Top Talent like Kitan are on Pangea

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Kitan Garcia

Frontend Developer • Full-stack Engineer • Web3 Developer • Oakland, CA, US
Software Testing
CSS3
HTML5
React Native
Rust
Blockchain
PostgreSQL
NoSQL
MongoDB
Linux
Python
Software Engineering
Web Engineering
REST
Full Stack Development
Node.js
Express.js
MERN
Tailwind CSS
Flask
Web Applications
Front-End Development
Redux
Selenium
Web3
Javascript
AJAX
Next.js
Software Development
Web Development
HTML/CSS
React
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Full-Time Roles
Contracts
Software engineer who doubled revenue in a quarter and increased userbase 8x as first hire. Skilled in front-end, back-end and blockchain development.
A high impact software engineer who thrives on difficult problems, an empathetic communicator who can interface with clients and execute based on their needs, and a culture champion who recognizes the importance of identity and values. I've worked in consulting as the sole developer building out a testing framework before onboarding and managing 8 new engineers, as the first hire of a startup where I shipped features weekly across the full stack, shaped our processes, and built features based on customer feedback which doubled our revenue within a quarter, increased our userbase 8x, and upped user engagement 50%, and more recently as a Solana Fellow, where I contributed to open source, documentation, and projects to help grow the ecosystem.

Projects

Blockride

Blockride offers a secure and accessible investment opportunity by tokenizing bus fleets through Security Token Offerings (STOs). Investors in bus fleets can enjoy increased liquidity in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space while earning returns based on the traditional financial performance of the underlying bus assets. • Recognized with honorable mention in highly competitive Solana Hyperdrive hackathon with over 900 project submissions. • Utilized React, TypeScript, and Tailwind to build out Dashboard and Marketplace pages. • Leveraged media queries to create unique and responsive designs dependant on screen size. • Used Solana Wallet Adapter allowing users to connect and interface with their wallet in the app.See More

Carbon Intensity Visualizer

An app allowing users to visualizing, track, and understand carbon usage across time. • Leveraged D3.js to create rich visualizations of 4 years of carbon usage as a filterable line chart and heatmap. • Optimized UX by implementing efficient rendering algorithm handling over 28,000 data points simultaneously. • Upheld TDD best practices using by writing comprehensive front end tests with Jest. • Developed front end with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind. • Containerized with Docker.See More

SolEd

An educational dApp (in progress) empowering experts to share their knowledge and allowing learners to enroll in their courses with SOL or USDC. • Created NFTs on Solana using Candy Machine and Sugar, and built out a platform for users to accrue Reward Tokens for staking. • Currently building out an educational hub empowering experts to create courses and educational content to get newcomers Web3-conversational and skilled up as quickly as possible in their areas of interest. • Wrote Rust with Anchor smart contracts for creation, reading, and deletion of Instructors and Courses on Solana blockchain. • Crafted front end with React, Next.js, Tailwind, and TypeScript allowing users to onboard and login with wallet authentication, enroll as Instructors, and create Courses in their areas of expertise using Anchor and @solana/web3.js. • Built suite of tests to guarantee correct back end behavior using Chai and Mocha.See More

Mapbox Markers

A project enabling users to play with markers on an interactive map. • Designed a sleek interface for placing markers on a map canvas, filtering them, and communicating to the user in a clear but non-invasive way using MapBox GL, React, and TypeScript. • Created a RESTful back end with Node.js, Express.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB to pass markers to the client and persist new ones in the database. • Managed state using React Redux.See More

NFT Club

A Patreon-inspired dApp allowing creators to gain a following and provide unique benefits to their fans. Fans support creators with SOL by subscribing for access to benefits they provide. • Handled smart contracts with Rust, Anchor, and Solana, tested using Chai and Mocha, and built front end with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS. • Implemented Anchor endpoints allowing creation, reading, updating, and deletion of user accounts and their associated benefits on the Solana blockchain. • Wrote React frontend featuring wallet-based identification, routing via Next.js, and ability to manipulate on-chain account data.See More

NAS NFTs

A silly NFT project featuring my artwork depicting wonderful and creatively mutated individuals from a class I took during my last quarter of college. • Wrote React front end using Chakra UI and Typescript allowing users to connect with their wallet to access minting of NFTS. • Created NFT collection and reward tokens using Solana and Metaplex Candy Machine. • Created smart contracts handling staking, unstaking, and redeeming with Anchor, Rust, and Solana. • Built suite of tests for smart contracts using Chai, Mocha, and TypeScript.See More

