Elmar Carillo
Frontend Developer
About Me
A Front End Engineer by trade. I enjoy the 5 C's in my life: Creativity, Computers, Coding, Corgis (Yes, I have two and they're such cuties!) and Cooking... well, there could be a few more to this list. Javascript is what I mostly do on a day to day basis.
Born and raised in Honolulu, HI. Graduated from Wallace Rider Farrington High School in 2007 as one of the eight valedictorians. Continued my studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and graduated in the fall of 2011 with a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science. I started my career as a Java developer but realized my passion for front end development and design. Throughout the years, I've been at various companies doing frontend work with a large focus on design and developing reusable component libraries. I'm currently at Shef, building out the platform for home chefs to sell home cooked meals.
Resume
Experience
Working on something cool. Stay tuned!
July 2023 - February 2024
Time off / Travel
Job Search + Interviews
Lead efforts to build out the design system and component library to include more than 100 reusable components organized using storybook.
Rebuilt site navigation to support ordering by dishes across all shefs (dish first) and unifying the desktop and mobile experiences into one component.
Redesigned onboarding flow and simplified from 12 to 5 steps.
Increased site performance by 50% by optimizing app state.
Changed the frontend architecture and layout to support workspaces from personal accounts.
Rebuilt the feedback flow for a streamlined and easier way to give feedback to your advisors.
Created 20+ SVG animations included in core product flow.
Expanded the UI library from 20 to 60+ reusable components.
Built out component library and style guide moving from angular to ReactJS.
Engineered Dashboard feature for Insights with drag and drop customization.
Created complex segmentation query builder for Catalog feature.
Unofficial designer for random company projects.
Created 20+ React components for the Splunk UI Library moving from BackboneJS to React.
Designed an internal UI to manage hundreds of cloud stacks.
Developed an in-product Telemetry framework from tracking user events.
Helped with the visual refresh to support 3 themes across the different products.
Develop and maintain the UI for the IBM UrbanCode Deploy and IBM UrbanCode Release Products.
Work with the support team to fix at least 10 defects a week that customers encounter with our products.
Built the UrbanCode microsite to increase traffic to developer docs and support.
Education
August 2007 - December 2011
Skills
Over 10 years of experience building everything from component libraries, design systems, internal tooling, to full features and products. An avid user of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to design mockups, provide deliverables for features, image manipulatiton, and transforming static svg images to animations.
Frontend Technologies
Build & Development
Design
Testing
Shef Navigation
Shef Social
Kudos
Loops
Welcome Progress Module
Catalog
Dashboard
IBM UrbanCode Microsite
Tabs
Location Picker
Number Input
Progress Charts
Concertina
Color Picker
Iterable Flyers
Iterable Icons
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Icons
Iterable LogoCreative
Cupcakes
While growing up, it was always fun to watch my mom make cupcakes. We've always made them from boxed cake mixes but as I got older, I started trying out recipes from scratch and adding fun and random designs. In 2013, I won 1st place in the Cupcake Challenge at the Hawaii Women's Expo with my Snickerdoodle Cupcakes!
Tarts
At the height of the 2020 pandemic, I expanded my love of baking from cupcake to making tarts. Instead of making designs using fondant and frosting, I got creative with the ingredients to make intricate designs.
Cakes
I mainly bake cupcakes but have started experimented with larger (layered) cakes, applying some techniques I've learned. Still a work in progress but hope to be making more soon!
City Photography
When travelling, I enjoy city and landscape photography. Anything from aerial views, architecture, to street life. I like to capture the essence of living in these cities.
