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Fluky Factory co-founder + Freelance c. 2012–2019
American Airlines Sandals Resorts Booking.com Amsterdamnow
BSc Computer Science, Universidad Católica

»Profile

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I’m a full-stack developer who started building websites in Honduras and has spent the years since 2017 in Amsterdam, building Booking.com for the millions of travellers who use it to find a place to stay. My craft is accessible, fast front ends, backed by Node.js and the other back ends I’ve worked with over the years, so I can ship the whole thing myself. Lately that means the experimentation tool teams use to test what they build.

»Experience

Booking.com

Amsterdam
  • Accessibility. First team: accessibility for millions of travellers.
  • Fraud. Then fraud, keeping bookings safe.
  • Room selection. 3–4 years where travellers choose their room.
  • Experimentation. Since 2024, the experimentation (A/B testing) tool.

Fluky Factory

One of 4 co-founders
  • Owned all engineering: databases, back end, front end.
  • Handled the technical side of client work.
  • Team of 2–3 plus contractors, run alongside Sandals.

Sandals Resorts

Front-end developer
  • Front end, plus some back end, on sandals.com and beaches.com.
  • Led several full redesigns and re-engineering efforts.
  • Introduced Sass, JS templating and pre-compilers, improving performance and productivity.

Freelance

  • Freelance work, 2012 to about 2019.

American Airlines

Security lead agent
  • Security lead managing about 25 agents. Not a tech role.
  • TSA-compliance security for US-bound flights: luggage x-ray, passenger profiling, passport and visa checks, aircraft checks.

Universidad Católica

BSc Computer Science