Irving Barajas
Product EngineeringEmployer

MotorTrend

Senior software engineering on MotorTrend Group digital products—performance, multi-site consolidation, mentorship, and CI/CD for high-traffic media.

Technology

  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Frontend performance
  • CI/CD
  • Multi-site web platforms

Services

  • Senior software engineering
  • Mentorship
  • Performance engineering

Introduction

As Sr. Software Engineer at MotorTrend Group (Feb 2019–May 2022), I worked on digital product experiences serving a large consumer audience.

Scope note

Public outcome language only. No proprietary CMS internals, vendor contracts, or non-public architecture.

Technology

Representative focus areas:

  • JavaScript and modern frontend delivery
  • React and component systems
  • Performance instrumentation and optimization
  • CI/CD pipelines and deployment discipline
  • Multi-site platform consolidation patterns

Focus

  • Leading performance work that improved speed and supported revenue outcomes
  • Delivering multi-site consolidation with zero downtime on high-traffic properties
  • Mentoring junior engineers and documenting processes
  • Owning CI/CD-oriented deployment hygiene

Outcome

Experience shipping at media scale—millions of visitors, continuous content, and engineering that has to stay fast and stable.

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