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I’m Ronald Bessa, a frontend developer originally trained in forestry engineering who pivoted into tech during the pandemic. I have 3 years of professional experience building interactive, scalable web applications with deep expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript. I’m motivated by learning, solving complex systems, and shipping clean, maintainable code with a strong product mindset and collaborative approach.
I’m the founder of Bessa Studio, delivering web apps for 16+ organizations, mentoring others, and driving frontend architecture decisions in freelance and volunteer roles. I enjoy teaching, sharing knowledge, and continuously improving performance, accessibility, and user experience to deliver real value to users and stakeholders.
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Work Experience
Founder, Front-End Developer at Bessa Studio
April 1, 2022 - June 10, 2024Designed and delivered scalable, user-friendly web applications for 16+ diverse organisations using modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, translating Figma designs into pixel-perfect UIs. Boosted Lighthouse performance score by +169% by migrating a legacy website to a modern stack (Next.js + headless CMS), achieving perfect scores in SEO and best practices, and improving accessibility by 44%. Developed responsive and cross-browser compatible UI with modern frameworks such as React and Next.js. Led successful project deliveries by managing tight timelines, coordinating clients and collaborators, and ensuring on-time launches. Enhanced long-term performance and user satisfaction by resolving technical issues post-launch.
Freelance Front-End Developer at Conseq Ltd
April 1, 2025 - June 10, 2024Reduced design QA cycles by enhancing styling consistency across Salesforce Lightning Web Components, aligning all elements with SLDS and brand guidelines. Enabled faster feature rollouts by improving modularity and reusability of key UI components. Increased usability and stakeholder satisfaction by delivering interface refinements to customer-facing experiences.
Volunteer Lead Developer at Black British Classical Foundation
May 1, 2025 - June 10, 2024Developed a flexible page builder in React and Sanity Studio that empowered staff to manage content independently, reducing developer support by 70% and saving approximately 5 hours per page launch. Improved deployment speed and team collaboration by establishing CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions. Led frontend architecture decisions and mentored a junior developer through pair programming and code reviews. Acted as lead technical contact translating requirements into actionable development tasks.
Freelance Front-End Developer at Engine Creative
May 1, 2025 - June 10, 2024Learned Blender from scratch to prepare and adjust 3D assets for web integration, ensuring accurate positioning across multiple scene types. Rapidly shipped new 3D features and product implementations in 2–5 days to drive fast iteration. Increased maintainability and load reliability by streamlining integration of complex 3D product models in React Three Fiber and optimizing GLTF structures in Blender. Enhanced feature scalability and team handoff by extending React Three Fiber codebase with custom components and hooks using TypeScript and Redux. Reduced visual bugs and improved consistency by resolving animation and model traversal issues.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Engine Creative
May 1, 2025 - PresentLearnt Blender from scratch to prepare and adjust 3D assets for web integration, ensuring accurate positioning across multiple scene types. Rapidly shipped new 3D features and product implementations in 2–5 days, driving fast iteration and experimentation in a fast‑paced creative environment. Increased maintainability and load reliability by streamlining the integration of complex 3D product models in React Three Fiber, optimising GLTF structures in Blender. Improved feature scalability and team handoff by extending the React Three Fiber codebase with custom components and hooks using TypeScript and Redux. Reduced visual bugs and improved consistency by resolving animation and model traversal issues across dynamic configurations.
Volunteer Lead Developer at Black British Classical Foundation
May 1, 2025 - PresentReduced developer support by 70% by developing a flexible page builder in React and Sanity Studio that empowered staff to manage content independently, saving approximately 5 hours per page launch. Improved deployment speed and team collaboration by establishing CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions. Led frontend architecture decisions, guiding component structure and implementation across the project. Mentored a junior developer through pair programming and code reviews, meeting twice a week and improving their confidence and code quality. Acted as the lead technical contact, translating requirements from multiple departments into actionable development tasks.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Conseq Ltd
April 1, 2025 - PresentReduced design QA cycles by enhancing styling consistency across Salesforce Lightning Web Components, aligning all elements with SLDS and brand guidelines. Enabled faster feature rollouts by improving modularity and reusability of key UI components. Increased usability and stakeholder satisfaction by delivering interface refinements to customer‑facing experiences.
