Diego Vazquez
Plexus Worldwide
LightBox
Carvana
American Express
Digital AirStrike
Syntel
Arizona State University
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Scottsdale, AZ

Senior Software Engineer · Phoenix, AZ · Open to remote

Diego Vazquez

I make web apps feel instant. Full-stack engineer, front-end at heart.

From American Express card platforms to LightBox’s mapping engine — 10 years across the stack.

CoreTypeScript · React · Node.js · PostgreSQL · Java

Experience

Front-endBack-end & infra
2025 – PresentScottsdale, AZ
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Senior Software Engineer

Plexus Worldwide

01

plexusworldwide.com — storefront, cart & checkout

  • Build the main Plexus storefront in Next.js, React, and TypeScript, turning designs into production pages backed by Contentful-managed content.
  • Maintain and enhance the legacy cart and checkout, fixing bugs and shipping new functionality that keeps the purchase path solid for a global customer base.
  • Power site search and content delivery with Node.js services over OpenSearch and MongoDB.
  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Contentful
  • OpenSearch
  • MongoDB
2022 – 2025New York, NY
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Senior Software Engineer

LightBox

02

Interactive geospatial maps

  • Built the Leaflet mapping layer in React for exploring large geospatial datasets.
  • Designed PostgreSQL-backed Node.js services to query large geospatial datasets.
  • Built the responsive, accessible map interface with Tailwind and TypeScript.

Same React + Leaflet craft behind the map you’re scrolling.

  • React
  • Tailwind
  • Leaflet
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
2022Tempe, AZ
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Full Stack Engineer

Carvana

03

Carvana Design Language System (DLS)

  • Created internal React applications for collision repair centers.
  • Built reusable React components integrated into the Design Language System (DLS).
  • Backed the tools with Node.js and MongoDB services modeling repair-center workflows and data.
  • React
  • Bootstrap
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • MongoDB
2019 – 2022Scottsdale, AZ
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Full Stack Engineer

American Express

04

David Jones Australian Card team

  • Built and managed card offers inside the One App ecosystem, converting wireframes into production React + TypeScript applications.
  • Developed Node.js services and integrations powering card-offer experiences for Australian cardmembers.
  • Automated build, test, and deployment with Jenkins, keeping releases consistent across the card platform.
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Jenkins
  • Node.js
2018 – 2019Scottsdale, AZ
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Front End Engineer

Digital AirStrike

05

Flagship analytics application

  • Built the responsive React UI on a .NET (C#) backend for the analyst-facing application.
  • Implemented authentication and authorization with Auth0, gating analyst access to sensitive client data.
  • Delivered features on Azure-hosted services and migrated the UI to TypeScript.
  • React
  • Bootstrap
  • TypeScript
  • Azure
  • C#
  • Auth0
2016 – 2018Phoenix, AZ
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Full Stack Engineer

Syntel

06

American Express merchant portal

  • Built and maintained front-end components in React, converting wireframes into features integrated into the One App ecosystem.
  • Developed and maintained Java / Spring Boot services behind the merchant portal, exposing REST APIs consumed by the React front end.
  • Shipped through a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline onto Red Hat infrastructure.
  • React
  • Jenkins
  • Red Hat
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
EducationTempe, AZ
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Arizona State University

B.S. in Computer Science

Class of 2016

Skills

Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaC#SQL
Frontend
ReactLeafletTailwindBootstrap
Backend
Node.jsSpring BootPostgreSQLMongoDB
Platform
AzureJenkinsRed HatAuth0