About
Hi, I'm Jose.
Over the past four years I've shipped e-commerce launches at Cozey, SaaS products at GSD, and data migrations to the cloud at Solid Stride. Today I run Faro Web Studio, a small web and automation practice.
I'm also the founder of The Shine Drop, a shoe care studio. It's operated by me and my AI employee, Rook.
Experience
2026
Present
Founder and EngineerFaro Web Studio
Running a web and automation studio, building sites and internal tooling for businesses.
2025
To 2026
Software EngineerSolid Stride Technology Partners
Built automation scripts and scrapers, and moved key clients off legacy platforms onto secure cloud systems.
2024
To 2025
Software EngineerCozey
Shipped product launches across the Canadian and U.S. storefronts on Next.js, AWS, Postgres and headless CMS.
2022
To 2024
Front-end DeveloperGSD
Built SaaS products with an international team using TypeScript, React, Node and MongoDB.
Earlier work in engineering and design at Allianz, WSP, UCL and Microverse.
Toolbox
- Languages
- TypeScript, JavaScript, Node, SQL, HTML, CSS
- Frontend
- React, Next.js, Astro, Redux, Tailwind, Material UI
- Backend and data
- Express, REST, GraphQL, Serverless Framework, Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Neon
- Cloud and delivery
- AWS Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS, API Gateway, S3, Docker, Vercel, CI/CD, Git
- Testing
- Vitest, React Testing Library, TDD, structured code review, performance profiling
- Integrations
- Stripe, Shopify, Airtable, Contentful, Sanity, Twilio
- AI fluency
- Claude Code, OpenAI API, Gemini, OpenClaw, v0
Contact
Have a project or a role in mind?
The fastest way to reach me is email. I usually reply within a day.