Founder, Frontend Developer at Bessa Studio
April 1, 2022 - PresentDesigned and delivered scalable, user‑friendly web applications for 16+ diverse organisations using modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, translating Figma designs into pixel‑perfect UIs. Boosted Lighthouse performance score by +169% by migrating a legacy website to a modern stack (Next.js + headless CMS), achieving perfect scores in SEO and best practices, and improving accessibility by 44%. Developed UI with responsiveness, maintainability, and cross‑browser compatibility using modern frameworks such as React and Next.js, and delivered UI/UX improvements based on usability testing and stakeholder feedback. Led successful project deliveries by managing tight timelines (1‑6 weeks), coordinating input from clients and collaborators and ensuring on‑time launches. Enhanced long‑term performance and user satisfaction by resolving technical issues post‑launch.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Engine Creative
May 1, 2025 - PresentLearnt Blender from scratch to prepare and adjust 3D assets for web integration, ensuring accurate positioning across multiple scene types. Rapidly shipped new 3D features and product implementations in 2–5 days, driving fast iteration and experimentation in a fast-paced creative environment. Increased maintainability and load reliability by streamlining the integration of complex 3D product models in React Three Fiber, optimising GLTF structures in Blender. Improved feature scalability and team handoff by extending the React Three Fiber codebase with custom components and hooks using TypeScript and Redux. Reduced visual bugs and improved consistency by resolving animation and model traversal issues across dynamic configurations.
Volunteer Lead Developer at Black British Classical Foundation
May 1, 2025 - PresentReduced developer support by 70% by developing a flexible page builder in React and Sanity Studio that empowered staff to manage content independently, saving approximately 5 hours per page launch. Improved deployment speed and team collaboration by establishing CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions. Led frontend architecture decisions, guiding component structure and implementation across the project. Mentored a junior developer through pair programming and code reviews, meeting twice a week and improving their confidence and code quality. Acted as the lead technical contact, translating requirements from multiple departments into actionable development tasks.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Conseq Ltd
April 1, 2025 - PresentReduced design QA cycles by enhancing styling consistency across Salesforce Lightning Web Components, aligning all elements with SLDS and brand guidelines. Enabled faster feature rollouts by improving modularity and reusability of key UI components. Increased usability and stakeholder satisfaction by delivering interface refinements to customer-facing experiences.
Founder, Frontend Developer at Bessa Studio
April 1, 2022 - PresentDesigned and delivered scalable, user-friendly web applications for 16+ diverse organisations using modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, translating Figma designs into pixel-perfect UIs. Boosted Lighthouse performance score by +169% by migrating a legacy website to a modern stack (Next.js + headless CMS), achieving perfect scores in SEO and best practices, and improving accessibility by 44%. Developed UI with responsiveness, maintainability, and cross-browser compatibility using modern frameworks such as React and Next.js, and delivered UI/UX improvements based on usability testing and stakeholder feedback. Led successful project deliveries by managing tight timelines (1-6 weeks), coordinating input from clients and collaborators and ensuring on-time launches. Enhanced long-term performance and user satisfaction by resolving technical issues post-launch.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Engine Creative
May 1, 2025 - PresentRemote role focused on rapid 3D web feature delivery. Learned Blender to prepare and adjust 3D assets for web integration, ensuring accurate positioning across multiple scene types. Streamlined React Three Fiber integrations, optimized GLTF structures, and extended the codebase with custom components and hooks using TypeScript and Redux. Resolved animation and model traversal issues across dynamic configurations to reduce visual bugs and improve consistency.
Volunteer Lead Developer at Black British Classical Foundation
May 1, 2025 - PresentLed frontend development and content tooling to empower staff. Built a flexible page builder in React and Sanity Studio, reducing developer support by 70% and saving ~5 hours per page launch. Established CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, guided frontend architecture decisions, and mentored a junior developer through regular code reviews and pair programming sessions.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Conseq Ltd
April 1, 2025 - PresentEnhanced styling consistency across Salesforce Lightning Web Components, aligning with SLDS and brand guidelines. Improved modularity and reusability of core UI components to enable faster feature rollouts and improved customer-facing usability.
