OPA.SO/V2026—● MÁLAGA, ES
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◈ VICENTE OPASO

Frontend
architecture.
Engineering
leadership.

15+ years shipping composable web platforms, design systems, and the teams behind them. Málaga, ES · Remote-EU.

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CONTENTS ————
25%
Core Web Vitals improvement across 6 markets
40%
Reduction in release friction via CI/CD
€1B+
Annual turnover on platforms I architected
15y+
Shipping on the web — and 10 years in telecom before
§01
TL;DR
the short version,
for people who
skim everything.
  1. 01 —I lead engineering teams and architect frontend platforms.WHO
  2. 02 —I care about composable architecture, design systems, and developer experience.CRAFT
  3. 03 —I ship accessible, performant, globally-localized products.SHIP
  4. 04 —I scale Communities of Practice and mentor distributed teams.SCALE
  5. 05 —I am, very likely, the only Frontend Architect you will meet who was also an RF engineer at Nokia.EXTRA
§02WHAT I DO
01
Frontend Architecture
Composable React / Next.js ecosystems built for global delivery.
02
Design Systems & UI Governance
Component libraries, tokens, accessibility, multi-surface consistency.
03
Developer Experience
CI/CD automation, code-quality guardrails, onboarding, tooling.
04
Engineering Leadership
Distributed teams, strategy, aligning product, design and engineering.
05
Performance, A11y & SEO
Core Web Vitals, edge delivery, WCAG 2.1, technical SEO.
§03WHERE I'VE WORKED
DATESROLE · COMPANYLOCATION→
2025.07 – 2025.11Manager of Web Engineering · NexthinkHybridREAD ↗
2025.02 – 2025.07Technical Application Owner (User Domain) · EUROCONTROLBrussels, Belgium (Onsite)READ ↗
2022.12 – 2024.12Frontend Solutions Architect · Carlsberg GroupLisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)READ ↗
2022.12 – 2024.07Solutions Architect – Digital Marketing & Consumer Tech · Carlsberg GroupLisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)READ ↗
2021.01 – 2022.12Lead Developer & Architect – Malty Design System · Carlsberg GroupLisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)READ ↗
2021.03 – 2022.12Principal Frontend Developer · Carlsberg GroupLisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)READ ↗
2020.01 – 2021.03Lead Frontend Developer · Carlsberg GroupLisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)READ ↗
2012.03 – 2019.06Co-founder & Principal · GreygooNaperville, IL, USAREAD ↗
2018.12 – 2019.06Senior Frontend Developer · Opaso LLCRemote | Chicago, ILREAD ↗
2018.06 – 2018.11A/B Testing Developer · Cro MetricsRemote | Chicago, ILREAD ↗
2011.04 – 2012.04Frontend Developer · Upshot AgencyChicago, ILREAD ↗
2001.10 – 2011.03Contracting Engineer · Nokia NetworksUnited States (Traveling)READ ↗
§04TECH & TOOLS
JavaScriptMASTER
TypeScript · Node.js · ECMAScript · Micro Frontends
Frontend DevelopmentMASTER
React · Next.js · Angular · React Native · Gatsby · Progressive Web Apps · SPA · Server-Side Rendering · Static Site Generation · Headless CMS · GraphQL · REST · Service Workers
Design SystemsMASTER
Figma · Storybook · Design Tokens · Inner-sourcing · Governance
Developer ExperienceMASTER
CI/CD Optimization · GitHub Actions · CodeQL · Onboarding Automation · Tooling Workflows · DX Strategy
AWSADVANCED
S3 · CloudFront · Lambda · CloudWatch · Amplify
GitHubADVANCED
GitHub Actions · Pages · Packages · GHAS · Branch Protections
HTMLMASTER
HTML5 · Web Components · HTML Modules · Canvas · Semantic HTML
CSSMASTER
Tailwind CSS · Sass · Less · CSS-in-JS
TestingBASIC
Jest · Cypress · React Testing Library
§05GET IN TOUCH

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