Rodrigo Zea

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Founder and Lead Game Designer

Somni Games

Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 2 months)

• Founding duties: Established Somni Games, an independent game development studio specialized on delivering creative and polished 2D gaming experiences using the Godot Engine. Leading long and short term strategy and business development. • Director and Lead Designer: Led the end-to-end design and development of an original 2D title, including gameplay mechanics, level design systems, combat logic, and technical architecture. Oversaw narrative structure, UX flow, and core systems development. • Leadership duties: Facilitated cross-functional collaboration within a small team (2 programmers, 1 artist), organizing weekly planning and sync meetings, delegating tasks based on milestones, and maintaining production momentum. Encouraged creat

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Frontend Engineer

Apex Global Mobility

Jul 2024 - Current (1 year 8 months)

• E-commerce app development: Led frontend design and implementation of cross-platform B2B and B2C apps using Flutter and GraphQL, for PepsiCo's largest bottling partner in Latin America. Integrated key features like Amplitude event tracking (30M+ events/month) and Sentry for real-time error resolution, reducing critical bug resolution time by 40%. Migrated heavy scroll views to sliver-based layouts, resulting in up to 30% reduction in memory usage and improved scroll performance on mid-tier Android devices. Enhanced responsiveness for iOS/Android by handling notch-safe areas and optimized layout behavior on web. • UI Design: Designed UI components in scenarios where no Figma designs were available, proactively filling UX gaps with self-d

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Frontend Developer

GoLit

Oct 2023 - Sep 2024 (1 year)

• Mobile Applications (Consumer & Provider): Built cross-platform apps in React Native. The consumer app helps users discover hidden tourist locations based on preferences and geolocation, while the provider app allows verified businesses to register, manage listings, and view analytics. • Admin Panel Development: Developed a responsive dashboard with Next.js and TypeScript for internal staff to review business submissions and manage platform content. • Performance Optimization & Team Collaboration: Refactored high-traffic UI sections into pure components and optimized render cycles using useMemo and useCallback, improving scroll and interaction performance by an estimated 25% on mid-tier mobile devices. Collaborated with product manager

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Junior Android Developer

Q¨ uilo

Jan 2021 - Jun 2021 (6 months)

• Android App Development: Contributed to the development of Q¨ uilo's Android application, a platform that helps businesses manage their workforce by automating tasks such as payments, bonuses, and digital pay stubs. Created new screens and reworked existing fragments to support evolving client requirements and branding needs. • Jetpack Compose Migration: Led migration of 30% of the app's UI to Jetpack Compose, streamlining layout complexity and improving runtime rendering consistency. Played a key role in modernizing the codebase for faster iteration. • Feature Implementation & Maintenance: Implemented new features for payroll and HR management workflows, including monthly summaries, automatic document generation, and employee benefit

Fullstack Developer

Universidad Regional de Guatemala

Feb 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year)

• Fullstack Application Development: Built and maintained a web portal using Laravel and Vue.js that served over 1,500 enrolled students and 100+ faculty. Enabled users to manage course enrollment, academic records, and digital resource access. • Progressive Web App (PWA): Proposed and implemented a Progressive Web App to improve accessibility to academic tools and information, especially for students using mobile devices or with limited connectivity. • Command-Line Tooling: Created various internal automation scripts in Python to support administrative workflows, for example, a tool to automatically generate unique license numbers for newly enrolled students. • Application Maintenance & Data Analysis: Maintained and extended the existi

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 (1 year 1 month)

• Responsibilities: Answer any questions the students had regarding assignments and final projects. Questions would range from general Unity knowledge to more in-depth coding help. In charge of grading weekly assignments. Assisted in the following courses: Programming for mobile platforms and videogames, Web Development.

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