Carlos Ponce

Professional summary

Full Stack Developer (React + Laravel) based in the Canary Islands, a trained philosopher turned developer in 2023. 28 projects in production, from frontend to deployment, with judgment and an obsession for quality.

• 28

  Live projects

• 2+

  Years in production

• 2

  Languages (ES · EN B2)

• 24h

  Max. reply time

Experience

1. Mar 2026 — present

   Full Stack Developer · Agencia Xpandex

   Permanent · remote

   I build and ship web and mobile apps end-to-end (Astro/React/Next.js + PHP/Node) with CI/CD on GitHub Actions; I keep WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, technical SEO and Core Web Vitals green before every release.

2. Nov 2025 — Mar 2026

   Technical Advisor · iServices Tenerife

   Temporary

   Resolved technical incidents (triage, debugging and ticketing) and documented processes, communicating with users and internal teams.

3. Apr 2025 — Oct 2025

   Fullstack Web Developer · Freelance

   Built React + JS/TS frontends and Laravel + PostgreSQL backends, with production deploys and GitHub version control.

4. Dec 2023 — Apr 2025

   Cross-platform mobile developer · Appmypets (remote)

   Owned the frontend of an iOS+Android app in React Native + TypeScript for 16 months: from Figma prototype to store release, with automated Jest tests and a NestJS/MongoDB API behind it.

5. Dec 2023 — Mar 2024

   Software developer (internship) · Tca-tik (remote)

   Implemented a multi-warehouse inventory system in Laravel, optimizing SQL queries and documenting the project.

Featured projects

• turismourbano.net

  Turismo Urbano

  Real-estate platform in production; first render < 1.5 s and a frictionless backoffice.

  React 19 · Laravel · PostgreSQL · Cloudinary

• itinerariocuc.onrender.com

  Itinerario Virtual CUC

  Astro educational resource: 192 ms LCP and WCAG 2.2 AA with zero issues (8 stops, 9 mini-games).

  Astro · Preact · Content Collections

• alejandroalbornoz.onrender.com

  Alejandro Albornoz

  Brand site + private client area with magic-link auth and strict RLS.

  Astro 6 · Supabase · Tailwind 4

Skills / Tech stack

• Frontend

  React · React Native · Astro · Preact · Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS

• Backend

  Laravel (PHP) · Node · NestJS · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · REST APIs

• CMS

  WordPress · WooCommerce · Custom FSE themes · ACF

• Quality & DevOps

  Vitest · Jest · Playwright · PHPUnit · Biome · GitHub Actions · Docker · Render

• Product

  Technical SEO · WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility · Core Web Vitals · i18n · CI/CD

Education

• 2026

  Development with AI: Programming with Agents — BIG School

• 2025

  Development with AI — BIG School

• 2024

  Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design — Google Career Certificate — Google

• 2024

  Application development with Java (IFCT034PO) — Instituto Europa (Grupo Aspasia)

• 2023

  Intensive Full Stack bootcamp — 4Geeks Academy

• 2022 — 2024

  University Expert in Network Systems Administration (basic, advanced and practical levels) — UNED

• 2022 — 2024

  Higher Technician in Network Systems Administration — Gredos San Diego

• 2022

  Linguaskill English · B2 — Cambridge University Press & Assessment

• 2013

  Bachelor's degree in Philosophy — UCV

Languages

• Spanish — Native
• English — B2 (Linguaskill, Cambridge)