# Hernan Case

> Principal Software Engineer at DEPT® and Tech Lead. Fifteen years building for the web, focused on frontend architecture, headless CMS platforms, web performance and AI-assisted engineering. Based in Mar del Plata, Argentina, working with US teams.

## Current role

- Principal Software Engineer, DEPT® (April 2025 – present). Owns architecture and technical direction across multiple client projects; defines standards and tooling; mentors engineers and guides teams through system design decisions.

## Selected work at DEPT® (2022 – present)

Client names are on LinkedIn. Industries and scope:

- Luxury wine estate group (2024–2025): Technical Leader for a multi-brand site relaunch with e-commerce and order management. Gatsby, React, Tailwind, GraphQL, Sanity, Commerce7.
- Global video streaming platform (2024): Web Lead. Coding standards and scalable frontend for a public company.
- Pet-tech e-commerce brand (2023): Senior Software Engineer. Performance, e-commerce and architecture. Gatsby, React, Chakra UI, Sanity, Netlify.
- Global quick-service restaurant brand (2022–2023): Senior Software Engineer on the core web team. Performance, authentication and architecture. Next.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, Contentful.

## Earlier

- Globant (2019–2022): Sr Web Developer and Technical Leader. Led teams, specs and delivery. Technical interviewer for hiring.
- FrontendCafé (2020–2021): volunteer web developer for the community site. Next.js, TypeScript, Sanity.
- GamSoft, Ecolan (2017–2020): full stack and mobile. React, Angular, Node, Vue, Ionic, Symfony.
- Steam Argentina (2009–2015): founder of an online game-key store built on WordPress and PayU.

## Skills

Technical leadership, frontend architecture, design systems, web performance and Core Web Vitals, accessibility, SSR and SSG, React, Next.js, Gatsby, TypeScript, GraphQL, Tailwind, headless CMS (Sanity, Contentful, Contentstack), Node.js, testing with Jest and React Testing Library, AI-assisted engineering with Claude and similar tooling.

## Links

- [Site](https://hercase.netlify.app/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hercase/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/hercase)
- [Email](mailto:hercase92@gmail.com)