Dean Friedland

Skills

• Director level
• Software Industry
• Software Design
• Software Product Management
• Drove technical strategy decisions which led to successful product launches in competitive markets.
• Optimized resource allocation, leading to more efficient use of budget and better overall project outcomes.

• Founded and manage Kimura Coding LLC, delivering comprehensive software solutions with a focus on single-page applications (SPAs) and scalable backend services.
• Architected and shipped multiple large-scale React/Next's SPAs (e-commerce, analytics, real-time collaboration) handling 500k+ monthly active users and peak loads of 20k concurrent sessions with
• Develop modern, accessible React 18 + TypeScript front-ends using Hooks, Redux Toolkit, React Query, Context, React Router for lightning-fast, data-heavy UIs.
• Implement advanced performance strategies—SSR, SSG, incremental static regeneration, code-splitting, lazy loading, prefetching, Web Vitals monitoring—consistently scoring 95–100 on Lighthouse.
• Designed and maintained a cross-platform component library & design system (Storybook, Material-UI, styled-components) consumed by 12 product teams, reducing new feature dev time by 35%.
• Integrated REST and GraphQL back-ends; built Apollo Federation gateway and micro-frontend architecture (Webpack Module Federation) enabling independent deployment of feature domains.
• Champion test-driven development with Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress achieving 90%+ unit coverage and automated visual regression (Chromatic).
• Deployed containerized apps to AWS (EKS/Fargate), Azure, GCP via automated CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker, Helm) with blue-green and canary release pipelines.
• Secured apps with OAuth 2.0/OIDC (Auth0, Clerk), JWT, Content Security Policy, meeting SOC 2 requirements; implementing WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility and i18n for 15 locales.
• Led an 8-engineer front-end team; established code standards, PR discipline, and mentoring that cut production defects by 30% over 12 months.
• Collaborate closely with UX, product, and backend teams in Agile/Scrum; spearheaded migration of legacy Angular codebase to React, eliminating 20k LOC and boosting page performance by 40%.
• Regularly present at local meetups on React performance, Next.js best practices, and micro front-ends; contribute bug fixes to React Router and Chakra UI OSS projects.
• Additional skills and tools: Vite, Tailwind CSS, Chakra UI, Figma, Postman, Supabase, Prisma, Stripe, WebSockets, Sentry, Redis, Elasticsearch, Firebase, Vercel, Netlify, Bash, Nx Monorepos, Lerna, PNPM, ESLint, Prettier.
• Key Technologies & Skills:
• Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, XAML, PHP, Python, C#, .NET
• Frameworks/Libraries: React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, Node.js, .NET MVC, Entity Framework, LINQ, Bootstrap, Laravel, Django, Flask, Tailwind CSS, Chakra UI, styled-components, Storybook, Prisma
• Testing: Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, NUnit, xUnit, Rhino Mocks, Chai, Mocha, Chromatic
• DevOps & Cloud: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus, Azure, AWS (EKS, Fargate, S3), GCP, AKS, Azure Blob Storage, Docker, Helm, Netlify, Vercel
• Tools: Git, BitBucket, SourceTree, Postman, JIRA, Confluence, ESLint, Prettier, Nx, Lerna, PNPM, Bash, Figma, WebSockets, Redis, Elasticsearch, Sentry, Firebase, Stripe
• Auth & Security: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, Auth0, Clerk, CSP, WCAG 2.2 AA Compliance, SOC 2 Readiness
• Data & APIs: REST, GraphQL, Apollo, Apollo Federation, Supabase, Firebase, Elasticsearch

• Led application modernization through microservices architecture: Decomposed a monolithic store operations application into microservices, improving scalability, maintainability, and deployment efficiency.
• Developed internal web services: Built internally facing web services using Service Stack within .NET Core and .NET Standard applications to streamline backend processes.
• Designed and implemented RESTful APIs: Developed RESTful API endpoints and business logic in C# to support multiple front-end applications, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.
• Enhanced customer and employee-facing systems: Built critical functionalities for systems operating across over 1,800 retail stores, including customer ordering platforms and employee tools.
• Developed revenue-driving kiosk systems: Created kiosk functionality aimed at increasing in-store revenue and reducing customer sales process time.
• Built responsive front-end applications: Developed employee-facing features using XAML to improve user experience and operational efficiency. Created and maintained customer and internal-facing front-end applications using Angular (v2+), leveraging TypeScript, HTML, and CSS to deliver scalable and responsive interfaces.
• Implemented comprehensive testing frameworks: Developed unit tests for existing and new API endpoints, achieving over 80% code coverage. Built and maintained Postman test suites to ensure API reliability and compliance with functional requirements.
• Optimized database interactions: Utilized LINQ to SQL and Dapper to construct complex, high-performance database queries while monitoring and optimizing query response times.
• Containerized services for scalable deployments: Containerized applications using Docker to streamline development and deployment pipelines. Orchestrated microservices using Kubernetes (via Rancher GUI) to ensure reliable, scalable, and efficient service management.
• Monitored and optimized API performance: Leveraged Azure monitoring tools to track API health, usage metrics, and overall performance to ensure system reliability and rapid issue resolution.

• Led full project lifecycle: Developed features and functionality from Statement of Work (SOW) through delivery and post-launch support.
• Collaborated with business stakeholders: Worked directly with business teams to identify issues, gather requirements, and write detailed user stories to ensure alignment with project goals.
• Built robust administrative and reporting tools: Developed admin dashboards and reporting solutions using a technology stack including Bootstrap, C#, jQuery, CSS, HTML, and SQL.
• Developed complex client ordering systems: Architected and implemented intricate client ordering functionalities leveraging Bootstrap, C#, jQuery, CSS, HTML, and SQL.
• Modernized customer-facing application: Developed an Angular 2 (TypeScript) application, later migrating it to Angular 5 for enhanced performance and maintainability.
• Enhanced web application with PWA capabilities: Converted Angular application to a Progressive Web App (PWA) by implementing service workers for offline functionality and integrating web app manifests for home screen installation.
• Prototyped cross-platform mobile solutions: Utilized Ionic Creator to design and develop a clickable prototype for a cross-platform mobile ordering application.
• Designed and implemented APIs: Constructed Web API endpoints to enable seamless integration with client ordering and processing systems.
• Utilized cloud-based databases: Employed DynamoDB for developing volunteer opportunity-specific APIs, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Streamlined CI/CD pipelines: Established development, pre-production, integration, and production environments using Jenkins, ensuring efficient continuous integration and delivery processes.
• Managed production deployments: Deployed applications from development to production via Octopus Deploy, including version management through Jenkins.
• Monitored cloud infrastructure: Oversaw AWS services including Elastic Beanstalk, SQS, and S3 to ensure application stability, scalability, and performance.

• End-to-end application development and collaborated with all stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Used Agile methodology with a 2-week sprint and 6-week release cadence.
• Developed and enhanced UI features using CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and AngularJS.
• Fixed bugs and improved front-end performance across various web applications.
• Built and maintained backend services using Node.js and PHP for procurement and inventory management systems.
• Normalized and optimized an inherited MySQL database to improve data integrity and query performance.