Work History

A

Applications Engineer

AccentureOct 2019 - Aug 2020 • 11 mosSped up test execution times by over 650% by automating e2e testing for billing and revenue management system in JavaScript, Node.js, Protractor, Chai, Cucumber, and Gherkin. Engineered data manipulation scripts using Newman and Axios, speeding up API testing by over 300% and removing dependencies on Postman and ReadyAPI. Implemented automatically generated reports using JavaScript, Cucumber, Gherkin, Chai and associated libraries, saving team about 20 hours per week and allowing client to easily read and track progress. Trained coworkers in tech stack by recording tutorials and writing documentation, scaling onboarding process by allowing 8 teammates to immediately contribute to effort without sacrificing productivity of others. Thoroughly documented key files, procedures, and results through Markdown readmes, code comments, video recordings, and automated reporting. Lead demonstrations of proofs of concept and working progress to the client managers at the end of every agile sprint Managed Git repository and enforced best practices. Delegated tasks and educated the team of the technologies used
K

Full Stack Engineer

KonaMay 2021 - Dec 2021 • 8 mosHelped Kona scale 8x over two quarters by overhauling customer onboarding, referrals, and digests. Increased revenue by 100% in a quarter by building dashboard navigation, user page, and graph annotations from scratch, using React, Typescript, TailWind CSS, DynamoDB, and Flask. Implemented vacation alerts using Python and Flask, notifying users the day before a holiday to pause Kona, used by over 80% of customers. Increased weekly active user engagement by 50% by implementing Kona Friends, custom reactions, and an announcements banner. Created tests that led to a 50% decrease in bugs that snuck into code. Implemented sentence stems to help users begin elaborating, resulting in an immediate 29% increase in activity from less active users. Crafted scripts delivering weekly reports on customer metrics to facilitate client-related decisions and prevent potential turnover.
M

Full Stack Engineer

MLHFeb 2022 - May 2022 • 4 mosContributed to open source projects including Treat Toolbox, a no-code app for creating and launching generative NFT collections, using JavaScript and React. Built a Patreon-inspired dApp allowing creators to gain a following and provide unique benefits to their fans. Handled smart contracts with Rust, tested using Chai and Mocha, and built front end with React, TypeScript, and Next.js. Implemented Anchor endpoints allowing creation, reading, updating, and deletion of user accounts and their associated benefits on the Solana blockchain. Wrote React frontend featuring wallet-based identification, routing via Next.js, and ability to manipulate on-chain account data. Won the MLH Solana Hackathon by building an NFT collection using Treat Toolbox and Metaplex' Candy Machine and a website allowing peers to mint our NFTs and receive them in their wallets.
S

Full Stack Engineer

Self-EmployedSolEd: An educational dApp empowering experts to share their knowledge and allowing learners to enroll in their courses with SOL or USDC. • Created NFTs on Solana using Candy Machine and Sugar, and built out a platform for users to accrue Reward Tokens for staking. • Currently building out an educational hub empowering experts to create courses and educational content to get newcomers Web3-conversational and skilled up as quickly as possible in their areas of interest. • Wrote Rust with Anchor smart contracts for creation, reading, and deletion of Instructors and Courses on Solana blockchain. • Crafted front end with React, Next.js, Tailwind, and TypeScript allowing users to onboard and login with wallet authentication, enroll as Instructors, and create Courses in their areas of expertise using Anchor and @solana/web3.js. • Built suite of tests to guarantee correct back end behavior using Chai and Mocha. Carbon Intensity Visualizer: An app allowing users to visualizing, track, and understand carbon usage across time • Leveraged D3.js to create rich visualizations of 4 years of carbon usage as a filterable line chart and heatmap. • Optimized UX by implementing efficient rendering algorithm handling over 28,000 data points simultaneously. • Implemented RESTful API with Python, Flask and Postgres to supply data to the client. • Upheld TDD best practices using by writing comprehensive front end tests with Jest. • Developed front end with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind. • Containerized with Docker. MapBox GL Annotations: A project enabling users to play with markers on a map • Designed a sleek interface for placing markers on a map canvas, filtering them, and communicating to the user in a clear but non-invasive way using MapBox GL, React, and TypeScript. • Created a RESTful back end Node.js, Express.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB to pass markers to the client and persist new ones in the database. • Managed state using React Redux.
C

Full Stack Engineer

CA DMVSaved multiple teams hours per week by building an internal tool for easily fetching driver's license test results. Built full stack app from scratch using a Node and Express server, React front end, and AWS for deployment. Utilized knex to build perfomant and flexible Postgres queries. Containerized application using Docker triggered by a GitHub Actions workflow. Configured AWS load balancer to route to Azure login and only allow access to specific users on org-wide VPN. Handled state with React Redux.

