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Christopher Sanders

New York

Summary

Lead Frontend Engineer with extensive experience at Elpha Secure, recognized for improving team velocity and contributing to substantial revenue growth. Proficient in frontend web development and unit testing, with a strong focus on cross-functional collaboration and mentoring. Skilled in implementing Agile methodologies to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Frontend Engineer

Elpha Secure
New York
07.2022 - 04.2025
  • Interviewed and hired frontend engineers
  • Worked on the Broker Portal web application
  • Added unit tests and automated user tests to test application
  • Mentored engineers and assigned them tasks that went with their desired interests and career path
  • Increased team velocity by organizing the work so we can get the most amount of work done per sprint. This often meant filtering outside requests for the team which allowed them to focus on delivering new products and features.
  • Documented the deployment process, building our web application, and added some coding standards
  • Solicited advice and guidance from other frontend engineers and other teams for various projects and engineering practices
  • In my time at Elpha Secure, insurance premiums went from less than $10k/month to $1million+/month
  • Tools: TypeScript, React, React Hook Form, Yup, Styled System, Vite, Material Design

Senior Software Engineer

CLEAR
New York
02.2021 - 07.2022
  • Built a new TSA PreCheck 'Pod' application. This application is designed to run in airports using a custom hardware setup which includes various sensors and scanners.
  • Re-built our TSA PreCheck web application using modern technologies to improve quality and to future-proof the application.
  • Wrote thorough unit and integration tests using Jest and Cypress.
  • Built a component library for use across the company, including a document upload component, buttons, inputs and alerts. These met strict government compliance requirements.
  • Onboarded new engineers, helping them work with our Agile processes, complex applications, as well as the government requirements we worked with.
  • I work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including the Design, Hardware and Infrastructure teams to ship high-quality software in a timely manner.
  • Tools: TypeScript, React, React Hook Form, Yup, NextJS, Styled System, Electron, Tailwind

Software Engineer - Frontend

PlushCare
San Francisco
12.2018 - 05.2020
  • Restyled and rewrote the appointment booking experience to match the new brand and to simplify the logic in code used to make appointments.
  • I worked on reducing the number of errors in the code with techniques such as unit testing.
  • I worked on interviewing and onboarding new engineers. This involved simplifying the codebase, adding documentation, and making the development process simpler using Docker.

Senior Software Engineer

MediaMath
New York
04.2017 - 10.2018
  • Dockerized backend services and created CI/CD pipeline with CircleCI, Bamboo and AWS. This allowed more regular, automated releases.
  • Worked in a cross-functional team with Product Managers, UX Designers and other Engineers in an Agile environment to create and maintain products.
  • Served as a Frontend Engineer for a cutting edge advertisement deal management service, which allows advertisers and publishers easier methods for both deal and deal group creation and editing.
  • Delivered a foundational proof of concept for new, company-wide UI framework using React, Redux and Emotion in collaboration with the UI framework team.

Education

BBA - Finance

Southern Methodist University
01.2007

Skills

  • Frontend Web Development
  • Unit Testing
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration

Timeline

Lead Frontend Engineer

Elpha Secure
07.2022 - 04.2025

Senior Software Engineer

CLEAR
02.2021 - 07.2022

Software Engineer - Frontend

PlushCare
12.2018 - 05.2020

Senior Software Engineer

MediaMath
04.2017 - 10.2018

BBA - Finance

Southern Methodist University

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