Jared Hightower

Midwestern Interactive, LLC, is a product agency focused on building dream teams to advance SaaS products. As a Software Engineer specializing in front-end development, I have contributed to various projects for companies such as Tendrel.io, KHA, Groupthink AI, You.com, and Becks Hybrids. My work includes greenfield development, comprehensive interface redesigns, and feature development, utilizing technologies like React.js, React Native, Next.js, and TypeScript.

Tendrel.io (Pinpoint - Location Intelligence Platform)

• Spearheaded end-to-end development of Pinpoint an enterprise Real-Time Location Service ecosystem, encompassing mobile apps for both Android and iOS platforms and administrative web-based console.
• Architected frontend using TypeScript, React.js, and React Native with Expo to handle foreground and background geolocation tracking.
• Collaborated backend teams to design and implement scalable API endpoints leveraging TypeScript and PostgreSQL, ensuring seamless system integration and improving data consistency and flow between the Pinpoint mobile and web-based applications.

KHA (Enterprise Hazard Management Platform)

• Led complete digital transformation of legacy iOS/Android hazard management system (circa 2000) into a modern, unified React Native application, resulting in 40% reduction in maintenance costs and enhanced cross-platform compatibility
• Architected and delivered enterprise-grade mobile solution for hazard management and SDS (Safety Data Sheets), leveraging Expo, React Native, and TypeScript to replace separate native codebases with a single, maintainable codebase
• Engineered performance-optimized UI component library using React Native, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, improving development velocity by 60% through reusable patterns and consistent design language
• Implemented offline-first architecture and secure data synchronization for field operations, enabling seamless hazard reporting and SDS access in remote industrial environments

Groupthink AI (AI-Powered Meeting Management Platform)

• Engineered mission-critical meeting management features using React.js and TypeScript, including real-time duration tracking, action item workflows, and dynamic agenda management, improving meeting productivity by 40%
• Implemented complex state management architecture using React's Context API to handle real-time updates across meeting participants, ensuring consistent task completion status and agenda progression.
• Developed interactive action item system with customizable status workflows using React.js, enabling real-time collaboration and progress tracking across distributed teams
• Built robust meeting timer system integrated with transcription services, synchronizing duration tracking with AI-generated insights and live meeting state

You.com (Search Engine Platform)

• Collaborated with the data science team to architect and implement advanced search result visualizations using Next.js and React.js, incorporating A/B testing to optimize user experience, resulting in a 35% improvement in user engagement and a 45% increase in search result interaction rates.
• Engineered real-time search suggestion system using TypeScript and Next.js, reducing search refinement time by 40% and improving search accuracy
• Developed modular components for search result cards, enabling dynamic content rendering for 20+ different result types (images, videos, code snippets)
• Implementated responsive design system following atomic design principles, translating into comprehensive reusable React.js components that improved cross-device consistency by 90% and reduced design-to-development handoff time.

Becks Hybrids (Agricultural Technology Platform)

• Served as Technical Lead for strategic modernization of agricultural platform, architecting solutions and leading development team to deliver critical improvements serving 4+ million U.S. farmers
• Drove technical decision-making and implementation strategy, selecting Next.js, React.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS as core technologies to enable scalability and maintainability
• Engineered sophisticated product filtering system using React.js and TypeScript, enabling farmers to make data-driven seed selections across multiple parameters including Maturity, Region, Technology Preference, Special Traits, Management & Placement, and Market Specialty
• Architected enterprise-grade content management system using Sanity.io headless CMS and Next.js, enabling real-time updates to critical farming data and reducing content publication time by 75%

• Developed and deployed Ethereum-based NFT smart contracts using Solidity, ensuring secure and efficient token creation and transfer functionalities.
• Leveraged Thirdweb and Moralis platforms to streamline NFT development, including minting, metadata management, and real-time database integration.
• Collaborated with clients to design custom NFT marketplaces, integrating Web3 authentication and blockchain interactions for seamless user experiences.

• Designed and implemented a real-time analytics dashboard using React and D3.js, empowering the marketing team with actionable insights into user behavior and enabling data-driven decision-making.
• Developed and maintained a customer-facing web application leveraging React.js and big data APIs, delivering a responsive, user-friendly, and high-performance interface that aligned with business objectives and enhanced user satisfaction.
• Collaborated with management and development partners to provide updates on application design, project milestones, and progress, ensuring alignment with business goals and timely delivery.

• Provided mentorship on software development best practices, including software architecture, system design, and testing, guiding developers throughout the development lifecycle.
• Contributed technical expertise to multiple software projects, collaborating with developers and stakeholders to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Led training sessions on soft skills like communication, teamwork, and time management, fostering a well-rounded skill set and enhancing team productivity.