Education

UC Davis

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and EngineeringOct 2014 - Jun 2019

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

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Software engineer who doubled revenue in a quarter and increased userbase 8x as first hire. Skilled in front-end, back-end and blockchain development.
A high impact software engineer who thrives on difficult problems, an empathetic communicator who can interface with clients and execute based on their needs, and a culture champion who recognizes the importance of identity and values. I've worked in consulting as the sole developer building out a testing framework before onboarding and managing 8 new engineers, as the first hire of a startup where I shipped features weekly across the full stack, shaped our processes, and built features based on customer feedback which doubled our revenue within a quarter, increased our userbase 8x, and upped user engagement 50%, and more recently as a Solana Fellow, where I contributed to open source, documentation, and projects to help grow the ecosystem.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
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Top Talent like Kitan are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Kitan Garcia

Frontend Developer • Full-stack Engineer • Web3 Developer • Oakland, CA, US
Software Testing
CSS3
HTML5
React Native
Rust
Blockchain
PostgreSQL
NoSQL
MongoDB
Linux
Python
Software Engineering
Web Engineering
REST
Full Stack Development
Node.js
Express.js
MERN
Tailwind CSS
Flask
Web Applications
Front-End Development
Redux
Selenium
Web3
Javascript
AJAX
Next.js
Software Development
Web Development
HTML/CSS
React
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Full-Time Roles
Contracts

Projects

Blockride

Blockride offers a secure and accessible investment opportunity by tokenizing bus fleets through Security Token Offerings (STOs). Investors in bus fleets can enjoy increased liquidity in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space while earning returns based on the traditional financial performance of the underlying bus assets. • Recognized with honorable mention in highly competitive Solana Hyperdrive hackathon with over 900 project submissions. • Utilized React, TypeScript, and Tailwind to build out Dashboard and Marketplace pages. • Leveraged media queries to create unique and responsive designs dependant on screen size. • Used Solana Wallet Adapter allowing users to connect and interface with their wallet in the app.

Carbon Intensity Visualizer

An app allowing users to visualizing, track, and understand carbon usage across time. • Leveraged D3.js to create rich visualizations of 4 years of carbon usage as a filterable line chart and heatmap. • Optimized UX by implementing efficient rendering algorithm handling over 28,000 data points simultaneously. • Upheld TDD best practices using by writing comprehensive front end tests with Jest. • Developed front end with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind. • Containerized with Docker.

SolEd

An educational dApp (in progress) empowering experts to share their knowledge and allowing learners to enroll in their courses with SOL or USDC. • Created NFTs on Solana using Candy Machine and Sugar, and built out a platform for users to accrue Reward Tokens for staking. • Currently building out an educational hub empowering experts to create courses and educational content to get newcomers Web3-conversational and skilled up as quickly as possible in their areas of interest. • Wrote Rust with Anchor smart contracts for creation, reading, and deletion of Instructors and Courses on Solana blockchain. • Crafted front end with React, Next.js, Tailwind, and TypeScript allowing users to onboard and login with wallet authentication, enroll as Instructors, and create Courses in their areas of expertise using Anchor and @solana/web3.js. • Built suite of tests to guarantee correct back end behavior using Chai and Mocha.

Mapbox Markers

A project enabling users to play with markers on an interactive map. • Designed a sleek interface for placing markers on a map canvas, filtering them, and communicating to the user in a clear but non-invasive way using MapBox GL, React, and TypeScript. • Created a RESTful back end with Node.js, Express.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB to pass markers to the client and persist new ones in the database. • Managed state using React Redux.

NFT Club

A Patreon-inspired dApp allowing creators to gain a following and provide unique benefits to their fans. Fans support creators with SOL by subscribing for access to benefits they provide. • Handled smart contracts with Rust, Anchor, and Solana, tested using Chai and Mocha, and built front end with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS. • Implemented Anchor endpoints allowing creation, reading, updating, and deletion of user accounts and their associated benefits on the Solana blockchain. • Wrote React frontend featuring wallet-based identification, routing via Next.js, and ability to manipulate on-chain account data.

NAS NFTs

A silly NFT project featuring my artwork depicting wonderful and creatively mutated individuals from a class I took during my last quarter of college. • Wrote React front end using Chakra UI and Typescript allowing users to connect with their wallet to access minting of NFTS. • Created NFT collection and reward tokens using Solana and Metaplex Candy Machine. • Created smart contracts handling staking, unstaking, and redeeming with Anchor, Rust, and Solana. • Built suite of tests for smart contracts using Chai, Mocha, and TypeScript.

