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Forrest Carlton

@forrestcarlton

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Experienced Frontend Engineer specializing in high-performance React and React Native applications.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek frontend roles focused on React/React Native, collaborative cross-functional teams, fast iteration, clean architecture, and measurable user and business impact.

I am a Senior Frontend Engineer with 8+ years building modern, scalable React and React Native web and mobile applications, focused on performance, responsive interfaces, and pixel-perfect design. I collaborate closely with designers and cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready experiences, optimize performance, and integrate analytics, error monitoring, and third-party APIs.

My work includes launching an AI-powered sports-betting app that reached 50K+ user engagements in its first week, refactoring legacy JavaScript codebases to TypeScript to improve maintainability and CI/CD, and implementing real-time WebSocket synchronization and advanced SEO practices that boosted visibility and usability. I prioritize clean, reusable architecture, fast iteration, and measurable business impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Frontend Engineer

Current

Rackner

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year)

Built an AI-powered sports betting React Native app achieving 50K+ user engagements in the first week and delivered a production-ready responsive web app within one week, while improving reliability via WebSocket sync and monitoring integrations that reduced bug resolution time by 40%.

React Native Expo TailwindCSS WebSockets RevenueCat Sentry Nativewind Shadcn Ui

Senior Frontend Engineer

Hypelifebrands

Aug 2020 - Oct 2024 (4 years 2 months)

Engineered client-facing React (TypeScript) web applications with Vite-SSR and Express.js, refactored a legacy JS codebase to TypeScript resolving 200+ lint/type errors and cutting PR review time from 2 days to under 1, and improved SEO and third-party API integrations reducing reporting errors by 20%.

React TypeScript Vite Tanstack Query SEO API Integration CI CD

Senior Web Engineer

CreativeWebStudio

Jul 2018 - Aug 2020 (2 years 1 month)

Managed full project cycles and CI/CD, introduced responsive design to a legacy application boosting user engagement by 42%, and established a Git-based technical design review process to improve code quality and maintainability.

Responsive Design HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript CI CD Git Accessibility Performance Optimization

Frontend Engineer

FedTech

May 2017 - Jul 2018 (1 year 2 months)

Updated a legacy company website to a modern React and Bootstrap design within a week, improving user experience by 24% and earned Certified Front-End Developer status after completing a 300+ hour curriculum.