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Noelia López Fontana · Nowi

Staff software engineer

Argentinian · Montréal, Canada
lopeznoeliab@gmail.com
github.com/heyimnowi
linkedin.com/in/heyimnowi

Argentinian software engineer and ITBA graduate based in Montréal, with 10+ years of experience across frontend architecture, design systems, quality engineering, performance, and technical leadership.

Experience

Bazaarvoice

Software Engineer

  • Led Custom Reporting, Bulk Uploads, and CSV Exports from technical design and TDD through delivery.
  • Architected a company-wide Playwright framework supporting roughly 50 end-to-end test suites while retiring legacy tooling.
  • Co-led frontend standards through shared ESLint rules and application performance initiatives.
  • Built reusable Copilot prompts and templates for AI-assisted testing and widget generation.
  • Partnered with Product, Design, and Backend teams while mentoring developers and improving onboarding for security and compliance work.

Boston Children’s Hospital

Software Engineer via Toptal

  • Built a React, styled-components, and Storybook component library with roughly 65 reusable components.
  • Packaged and published the system with Lerna and Rollup for use across product surfaces.
  • Developed MedFinder, a Next.js application for locating antiviral flu medication providers.
  • Reached 95% coverage with Jest, Cypress, and Chromatic and created a reusable ESLint package.
  • Identified and resolved accessibility issues for Vaccines.gov.

Spa Space

Lead Developer via Toptal

  • Analyzed a legacy Angular application and implemented changes that made builds 3× faster while reducing memory use.
  • Delivered a rewritten guest booking workflow that loaded 50% faster.
  • Defined a progressive modernization strategy using Vue, Storybook, Vite, and microservices.
  • Worked with Product and Design to define requirements and the new MVP.
  • Introduced Jira metrics and dashboards to make team progress visible.
  • Designed and built a payment calculator reflecting updated provider formulas and percentages.

Toptal

Director of Engineering

  • Partnered with Fortune 500 companies to clarify technical hiring needs and select developers from Toptal’s talent network.
  • Created a talent-rate distribution model that helped matching, growth, and sales teams understand opportunities.
  • Educated commercial teams on technology choices and supported industry-standard certification paths for talent.

MURAL

Full Stack Engineer

  • Improved canvas rendering performance and integrated the changes into the existing collaboration product.
  • Rebuilt the comments experience after identifying product and technical pain points.
  • Worked across React, Node.js, MongoDB, and Storybook.

Toptal

Software Developer

  • Helped launch more than 15 applications using React, Vue, Angular, and other web technologies.
  • Worked directly with clients to translate software needs into clear technical recommendations.
  • Explained complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders while delivering autonomously across distributed projects.

Mercado Libre

Semi Senior Software Engineer

  • Maintained and extended Mercado Libre’s checkout experience.
  • Delivered the cart feature and contributed to a web application redesign using Backbone.js.
  • Introduced PurifyCSS with Gulp to remove unused code and streamline the application.

Wolox

Web Developer

  • Contributed to Nubi, an early digital bank in Argentina created through an alliance between PayPal and Banco Comafi.
  • Reduced friction between design and development teams, helping shorten delivery cycles.
  • Built Plink, a merchant data-analysis product for Bancolombia, using Angular.