Peter Richter
@peterrichter
Senior Frontend Engineer and technical leader building scalable, high-performance React/Next.js experiences with measurable business impact.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer and technical leader with 15+ years building scalable, high-performance web applications and leading complex initiatives from concept to delivery. I focus on React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern UI architecture—driving performance optimization, system efficiency, and user-centric digital experiences, including measurable Core Web Vitals improvements.
I’ve led high-impact modernization and platform work, including migrating a legacy Ember.js app to Next.js/React and cutting iteration cycles by 25%. As a Tech Lead, I guided a team of 5 engineers, improved conversion rates by 21%, lifted trial-to-paid conversion by 10%, and increased delivery predictability from 65% to 90%, partnering across Product, Design, and Data while adopting AI-assisted development with Codex and Claude Code.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Frontend Engineer
Case Status
Jan 2026 - Apr 2026 (3 months)
Led frontend modernization of a legacy Ember.js application by architecting and executing a phased migration to Next.js and React, enabling legacy and modern systems to run in parallel without disrupting delivery. Reduced First Contentful Paint by 1+ second and improved Core Web Vitals/SEO while improving iteration cycles (25%) and new feature development time (20%) using AI-assisted workflows.
Senior Engineer - Tech Lead
BEGiN
Oct 2020 - Nov 2024 (4 years 1 month)
Led frontend architecture across a multi-brand ed-tech subscription platform and guided a team of 5 engineers building scalable React/Next.js experiences. Delivered measurable growth by improving conversion rates 21%, increasing trial-to-paid conversion 10%, growing subscription performance 15%, and raising delivery predictability from 65% to 90% through experimentation, reusable component systems
Senior Software Engineer
BEGiN
Apr 2016 - Sep 2020 (4 years 5 months)
Modernized the frontend tech stack with React, Next.js, and TypeScript to improve scalability and maintainability. Increased customer satisfaction 20% by building a personalized assessment/recommendations tool, accelerated content updates by enabling headless CMS self-service (2 days faster campaign launches), improved page load times by 20%, and streamlined client integration by implementing a No
Developed a tablet-based classroom education application with Common Core-aligned content, interactive activities, and tools for user-generated content. Built scalable Sencha component-based UI templates using MVC, improved engagement with advanced drawing/animation experiences, and collaborated on backend API/data design to reduce content load times by 25% while delivering a teacher dashboard for
Spearheaded frontend development for the Social Cast collaboration product by managing large-scale JavaScript libraries and enabling real-time feed updates via Server-Sent Events. Also built a cloud-based multimedia presentation application (SlideRocket) in Adobe Flex, delivering reusable high-performance UI container systems for complex stateful editing while partnering on API/data model design t
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Simmons College
Master of Arts in Teaching, Secondary Mathematics
Master of Arts in Teaching focused on Secondary Mathematics at Simmons College.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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