Work History

A

Applications Engineer

AccentureOct 2019 - Aug 2020 • 11 mosSped up test execution times by over 650% by automating e2e testing for billing and revenue management system in JavaScript, Node.js, Protractor, Chai, Cucumber, and Gherkin. Engineered data manipulation scripts using Newman and Axios, speeding up API testing by over 300% and removing dependencies on Postman and ReadyAPI. Implemented automatically generated reports using JavaScript, Cucumber, Gherkin, Chai and associated libraries, saving team about 20 hours per week and allowing client to easily read and track progress. Trained coworkers in tech stack by recording tutorials and writing documentation, scaling onboarding process by allowing 8 teammates to immediately contribute to effort without sacrificing productivity of others. Thoroughly documented key files, procedures, and results through Markdown readmes, code comments, video recordings, and automated reporting. Lead demonstrations of proofs of concept and working progress to the client managers at the end of every agile sprint Managed Git repository and enforced best practices. Delegated tasks and educated the team of the technologies used
K

Full Stack Engineer

KonaMay 2021 - Dec 2021 • 8 mosHelped Kona scale 8x over two quarters by overhauling customer onboarding, referrals, and digests. Increased revenue by 100% in a quarter by building dashboard navigation, user page, and graph annotations from scratch, using React, Typescript, TailWind CSS, DynamoDB, and Flask. Implemented vacation alerts using Python and Flask, notifying users the day before a holiday to pause Kona, used by over 80% of customers. Increased weekly active user engagement by 50% by implementing Kona Friends, custom reactions, and an announcements banner. Created tests that led to a 50% decrease in bugs that snuck into code. Implemented sentence stems to help users begin elaborating, resulting in an immediate 29% increase in activity from less active users. Crafted scripts delivering weekly reports on customer metrics to facilitate client-related decisions and prevent potential turnover.
M

Full Stack Engineer

MLHFeb 2022 - May 2022 • 4 mosContributed to open source projects including Treat Toolbox, a no-code app for creating and launching generative NFT collections, using JavaScript and React. Built a Patreon-inspired dApp allowing creators to gain a following and provide unique benefits to their fans. Handled smart contracts with Rust, tested using Chai and Mocha, and built front end with React, TypeScript, and Next.js. Implemented Anchor endpoints allowing creation, reading, updating, and deletion of user accounts and their associated benefits on the Solana blockchain. Wrote React frontend featuring wallet-based identification, routing via Next.js, and ability to manipulate on-chain account data. Won the MLH Solana Hackathon by building an NFT collection using Treat Toolbox and Metaplex' Candy Machine and a website allowing peers to mint our NFTs and receive them in their wallets.
S

Full Stack Engineer

Self-EmployedSolEd: An educational dApp empowering experts to share their knowledge and allowing learners to enroll in their courses with SOL or USDC. • Created NFTs on Solana using Candy Machine and Sugar, and built out a platform for users to accrue Reward Tokens for staking. • Currently building out an educational hub empowering experts to create courses and educational content to get newcomers Web3-conversational and skilled up as quickly as possible in their areas of interest. • Wrote Rust with Anchor smart contracts for creation, reading, and deletion of Instructors and Courses on Solana blockchain. • Crafted front end with React, Next.js, Tailwind, and TypeScript allowing users to onboard and login with wallet authentication, enroll as Instructors, and create Courses in their areas of expertise using Anchor and @solana/web3.js. • Built suite of tests to guarantee correct back end behavior using Chai and Mocha. Carbon Intensity Visualizer: An app allowing users to visualizing, track, and understand carbon usage across time • Leveraged D3.js to create rich visualizations of 4 years of carbon usage as a filterable line chart and heatmap. • Optimized UX by implementing efficient rendering algorithm handling over 28,000 data points simultaneously. • Implemented RESTful API with Python, Flask and Postgres to supply data to the client. • Upheld TDD best practices using by writing comprehensive front end tests with Jest. • Developed front end with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind. • Containerized with Docker. MapBox GL Annotations: A project enabling users to play with markers on a map • Designed a sleek interface for placing markers on a map canvas, filtering them, and communicating to the user in a clear but non-invasive way using MapBox GL, React, and TypeScript. • Created a RESTful back end Node.js, Express.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB to pass markers to the client and persist new ones in the database. • Managed state using React Redux.
C

Full Stack Engineer

CA DMVSaved multiple teams hours per week by building an internal tool for easily fetching driver's license test results. Built full stack app from scratch using a Node and Express server, React front end, and AWS for deployment. Utilized knex to build perfomant and flexible Postgres queries. Containerized application using Docker triggered by a GitHub Actions workflow. Configured AWS load balancer to route to Azure login and only allow access to specific users on org-wide VPN. Handled state with React Redux.

Education

UC Davis

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and EngineeringOct 2014 - Jun 2019

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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