Maria Maneva

Senior Front-End Developer | Ex-UX Designer | Expanding into Full-Stack

Email Email

Phone + 359 885 802 501

GitHub github.com/mariamaneva

Site specterart.net

Location Sofia / Plovdiv, Bulgaria

ABOUT ME

I have over 10 years of experience working in the IT field.

I began my career as a multimedia designer and gradually transitioned into front-end development through both professional work and personal projects.

Since 2019, I have been working full-time as a front-end developer, building modern web applications and working within complex, multi-service product ecosystems.

My goal going forward is to grow into a full-stack developer role, based on my experience across services and my interest in different technologies.

CODING EXPERIENCE

TypeScript / JS
React
React Native
HTML / CSS
Testing (Cypress, Jest)
Node.js
PHP
SQL

WORK EXPERIENCE

2024 - ongoing

Senior Front-End Developer

Consensus

  • Working as a senior front-end developer on an enterprise marketing SaaS product.
  • Contributing to feature design and development through cross-team technical discussions.
  • Maintaining and improving a large-scale core codebase with several micro-frontends and internal libraries.
  • Supporting and monitoring several team-owned services as part of the product ecosystem.
  • Making small, targeted contributions to PHP-based services when appropriate.
Stack:  React React Query TypeScript Jest JIRA GitLab Jenkins Lens

2021 - 2024

Senior MTS

VMWare - Carbon Black

  • Worked as a front-end developer on an endpoint security SaaS product.
  • Actively participated in cross-team technical discussions on new feature design and development.
  • Maintained and improved a large-scale codebase, with a focus on code quality and maintainability.
  • Performed technical interviews with candidates for open positions within the team.
  • Mentored and supported junior members of the team.
  • Participated in daily and weekly meetings and planning sessions.
Stack:  React Redux TypeScript Cypress Jest JIRA GitLab

2020 - 2021

Software Developer

MentorMate

  • Worked as a software developer on web and mobile projects.
  • Participated in daily and weekly meetings and planning sessions.
  • Supported junior developers by providing guidance when needed.
Stack:  React Native React Redux TypeScript GraphQL JIRA GitLab GitHub

2019 - 2020

Front-End Developer

ScaleFocus

  • Worked as a front-end developer (React / React Native) on web and mobile projects.
  • Participated in daily and weekly meetings and planning sessions.
  • Performed peer code reviews.
  • Occasionally prepared internal educational presentations to support the team's technical knowledge.
Stack:  React Native React Redux TypeScript JIRA GitHub

TOOLS

Git JIRA VS Code Cursor Jenkins Lens Docker Figma Photoshop Illustrator After Effects

UI / UX & DESIGN BACKGROUND

Software UI / UX
Web Design
Animation
Print Design

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

Mountain Biking / Hiking / Backcountry skiing Digital Painting Coding Retro PC gaming

2015 - 2019

UI Designer / Developer

Plovdiv Software

  • Worked as an in-house UI designer and developer for a software company focused on user data management and security.
  • Designed software applications, web applications, and landing pages.
  • Contributed to front-end development and ongoing support of web applications and landing pages.
  • Worked closely with the development team by providing UI assets and interface guidelines.
  • Occasionally produced short explainer videos.
Stack:  Adobe XD Illustrator HTML/CSS jQuery After Effects Photoshop JIRA SVN

2010 - 2015

Multimedia Designer

Stara Zagora Company

  • Worked as an in-house designer for a software company in the stock market domain.
  • Designed and supported company websites, landing pages, and software applications.
  • Worked closely with the development team by providing design assets and interface guidelines.
  • Created visual assets for marketing and social media.
  • Produced explainer videos and After Effects templates, and helped set up and operate the company's video studio.
Stack:  Photoshop Flash After Effects WordPress HTML/CSS SVN

EDUCATION

2011 - 2017

Master's Degree in Animation Directing

New Bulgarian University

2005 - 2009

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Graphics and Imaging

Lehman College of The City University of New York

1998 - 2004

High School

French Language High School Antoine de Saint-Exupery

LANGUAGES

Bulgarian - Native

English - Fluent (spoken and written)

French - Basic communication, intermediate reading