Founder, Frontend Developer at Bessa Studio
April 1, 2022 - PresentDesigned and delivered scalable, user-friendly web applications for 16+ organisations. Migrated legacy sites to a modern stack (Next.js + headless CMS), boosting Lighthouse scores and accessibility. Delivered responsive, cross‑browser UIs using React/Next.js, coordinating client input with tight delivery timelines (1–6 weeks) and handling post-launch maintenance to improve long-term performance.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Engine Creative
May 1, 2025 - PresentLearned Blender from scratch to prepare and adjust 3D assets for web integration, ensuring accurate positioning across multiple scene types. Rapidly shipped new 3D features and product implementations in 2-5 days, driving fast iteration in a fast-paced creative environment. Increased maintainability and load reliability by streamlining the integration of complex 3D product models in React Three Fiber, optimizing GLTF structures in Blender. Extended the React Three Fiber codebase with custom components and hooks using TypeScript and Redux to improve feature scalability and team handoff. Resolved animation and model traversal issues across dynamic configurations to reduce visual bugs and maintain visual consistency.
Volunteer Lead Developer at Black British Classical Foundation
May 1, 2025 - PresentReduced developer support by 70% by building a flexible page builder in React and Sanity Studio that empowered staff to manage content independently, saving approximately 5 hours per page launch. Improved deployment speed and teamwork by establishing CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions. Led frontend architecture decisions, guiding component structure and implementation across the project. Mentored a junior developer through pair programming and code reviews, twice a week, improving their confidence and code quality. Served as the lead technical contact, translating requirements from multiple departments into actionable development tasks.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Conseq Ltd
April 1, 2025 - PresentReduced design QA cycles by enhancing styling consistency across Salesforce Lightning Web Components, aligning all elements with SLDS and brand guidelines. Enabled faster feature rollouts by improving modularity and reusability of key UI components. Increased usability and stakeholder satisfaction by delivering interface refinements to customer-facing experiences.
Founder, Frontend Developer at Bessa Studio
April 1, 2022 - PresentDesigned and delivered scalable, user-friendly web applications for 16+ diverse organisations using modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, translating Figma designs into pixel-perfect UIs. Boosted Lighthouse performance score by 169% by migrating a legacy site to Next.js + headless CMS, achieving perfect scores in SEO and best practices, and improving accessibility by 44%. Developed UI with responsiveness, maintainability, and cross-browser compatibility using React and Next.js, and delivered UI/UX improvements based on usability testing and stakeholder feedback. Led successful project deliveries by managing tight timelines (1-6 weeks), coordinating input from clients and collaborators and ensuring on-time launches. Enhanced long-term performance and user satisfaction by resolving technical issues post-launch.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Engine Creative
May 1, 2025 - PresentLearnt Blender from scratch to prepare and adjust 3D assets for web integration, ensuring accurate positioning across multiple scene types. Rapidly shipped new 3D features and product implementations in 2–5 days, driving fast iteration and experimentation in a fast-paced creative environment. Increased maintainability and load reliability by streamlining the integration of complex 3D product models in React Three Fiber, optimising GLTF structures in Blender. Improved feature scalability and team handoff by extending the React Three Fiber codebase with custom components and hooks using TypeScript and Redux. Reduced visual bugs and improved consistency by resolving animation and model traversal issues across dynamic configurations.
Volunteer Lead Developer at Black British Classical Foundation
May 1, 2025 - PresentReduced developer support by 70% by developing a flexible page builder in React and Sanity Studio that empowered staff to manage content independently, saving approximately 5 hours per page launch. Improved deployment speed and team collaboration by establishing CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions. Led frontend architecture decisions, guiding component structure and implementation across the project. Mentored a junior developer through pair programming and code reviews, meeting twice a week and improving their confidence and code quality. Acted as the lead technical contact, translating requirements from multiple departments into actionable development tasks.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Conseq Ltd
April 1, 2025 - PresentReduced design QA cycles by enhancing styling consistency across Salesforce Lightning Web Components, aligning all elements with SLDS and brand guidelines. Enabled faster feature rollouts by improving modularity and reusability of key UI components. Increased usability and stakeholder satisfaction by delivering interface refinements to customer-facing experiences.
