Full Stack Software Engineer
Nick
Taft
I build products that people use.
Based in NYC Metro Area.
Full-stack engineer with 9+ years delivering consumer-scale React/TypeScript applications. Deep focus on user experience, performance, and the cross-team collaboration it takes to ship polished products.
My background is a bit more unusual: BA in CS. Worked in scientific research and education. Spent time designing 17,000 ft² of interactive exhibit halls for a natural history museum. Eventually found my way back to building software at scale. That scientific curiosity still shapes how I approach engineering problems.
Education
Web Development Immersive
General Assembly · New York, NY
B.A., Computer Science & Ecology
Hampshire College · Amherst, MA
TD Securities
HybridSenior Software Engineer
Apr 2024 — Present
New York, NY
- ▸Architected and launched a greenfield React/TypeScript app for unified global transaction banking, consolidating multiple legacy tools into a single workflow for institutional clients
- ▸Delivered an Angular/Node-to-Java CRM data-sharing integration with SharePoint API
- ▸Shipped features and performance improvements on a React/React Router/Redux liquidity management platform used by financial institutions
- ▸Led development of an i18n layer via i18next and Java backend integration, enabling expansion into new markets
- ▸Merged 40k+ lines of unit and integration tests via agentic AI workflows, raising test coverage from 0% to 80%+ on the liquidity platform
Kyte
RemoteSoftware Engineer, Growth & Product
Apr 2022 — Nov 2023
San Francisco, CA
- ▸Founding engineer and lead of the Growth Engineering team, owning SEO, acquisition, and expansion workstreams across web and mobile
- ▸Launched renter referral program with Priceline & Kayak integrations, growing the user base by 25%+
- ▸Led end-to-end replatform onto React + Next.js — cut bundle size 75% and roughly doubled web performance and SEO metrics
- ▸Stood up Strapi CMS and shipped 25+ landing pages on a custom CMS-ready React + Tailwind component library, enabling marketing self-service
- ▸Built guest checkout, partnership flow, and subscription service; rebuilt core checkout with new Storybook components
Casio USA
On-siteFront-End Developer
Apr 2020 — Apr 2022
Dover, NJ
- ▸Owned 7 brand sites across React, Angular, PHP, and Java platforms, coordinating releases across stacks
- ▸Partnered with marketing to triple email and SMS subscribers and build marketing/analytics integrations
- ▸Led A/B testing, personalization, product recommendation algorithms, and an Elasticsearch-backed product catalog
- ▸Awarded the International Casio President’s Award for exceeding annual performance goals
Bed Bath & Beyond
On-siteLead Developer, Personalization Lab
Sep 2017 — Feb 2020
Union, NJ
- ▸Shipped site-wide React components that scaled the Beyond+ loyalty program to 1M+ subscribers
- ▸Ran A/B testing and customer data platform integrations to drive targeted UX across the site
- ▸Drove internal adoption of React Hooks, accessibility, and performance practices through presentations and code reviews
Bed Bath & Beyond
On-siteUX Developer
May 2017 — Sep 2017
Union, NJ
- ▸Replatformed 3 site domains from HTML/CSS/jQuery to a Node/Express/React stack, translating 1,000+ pages via a custom Node scraper with composable Redux Saga components and unit tests
Languages
Frontend
Backend & Data
Cloud & DevOps
Testing
Analytics & Monitoring
Design & UX
Mobile & Hardware
AI
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