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Riley Swanston

@rileyswanston

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Senior Software Engineer with expertise in full stack development.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

I am a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in architecting high-performance web and mobile applications. My expertise lies in utilizing modern technologies such as React, TypeScript, and RxJS to deliver pixel-perfect UI/UX. I have a deep understanding of SOLID principles and functional programming, which allows me to create scalable and maintainable code.

Throughout my career, I have successfully led cross-functional teams in Agile environments, overseeing the development of complex systems from the ground up. My experience includes building AI-powered chatbots and integrating advanced technologies like microservices and event-driven architectures. I am passionate about mentoring junior developers and advocating for best practices in code quality and testing.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

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Resource Furniture

May 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months)

Led Agile development cycles, overseeing sprint planning, backlog grooming, and delivery timelines. Architected and built the core platform from scratch using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript.

React Next.js TypeScript GraphQL PostgreSQL MongoDB AWS GitHub Actions)Terraform Octopus Deploy OpenAI GPT 4 Jest Cypress

Senior Full Stack Developer

YETI

Aug 2018 - Present (7 years)

Refactored and enhanced a legacy Angular codebase using Angular Router, RxJS, and NgRx for state management. Optimized a Node.js backend to handle high-traffic events by implementing multi-process clustering with PM2 and Redis-based caching.

Angular RxJS NgRX Node Redis Flutter Laravel Spring Boot Apache Kafka PostgreSQL MySQL Docker Kubernetes Jenkins AWS Jest Mocha Chai

Software Developer

Lone Star Footwear

Jan 2015 - Present (10 years 7 months)

Spearheaded development of Lone Star’s new platform from the ground up, collaborating with cross-functional teams in Agile sprints. Built dynamic frontend applications using React and Vue, optimizing for performance, modularity, and accessibility.