Founder, Frontend Developer at Bessa Studio
April 1, 2022 - PresentDesigned and delivered scalable, user-friendly web applications for 16+ diverse organisations using modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, translating Figma designs into pixel-perfect UIs. Boosted Lighthouse performance score by +169% by migrating a legacy website to a modern stack (Next.js + headless CMS), achieving perfect scores in SEO and best practices, and improving accessibility by 44%. Developed UI with responsiveness, maintainability, and cross-browser compatibility using modern frameworks such as React and Next.js, and delivered UI/UX improvements based on usability testing and stakeholder feedback. Led successful project deliveries by managing tight timelines (1-6 weeks), coordinating input from clients and collaborators and ensuring on-time launches. Resolved technical issues post-launch to improve long-term performance and user satisfaction.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Engine Creative
May 1, 2025 - PresentFreelance frontend developer delivering 3D-augmented web experiences. Learnt Blender to prepare and adjust 3D assets for web integration, enabling accurate positioning across multiple scene types. Shipped new 3D features and product implementations in 2–5 days, driving fast iteration in a creative environment. Streamlined integration of complex 3D product models in React Three Fiber, optimized GLTF structures in Blender. Extended the React Three Fiber codebase with custom components and hooks using TypeScript and Redux to improve scalability and maintainability. Resolved animation and model traversal issues to reduce visual bugs across dynamic configurations.
Volunteer Lead Developer at Black British Classical Foundation
May 1, 2025 - PresentLed frontend architecture decisions and delivered a flexible page builder in React and Sanity Studio, empowering staff to manage content independently and saving approximately 5 hours per page launch. Established CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions to speed deployments and improve collaboration. Mentored a junior developer through pair programming and code reviews twice weekly, enhancing confidence and code quality. Acted as the lead technical contact, translating requirements from multiple departments into actionable development tasks.
Freelance Frontend Developer at Conseq Ltd
April 1, 2025 - PresentEnhanced styling consistency across Salesforce Lightning Web Components to reduce design QA cycles and align with SLDS and brand guidelines. Improved modularity and reusability of key UI components to enable faster feature rollouts. Delivered interface refinements for customer-facing experiences to improve usability and stakeholder satisfaction.
Founder, Frontend Developer at Bessa Studio
April 1, 2022 - PresentDesigned and delivered scalable, user-friendly web applications for 16+ organizations using modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, translating Figma designs into pixel-perfect UIs. Boosted Lighthouse performance by 169% by migrating a legacy site to Next.js + headless CMS, achieving perfect scores in SEO and best practices and improving accessibility by 44%. Built responsive, cross-browser UI with React and Next.js, guided by usability testing and stakeholder feedback. Led projects with tight timelines (1–6 weeks), coordinating client input to ensure on-time launches and post-launch issue resolution for long‑term performance.
Education
BSc Forestry Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022BSc at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022BSc Forestry Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022Bachelor of Science in Forestry Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022BSc Forestry Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022BSc Forestry Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022BSc Forestry Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022Qualifications
Introduction to Front-End Development, Meta
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022The Complete 2022 Web Development Bootcamp, Udemy
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Advanced CSS and Sass: Flexbox, Grid, Animations and More, Udemy
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design, Google
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking, University of Michigan
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass, Udemy
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025Modern React (react.gg), ui.dev
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025Introduction to Front-End Development, Meta
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022The Complete 2022 Web Development Bootcamp, Udemy
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Advanced CSS and Sass: Flexbox, Grid, Animations and More, Udemy
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design, Google
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking, University of Michigan
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass, Udemy
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025Modern React (react.gg), ui.dev
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025Introduction to Front-End Development
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022The Complete 2022 Web Development Bootcamp
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Advanced CSS and Sass: Flexbox, Grid, Animations and More
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025Modern React (react.gg)
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025Introduction to Front-End Development
January 1, 2022 - September 8, 2025The Complete 2022 Web Development Bootcamp
January 1, 2022 - September 8, 2025Advanced CSS and Sass: Flexbox, Grid, Animations and More
January 1, 2022 - September 8, 2025Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2022 - September 8, 2025Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking
January 1, 2022 - September 8, 2025JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass
January 1, 2025 - September 8, 2025Modern React (react.gg)
January 1, 2025 - September 8, 2025Introduction to Front-End Development
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025The Complete 2022 Web Development Bootcamp
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025Advanced CSS and Sass: Flexbox, Grid, Animations and More
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass
January 1, 2025 - October 13, 2025Modern React (react.gg)
January 1, 2025 - October 13, 2025Introduction to Front-End Development
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025The Complete 2022 Web Development Bootcamp
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025Advanced CSS and Sass: Flexbox, Grid, Animations and More
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass
January 1, 2025 - October 13, 2025Modern React (react.gg)
January 1, 2025 - October 13, 2025Introduction to Front-End Development
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022The Complete 2022 Web Development Bootcamp
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Advanced CSS and Sass: Flexbox, Grid, Animations and More
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025Modern React (react.gg)
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization, Media & Entertainment, Agriculture & Mining, Education, Other
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