RoleSoftware Developer
LocationToronto, ON — Canada
Experience5+ Years
Melanie Baratto
Software Developer · Front-End Specialty

I build precise, beautiful interfaces — from finance platforms to mobile apps. Clean code, serious craft.

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Building Beautiful things. Since 2021.
Work Experience
Core Expertise
React Redux React Native TypeScript TanStack Query JavaScript CSS3 / SASS
Specialist · 5+ years
01
Falkon Technologies Software Developer
Dallas FW · Remote Feb 2025 — Feb 2026
React Native TypeScript TanStack iFrame Integration ASP.NET C#

Technology consulting firm based in Dallas, Portland & Toronto. Delivered front-end UI/UX, web development, and complex integrations across multiple client verticals — interior design, insurance, and legacy modernisation.

  • Led front-end development for an interior design mobile app, building new features and maintaining cross-platform functionality using React Native, TypeScript and TanStack Query.
  • Took ownership of dynamic form development for a major insurance client, implementing complex form rendering and validation logic using React and TanStack Form/Query, enabling flexible data capture workflows.
  • Designed and integrated iFrame-based solutions connecting React applications with clients' legacy native systems, ensuring seamless interoperability across platforms.
  • Maintained and enhanced legacy systems by contributing to ASP.NET Razor views and C# back-end code, fixing bugs and modernizing UI for improved maintainability.
  • Collaborated across product and design teams to deliver user-friendly, responsive, and accessible UI components, ensuring consistency with client branding and usability standards.
  • Championed clean code practices, modular architecture, and performance optimization, improving maintainability and reducing development bottlenecks.
2026
02
Wealthscope Front-End Developer
Toronto, ON May 2022 — Oct 2024
React Redux OpenAI API Finance US Localization
  • Built complex, data-rich interfaces for an investment portfolio analysis platform serving DIY investors, financial advisors, money coaches, and enterprise clients across Canada and the US.
  • Owned the full React/Redux front-end — renovated the iFrame design and drove engagement improvements.
  • Led integrations with The Globe and Mail and Quotemedia as sole front-end owner through launch.
  • Spearheaded US platform adaptation — region-specific content, tools, and market access from scratch.
  • Built rich data visualisations using Chart.js for portfolio analytics and risk modelling — translating complex financial data into clear, interactive charts.
  • Implemented full internationalisation with i18next, enabling region-specific content for the US market launch.
  • Contributed to Node.js back-end services and API integrations supporting the React/Redux platform.
  • Implemented OpenAI API — a chat-based ETF Screener and a user-guide chatbot.
2024
03
Microverse Code Reviewer & Mentor
Remote Dec 2021 — May 2022
Mentorship Code Review
  • Mentored junior developers through structured code reviews — technical and professional dimensions.
  • Enforced style, performance, and functionality standards across all reviewed projects.
2022
04
Freelance Software Developer
Remote Mar 2021 — May 2022
React REST APIs Heroku
  • Designed and shipped web services using React, Redux, JavaScript, HTML5/CSS3, Sass, and REST APIs.
  • Managed deployments on Heroku and Netlify; applied Agile methodology across all projects.
2021
Clean Code. Beautiful Interfaces.
Expertise
JavaScriptCore
TypeScriptAdvanced
Node.jsProficient
OOPCore
State ManagementExpert
ReactExpert
React NativeExpert
ReduxExpert
TanStackAdvanced
CSS3 / SASSExpert
BootstrapAdvanced
Semantic UIAdvanced
PostgreSQLProficient
Git / GitHubExpert
Webpack / NPMAdvanced
FlutterProficient
StripeProficient
Chart.jsAdvanced
i18nextAdvanced
OpenAI APIAdvanced
Agile / ScrumExpert
UX / UI DesignPassionate
JestAdvanced
PlaywrightE2E Testing
Prompt EngineeringAdvanced
ASP.NETProficient
Mobile DevExpert
The human Behind the Code.
Beyond the Code
ETHToronto · Hackathon · 1st Place
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🏆 First Place · NEAR Inc. Bounty
Mel’s Meta
Awarded at #ETHToronto Hackathon, presented by NEAR Inc.
Team photo at the hackathon
The Team Curtis Jaekl
Anton Romankov
Daniel Makarov
Melanie Baratto
Built & Built &
Won Won
Overnight. Overnight.

My team and I won the NEAR Protocol bounty at #ETHToronto — building Mel’s Meta, a decentralised funding platform for small volunteer organisations, powered by NEAR smart contracts. We stayed up all night writing it.  ✨

About NEAR: the modular, high-speed protocol powering the agentic future — the execution layer for AI-native apps where agents own assets, make decisions, and transact freely across networks.

Built with

Curtis Jaekl · Anton Romankov · Daniel Makarov

Blockchain Futurist Conference stage
The Venue
Discord announcement: 1st Place Mel Meta
Discord Announcement
Mel's Meta logo
Mel’s Meta
Views inside the conference
The Views
Melanie Baratto with Roko
MB Toronto, ON ✦︎ 2026
About Melanie

Hello World — I'm Melanie. A Software Developer with a front-end specialty and a love for UX/UI.

I didn't take the straight line. I studied Pharmacy at university before realizing the technology I'd loved since attending the 2011 VEX Robotics Round Up wasn't a hobby — it was the work. I switched to Computer Science, and every piece of what I learned before it still informs how I build today. Precision. Care for the user. The understanding that small decisions compound.

At Falkon Technologies I worked across multiple client verticals — building mobile apps in React Native and owning complex form systems for insurance clients. At Wealthscope I built data-rich interfaces for an investment portfolio analysis platform serving DIY investors, financial advisors, and enterprise clients — translating complex market data into actionable intelligence.

Off-screen I'm probably planning a trip, studying a new language, watching Wuthering Heights for the hundredth time, or listening to Grimes on a long walk with Roko — my furry co-founder. The same curiosity that makes a great traveler makes a great engineer.

PassionTraveling the world
Dog momRoko — chief distraction officer
Currently learningRussian — slowly but surely
WritingTech articles on Medium
Languages
English
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
German
Conversational
French
Beginner
Russian
Learning ✦︎
Open for opportunities
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"What drives me as a developer is the constant personal growth that goes hand in hand with technological evolution. Frameworks, libraries, and languages come and go — it's up to developers to remain adaptable in a changing ecosystem. The most important quality to cultivate is a willingness to keep learning. In an age shaped by artificial intelligence, the role of the developer is no longer just to build, but to guide technology with intention, responsibility and purpose. My growth as a software developer is tied to the growth of the field itself, and I strive for my work to play a role in improving the world and creating meaningful, positive impact."
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