Jan Dranreb R. Balangue

Software Developer

Software Developer with 5+ years of experience in web application development, delivering reliable solutions from frontend implementation to backend services and deployment automation.

Core Skills

JavaScript (ES6+) TypeScript React Node.js Fastify Express REST APIs BullMQ Cron Jobs DevOps Docker / Compose CI/CD MongoDB PostgreSQL Supabase Git / GitHub / Bitbucket Linux

Key Achievements

Experience

Allied Marketing - Full Stack Developer

March 2023 - Present

  • Owned end-to-end delivery of internal and client-facing projects, from technical planning to production deployment.
  • Managed server installation, configuration, and release operations to maintain stable, efficient platform performance.
  • Developed responsive email templates with strong compatibility across major devices and email clients.
  • Built in-house automation tools that streamlined workflows and reduced repetitive operational tasks.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines in Bitbucket and GitHub Actions, improving deployment speed and release consistency.
  • Delivered a UI-based, API-driven email warm-up system with scheduling and recipient controls to support sender reputation growth.

PMHOA Pro – Software Developer

November 2024 – September 2026

  • Designed and developed an internal production CRM, establishing the initial project structure and selecting Next.js and PostgreSQL as the core technology stack.
  • Developed and maintained the CRM to support internal business operations.
  • Migrated the production PostgreSQL database and maintained application and database stability.
  • Improved CI/CD and deployments using GitHub Actions, Docker, and GHCR, moving application builds away from the production server for more reliable releases.
  • Troubleshot production issues and maintained the application's deployment process.
  • Maintained and supported email campaign operations, including troubleshooting sending issues and ensuring campaigns ran reliably.

Digiteer - Software Developer

September 2021 - December 2022

  • Developed, maintained, and enhanced full stack applications in collaboration with the CTO.
  • Managed and monitored AWS cloud services to support system reliability and service availability.

Splasheo - Software Developer

March 2021 - August 2021

  • Developed secure, performance-optimized REST APIs for automated video thumbnail generation.
  • Integrated services and APIs to improve publishing workflows and end-user experience.

Selected Projects

Internal Business CRM

Private / Internal Production System

I maintain and improve an existing production CRM supporting day-to-day business operations, focusing on database infrastructure, CI/CD, deployment reliability, and production maintenance.

Private Internal System

This is a private internal company system. Source code and live access cannot be shared publicly.

Production contributions

My Role

I contribute to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of an application that was already in production; I did not build the CRM from scratch.

Challenge

As the CRM grew, application builds on the production server became slow, unreliable, and resource-intensive.

Solution

I moved builds to GitHub Actions, where CI builds Docker images and publishes them to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR). Production now pulls pre-built images for deployment. Selective frontend/API builds and parallel processing avoid unnecessary work and improve release reliability.

Key Contributions

  • Migrated the production PostgreSQL database.
  • Fixed and improved the existing CI/CD pipeline.
  • Maintained production deployments and troubleshot production and deployment issues.
  • Moved Docker builds from the production server to CI, publishing images to GHCR.
  • Optimized the workflow with selective frontend/API builds and parallel processing.

Result

A faster, more reliable, and more maintainable deployment process, with less build workload on the production server.

Technologies

Next.js PostgreSQL GitHub Actions Docker GHCR Linux

Email Warm-Up Automation

Developed a UI and API-based platform replacing manual scripts, with scheduling and recipient control to strengthen sender reputation.

Point of Sale System

Implemented maintenance and feature improvements while supporting AWS operations.

Brother's Keeper

Supported ongoing improvements for a membership management and monitoring system.

Santi E-Learning Platform

Delivered continuous enhancements and maintenance on an online learning platform.

Splasheo Media Platform

Built API services for thumbnail generation and integrated social publishing workflows.

Education

Christ the King College - BS in Information Technology (2015 - 2020)