Service Profile
Full-stack product engineer specializing in React interfaces, API-backed workflows, data modeling, integrations, and internal platforms that make complex operations easier to run. Work connects product intent, frontend architecture, backend systems, automation, and data clarity into tools that feel practical, reliable, and built to scale.
Shape
Messy business workflows become clear product flows, usable interfaces, and backend-supported systems that teams can actually depend on.
Connect
APIs, data models, validation rules, integrations, and automation come together so work moves through the system with less manual effort and fewer failure points.
Polish
The last 5% stays visible: performance, accessibility, edge states, data accuracy, workflow clarity, maintainability, and the small details that make software feel trustworthy.
10+
Years Building Production Web Platforms
Capabilities
Languages
JavaScript
TypeScript
HTML
CSS
PHP
Frameworks & Libraries
React
Next.js
Laravel
WordPress
TanStack Start
TanStack Query
TanStack Form
Tailwind
Material UI
shadcn/ui
Recharts
Boostrap
Drizzle ORM
Eloquent ORM
Tools, Data & APIs
Git
Github
Vite
Jira
WP-CLI
Docker
npm / pnpm
Composer
JSON
GraphQL
REST APIs
Blade
Claude Code
Codex
Figma
Adobe Photoshop
Practices
Component architecture
Accessibility
Performance optimization
Schema design
Developer tooling
CI/CD
Workflows
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
Remote
Languages
English - Native
Spanish - Native
Soft Skills
Critical Thinking
Curiosity
Creativity
Agency
Autonomy
Problem solving
534K+
Customer Projects Supported
Mission Record
Freedom Forever
Nov 2020 — Apr 2026
Full Stack Engineer · Temecula, CA / Remote
- Served as full-stack engineer with lead frontend ownership building core React/Laravel solar operations platform spanning dashboards, validation workflows, shared component library, and finance interfaces used by sales, operations, and finance teams to manage 534K+ customer projects.
- Built Laravel funding automation with Horizon jobs, custom commands, DTOs, API service wrapper, validation, and exception ticketing, scaling submissions from 74 to 1,551/month while cutting processing from 45 to under 5 minutes.
- Launched interactive dashboard supporting ticketing and task workflows, replacing third-party CRM using React, Laravel, Context API, and React Query, increasing customer project intake capacity by 40% for 300+ ops, sales, and finance users.
- Led development of React shared component library with schema-driven form builder, centralized modal system, and async state renderer using Tailwind and Material UI, eliminating duplicate UI work and cutting UI development time in half.
- Architected configurable add-on pricing rules engine using Laravel schema/controllers, React configuration UI, role-gated access, and mocked project state, replacing hardcoded pricing logic and reducing pricing errors.
- Led two-engineer build of configurable project validation tool using Laravel schema/controllers, migrations/seeders, React review UI, API comparison results, and workflow triggers, surfacing checkpoint issues before final audit and cutting tickets by 10%.
- Engineered solar panel monitoring interface charting API-backed metrics for panel power generation, actual vs guaranteed performance, and degradation over time using Recharts, covering 142K customer projects representing $4.5B in value.
- Designed equipment recommendation database end to end using Laravel models, migrations/seeders, controllers, React Query, CSS Modules, and validation logic, reducing selection errors tied to project rework and finance rejections.
- Owned commissions interface replacing spreadsheet-based payout tracking system using schema-driven rendering, Lodash, useMemo, and useCallback, enabling branch managers to manage and incentivize monthly payouts for 500+ sales reps.
- Designed and maintained interactive data visualization timeline for customer project milestones using CSS, Material UI, custom Day.js wrapper, and Axios, giving teams at-a-glance visibility into progress, gaps, and upcoming work.
- Shipped custom MCP servers, BrowserBase automation, and AI skills into production, enabling teams to absorb a 20x submission volume increase without adding headcount.
- Overhauled FreedomForever.com WordPress site by creating configurable page-building blocks using Laravel Blade, React, and Tailwind, enabling users to design pages without engineering support, improving accessibility and performance metrics from C to A.
534K+ records
1,551 submissions/mo
$4.5B contract value
300+ users
20× volume
O360
Jun 2015 — Sept 2020
Lead Frontend Web Developer · Newport Beach, CA / Remote
- Served as lead frontend developer at digital agency managing WordPress-based web presences for 300+ dental and medical clients, working across distributed team through full agency project lifecycle from scoping to delivery.
- Owned development of WordPress theme framework using PHP, Bootstrap, JavaScript, standardizing structure and conventions across distributed team, improving delivery efficiency by 60% and mentoring developers through documentation and code review.
- Consolidated 100+ individually VPS-hosted sites into WordPress Multisite installs, implementing custom plugins and accessibility features across all installs, improving PageSpeed by 40% and reducing infrastructure overhead across the entire client portfolio.
- Developed custom WordPress directory platform from scratch building custom theme and plugin using PHP, custom post types, and Customizer fields, powering reputation and review management for 300+ dental and medical practices.
300+ clients
60% faster delivery
40% PageSpeed gain
74→1,551
Monthly Funding Submissions Automated
Academy Records
CSU Long Beach
B.A. Journalism · Sept 2016 · Dean's List
Recognition
First place — GoDaddy + General Assembly Web Design Competition: XYZ
First place — Knowbility OpenAIR Accessibility Competition: HiveOne Accessibility Theme
Active Deployments
HTR.Design
Developed agency site HTR.Design using Next.js, Tailwind, TypeScript, and headless WordPress, hosted on Vercel. HTR.Design agency builds client web solutions.
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindHeadless WPVercel
Gutenberg Block Plugin
Published open-source Gutenberg block plugin to official WordPress.org directory using PHP, React, and JavaScript, enabling fully block-editor-driven modal creation without code, reaching 700+ active installs organically.
PHPReactGutenbergWordPress.org
RodrigoLeon.com
Designed and developed personal portfolio site, using TanStack Start, Tailwind, TypeScript, and headless WordPress, hosted on new Cloudflare Workers and Pages infrastructure.
TanStack StartTypeScriptTailwindHeadless WPCloudflare
True Deal
Enginered auto negotiation and tracker tool using TanStack Start, Tailwind, TypeScript, hosted on new Cloudflare Workers and Pages infrastructure.
TanStack StartTypeScriptTailwindCloudflare