Senior Software Engineer · El Salvador · Remote

Hi, I'm Jorge Monge

Senior fullstack JavaScript/TypeScript engineer with 6 years of experience building and scaling production SaaS platforms. I take products from idea to production: backend, frontend and everything in between.

Jorge Monge

Experience

  1. Sept 2024 to Present

    Software Engineer · Ravn

    Fullstack · Consultancy · 📍 Remote

    Led the performance refactor of a React calendar grid in a high traffic sports fixtures application, redesigning its state management and component architecture and turning a nearly unusable view into a smooth experience, even on low resource devices like Chromebooks.

    Optimized complex database queries, improved the performance of multiple views, and delivered features end to end across the stack for client products.

    • Node.js
    • React
    • Redux
    • MongoDB
    • PostgreSQL
  2. Feb 2024 to Sept 2024

    Software Engineer · Holacasa (YC W23)

    Fullstack · 📍 Remote

    Replaced the Twilio based OTP flow with a custom in house OTP system in the backend, removing a third party dependency and reducing operational costs.

    Helped lead the redesign of the back office dashboard with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, and made the real estate agents app mobile friendly with Capacitor.js, using native plugins on iOS and Android.

    • Node.js
    • NestJS
    • PostgreSQL
    • Next.js
    • AWS
  3. May 2022 to Oct 2023

    Software Engineer · Terapify (YC W21 · Healthtech)

    Fullstack · 📍 Remote

    Played a key role in implementing AI into the patient and therapist matching system, intelligently guiding patients to the right therapeutic model and significantly improving the initial therapy experience.

    Designed and built a post session task assignment system with an automated email reminder flow for therapists and patients, born in an internal hackathon, and kept driving product improvements from idea to production on a live healthcare platform.

    • Node.js
    • Express
    • MongoDB
    • React
    • AWS
  4. Aug 2019 to Apr 2023

    Backend Developer · Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Paz

    On-site · 📍 San Miguel, El Salvador

    Helped architect and build a custom hospital ERP, playing a key role in migrating from a legacy system to a scalable modern stack, focused primarily on the backend with occasional frontend work.

    Collaborated across departments to gather requirements and feedback, ensuring the ERP aligned with the needs of every hospital area.

    • Node.js
    • Express
    • React
    • MySQL
    • Docker
    • Prisma

More about me

Certification

AWS Cloud Practitioner

AWS Academy

Education

Eng. in Computer Systems and Networks

Universidad Gerardo Barrios · 2017 to 2023

Community

GDG San Miguel organizer

Speaker at KCD El Salvador 2023

Featured project

Forkify

Forkify automates collaborative playlists for road trips: every passenger adds their most-listened Spotify songs just by opening a link. No more fighting over the trip music.

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Animated demo of Forkify

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