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Julian
Vazquez

Front-End Developer · Glenside, PA

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About Me

I'm a front-end developer who treats every UI like a level worth exploring: interactive, polished, and a little bit playful. Penn State IST grad ('24), AWS certified, and currently building AutoNation's online vehicle marketplace with React, TypeScript, and Next.js. Before that I taught coding, automated device fleets, and shipped everything from serverless business sites to cross-platform mobile apps. I care about UI/UX that feels good, code that stays clean, and always leveling up.

Current Level

AutoNation

Front-End Web Developer · Nov 2025 – Present

  • Building an online vehicle marketplace, an e-commerce platform for vehicle transactions.
  • Creating reusable UI components in a shared design system library with React, TypeScript, and Material-UI, including multi-step checkout and selling workflows.
  • Implementing responsive, accessible interfaces for vehicle catalogs, transaction management, and seller dashboards.
  • Working in a monorepo across the component library and the Next.js marketplace app, with testing and modern front-end tooling.

Level 2

Future Focus

Assistant Programming Teacher · Jan 2023 – Apr 2025

  • Designed a 12-week JavaScript / React / HTML-CSS curriculum, 90% of students shipped functional portfolio projects.
  • Mentored 20+ students in Agile and Git/GitHub, shipping 15+ live-hosted apps via Firebase.
  • Ran biweekly code reviews that raised average project scores 25% across two cohorts.

Bonus Stage

ISS Solutions

Device Configuration Specialist · Mar – Oct 2024

  • Automated software updates for 100+ Lenovo devices with PowerShell, cutting setup time 30%.
  • Replaced hardware (RAM, SSDs, displays) and resolved BIOS/firmware issues, 98% client satisfaction.
  • Authored troubleshooting guides that cut average resolution time 15%.

Projects

Double Strained Mixology

Full-stack serverless site for a local business, client-managed CMS for reviews and flyers, Cloud Functions + Nodemailer contact flow, deployed on Firebase Hosting with a custom domain.

ReactTypeScriptFirebaseTailwindSpline

Fixd

Cross-platform repair-marketplace app for iOS and Android, real-time order tracking, role-based Customer/Provider portals, and Stripe payments via a custom Cloud Function.

React NativeExpoTypeScriptFirebaseStripe

Power-Ups

ReactNext.jsReact NativeTypeScript JavaScriptHTML/CSSTailwindMaterial-UI FirebaseAWSNode.jsFigma Git/GitHubUI/UXResponsive DesignPowerShell

B.S. Information Science & Technology, Penn State ('24) · Dean's List ×7 · AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner