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Christopher Smith

Oak Creek,CO

Summary

Senior Frontend Developer specializing in JavaScript/TypeScript, Vue, and React—building scalable, secure, well-tested web experiences. Collaborate closely with Product, UX, and Engineering in Agile teams to translate business goals into high-impact features. Known for modernizing front-end architecture and raising quality through strong testing practices and pragmatic delivery.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Personal Development and Career Break

07.2025 - Current

Independent financial study and real estate renovations.

Senior Frontend Developer

CardFree

05.2022 - 07.2025

Implemented 3-D Secure (3DS) authentication and payment tokenization to harden transaction security and compliance for flagship white-label product and payments SDK. Implementation led to new client partnership processing payment transactions in the millions.
Led a phased migration from Vue.js version 2 to 3, executing progressive refactors aligned with the official migration guide to improve stability, maintainability and long-term support.
Redesigned the application and delivered high-value features thus driving new client onboarding in accordance with 'Request for Proposal' (RFP) deadlines and expectations.
Refactored core components and state patterns, removed deprecated APIs and standardized component and Sass stylesheet conventions to reduce technical debt while speeding up component prototyping.
Contributed to table-side payment features and integration using Socket.io within Node.js and Express.js middleware server triggering ordering and payment notifications for 3rd-party table-top devices.
Maintained 3rd-party payment processing integrations including, but not limited to Google Pay, Apple Pay, Stripe and Square Payments.
Integrated Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics for analytics and conversion tracking.
Deployed New Relic monitoring and alerting to strengthen incident visibility and response.

Frontend Developer Contractor

REI

10.2021 - 05.2022

Engineering contributions to the REI Membership Credit Rewards migration from U.S. Bank to Capital One, developing a seamless user experience and feature parity utilizing REI's open-source Vue.js Cedar component library.
Partnered with UX and Product to translate discovery into actionable user flows, acceptance criteria and technical requirements; decomposed epics into clear, deliverable stories.
Refactored core modules and internal product SKU catalog application to reduce defects and optimize user interactions, improving developer experience and accelerating future feature integration.

Frontend Developer

Vail Resorts

03.2020 - 05.2021

Led migration to React.js 'Hooks' and 'Context/Reducer' API to centralize state for static Sitecore CMS pages thus improving maintainability, enforcing DRY principles and reducing unnecessary re-renders while retiring legacy jQuery dependencies.
Designed and launched Adobe Target A/B tests (e.g., ski & lift pass upsell recommendations) tailored by geography and audience segments to lift conversion and pass revenue.
Partnered with Adobe Analytics Business Analysts, Product Owners and stakeholders in Agile ceremonies to translate requirements and align delivery across capital projects.

Junior Frontend Developer

TrainingPeaks

06.2018 - 10.2019

Refactored tightly coupled data integrations within the coach and athlete application cache, improving Redux-based state management and significantly accelerating chart and graph rendering.
Expanded automated testing with Mocha.js, Chai.js and Cypress.io across unit, integration and end-to-end layers, increasing coverage and reducing defects and backlog by ~70%.

Web Developer

Self-Employed

06.2016 - 06.2017

Designed and built responsive websites and brand assets for small businesses and nonprofits, emphasizing user-friendly design.
Delivered an author book-launch website, contributed to a nonprofit re-brand and established a digital presence for a family business.