# Carlo Salas

> Full Stack Engineer with 10+ years building performant web applications across the entire stack — REST & GraphQL APIs, React frontends, PostgreSQL-backed services, and CI/CD pipelines. Based in Mexico, working with global teams.

Carlo Alejandro Salas is a TypeScript-first engineer whose daily tools span Node.js 22+, Fastify, React, Prisma, and PostgreSQL. He is equally comfortable designing a database schema and shipping a polished UI. He values clean architecture, thorough code reviews, type safety, and mentoring.

The site is a single-page portfolio (SPA) available in English and Spanish. It has no blog posts yet; that section is coming soon.

## About

- [About Carlo](https://carloalejandrosalas.github.io/#about): Background, career journey, and engineering values. Started with PHP & MySQL, evolved through the full JS ecosystem. Led front-end migrations from legacy codebases to modern SPAs.

## Stack

- [Current stack](https://carloalejandrosalas.github.io/#stack): TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js 22+, Fastify, PHP 8+, Laravel, React.js, Tailwind CSS, Chakra UI, Jest, Vitest, Testing Library, Playwright, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Eloquent, Firebase Firestore, GraphQL, RESTful APIs, OIDC, JWT, Auth0, Firebase Auth, Vite, Docker, Git, GitHub Actions, ESLint, Prettier.

## Spoken Languages

- English — Professional working proficiency
- Spanish — Native (based in Mexico)

## Contact & Social

- [Contact form](https://carloalejandrosalas.github.io/#connect): Send a message directly from the site.
- [GitHub](https://github.com/carloalejandrosalas): Open source work and repositories.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlo-alejandro-salas): Professional profile.
- [X / Twitter](https://twitter.com/carloalexsalas): @carloalexsalas

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://carloalejandrosalas.github.io/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap with EN/ES alternate links.