, integration, maintenance, and support of CI/CD in Azure DevOps.
  • Established CI/CD pipeline as code for both build and release pipelines.
  • Created CI/CD setup of Expo (React Native) for all platforms (Web, Android, and iOS). First to have CI/CD for Android and iOS applications in the organization.
  • Implemented a process, created an automated setup, and integration of Checkmarx One to CI/CD.
  • Maintenance of the CI/CD servers as self-hosted agents.
Senior Full Stack Developer
Malveda Holdings Corporation
August 2022 - July 2023 (11 months)
  • Planned, designed, and developed a multi-platform application for the Sales team that contains the following features: product catalog, product calculator, accounts receivable, and customer management.
  • Designed and created prototypes using Figma.
  • Developed the web and mobile applications using Nuxt 3 and Flutter.
  • Developed the backend application using NestJS with GraphQL.
  • Planned and implemented cloud services in AWS: EC2, S3, SNS, and DynamoDB.
  • Managed staff augmented team as part of the development team.
  • Directly reporting to the CTO.
Team Leader
Cafe24 Philippines, Inc.
July 2021 - July 2022 (1 year)
  • Planning, managing, and monitoring the team's priorities, performance, resource allocation, and task allocation.
  • Creating internal policies and guidelines to implement within the team while aligning to and enforcing the company's policies and guidelines at the same time.
  • Creating weekly reports to submit and present to the higher management.
  • Providing guidance and support to the team both technical and non-technical.
  • Coordinating and collaborating with each project's stakeholders.
  • Collaborating with Group Team Leaders and other Team Leaders about managing and technical matters.
  • Developing common libraries and a uniform structure to improve project quality and efficiency.
Senior Web Developer
Cafe24 Philippines, Inc.
July 2020 - July 2021 (1 year)
  • Developed and deployed web applications of high quality and on time. A notable project accomplished was in partnership with Kakao.
  • Created technical analysis and development plans during the planning phase for each project.
  • Managed, supported, and monitored Junior Web Developers during the development phase.
  • Coordinated and collaborated with each project's stakeholders.
  • Provided weekly updates to the Team Leader.
  • Resolved test issues and production issues.
Senior Frontend Developer
Total Assurance Solutions Group
February 2020 - April 2020 (2 months)
  • Developed new features or modules, maintained, and resolved test issues and production issues of a supply management system used by an oil company in Australia.
Software Engineer
Ematic Solutions
January 2019 - February 2020 (1 year 1 month)
  • Developed new features or modules, maintained, and resolved test issues and production issues of a database optimization product used for email marketing.
  • Collaborated with the lead developers from Bosnia.
  • Collaborated with the products' stakeholders in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia onsite every other month.
  • Maintained the centralized engineering platform.
Implementation Engineer
Ematic Solutions
May 2018 - January 2019 (8 months)
  • Implemented the company's email marketing products (SaaS) on the customer's websites.
  • Provided technical support and consultancy both in the company's email marketing products and email service provider partners.
  • Collaborated closely with the Customer Success team to deliver expected performance and outputs. To resolve technical issues related to email marketing.
  • Attended customer-facing meetings for pre-sales, onboarding, training, and monthly reports.
  • Developed ad-hoc automation tools for data management or as requested by a customer.
Jr. Portfolio Risk Analyst
CC Mobile Philippines (Cash Credit)
July 2017 - May 2018 (10 months)
  • Designed and implemented portfolio analytics solutions for the credit portfolio.
  • Managed the activities, scopes, timelines, and delivery of credit reports and projects.
  • Identified, measured, and monitored risks and opportunities in the credit portfolio.
  • Implemented a regular analytical reporting activity of the credit portfolio to the Chief Risk Officer and the Risk Committee.
PHP Web Developer
SimpleXInternet Philippines, Inc. (Cafe24)
June 2016 - July 2017 (1 year 1 month)
  • Developed new features and maintained one of the company's biggest projects at that time. It is a web platform for the company's incubation centers of e-commerce businesses.
  • Developed web widgets for the customers' e-commerce websites.
  • Promoted to L2 developer and led a team of L1 developers to work on various projects.

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