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Chris Baker — Fullstack Software Developer

Fullstack developer (5+ yrs, TypeScript / React / NestJS / AWS) shipping production software end to end.

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Experience

  1. Fullstack Software Developer · monday.com

    Fullstack developer on the Solutions Engineering team, shipping production TypeScript across React frontends and NestJS backends deployed to AWS. Worked end-to-end on features — requirements, implementation, tests, deploy, iteration — inside a CI/CD pipeline.

    Owned a long-running AWS ETL pipeline that processed large-scale data, along with the internal query application that consumed it. Also contributed to multiple internal platform apps: MCP server tools, React frontends, and a CLI utility for operating a NestJS service inside AWS securely.

    A meaningful share of the work was greenfield: given a real problem and a real deadline, produce a working, deployed fullstack app from scratch. That pace meant getting practiced at scoping, stack decisions, and shipping quickly without leaving a mess behind.

    • Built and maintained fullstack applications daily in TypeScript across React frontends and NestJS backends, deployed on AWS with GitHub Actions CI/CD
    • Designed and maintained a long-running AWS ETL pipeline processing large-scale data, plus the accompanying query application used internally
    • Wrote and shipped a custom CLI tool for operating an internally-developed NestJS application inside AWS
    • Contributed MCP server tools, React frontend features, and developer utilities to internal platform apps
    • Regularly translated ambiguous stakeholder requirements into scoped, working software on tight deadlines, often collaborating directly with non-technical stakeholders

  2. Fullstack Software Developer · Orb Group (formerly Edisen Inc)

    Fullstack developer on a digital asset management (DAM) product for professional film production, where individual assets could reach terabytes and file operations dominated the architecture.

    Shipped features end-to-end across the stack: React + Redux + MUI on the frontend, an ExpressJS API structured around modular routes / use cases / controllers on the backend, MongoDB for persistence, and AWS for the heavy lifting (S3 multipart uploads, Rekognition, Lambda, ffmpeg workflows).

    Grew from a junior IC into an owner of features from concept through deploy, wrote and maintained tests inside a CI/CD pipeline, and responded to critical production incidents alongside the team when they came up.

    • Built fullstack features end-to-end using React, Redux, MUI, Express, and MongoDB, with unit tests maintained through a CI/CD pipeline
    • Worked directly with AWS media services: S3 multipart uploads for terabyte-scale assets, Rekognition for scene detection, Lambda for background processing, and ffmpeg for transcoding
    • Extended a YouTube analytics feature to correlate user engagement with AWS Rekognition scene data, including downloadable PDF reports
    • Responded to live production incidents alongside the team, diagnosing and shipping fixes under pressure
    • Owned release-candidate merging and testing before staging and production promotions inside a team of 5 developers

  3. Frontend Developer Consultant · Thrive Networking

    Frontend / fullstack developer at a consulting agency, working across the Microsoft ecosystem — SharePoint APIs, React with Fluent UI, ExpressJS backends, deployed into SharePoint and Microsoft Teams environments.

    Rotated across client projects: shipped an inventory tracking application on SharePoint APIs with a React + Fluent UI frontend, maintained and extended an OKR collaboration app inside Microsoft Teams (ExpressJS backend, React + Fluent UI Northstar frontend), and built and published custom SharePoint webparts in React on demand.

    Working across a rotating slate of small, well-scoped projects at an agency was where the habits of scoping cleanly, asking clarifying questions, and estimating honestly first took shape.

    • Built and shipped a full inventory tracking application on SharePoint APIs with a React + Fluent UI frontend
    • Maintained and extended an ExpressJS + React (Fluent UI Northstar) OKR collaboration app deployed inside Microsoft Teams, iterating in sprints
    • Published custom SharePoint webparts in React across multiple client engagements
    • Delivered small full-stack applications end-to-end, from client requirements through deploy

  4. Software Developer, IT · Cyient

    Met with clients to discuss business needs, clarify SOW requirements, and manage expectations from inception to execution. Developed, enhanced, and maintained various SharePoint-based applications for engineering, research, testing, and related files management.

    • Built and maintained SharePoint-based applications for engineering, research, and testing workflows
    • Designed dynamic SharePoint sites and real-time dashboards for internal engineering teams
    • Shipped automation solutions for invoice reporting and internal notifications

Education

  1. B.A., Engineering Physics · Augustana College

  2. Certification, Solutions Architect - Associate · AWS