# Bala C. > Frontend Software Engineer at Cover Genius Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/balac Highly skilled Front-end Software Engineer in the Los Angeles area with have 5+ years of experience building high-performance, user-centric web applications. I have built projects from scratch using a range of modern frameworks (React, Preact, Vue, NextJS) and technologies (Typescript, JSX, Styled components). I have spent the last 3+ years focused on creating seamless embedded user experiences with a heavy focus on performance, optimization, and amazing user experiences to drive sales and engagement. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II, Frontend @ Cover Genius Jan 2023 – Present | Remote - Created a brand new system of building and deploying insurance panels to partners - Optimized bundle sizes for optimal network requests and speeds - Created a new CSS styling framework for our custom elements - Built embedded insurance panels using Preact, Typescript, and Vite ### Software Engineer I, Frontend @ Cover Genius Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Remote Cover Genius is the insurtech for embedded insurance that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Skyscanner and Descartes ShipRush. We’re also available on eBay, Wayfair, Tile and, SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Cover Genius’ vision is to protect all the customers of the world’s largest online companies through XCover, an award-winning global distribution platform for any line of insurance or warranty, and XClaim, an API for instant payment of approved claims that delivers an NPS of +65, a result that has been independently recognized as the highest for any insurance company globally. Cover Genius and partners co-create solutions that embed protection, aided by Cover Genius’ licenses in 60+ countries & all 50 US States. If interested in learning more about Cover Genius and our technologies, visit https://www.covergenius.com. If interested in joining the Cover Genius team, visit our Careers page https://www.covergenius.com/careers/ ### Junior Frontend Developer @ Mercury Insurance Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Implemented user data tracking for analytics in Mercury’s main insurance writing application Created custom framework in Google Tag Manager with JavaScript to meet implementation requirements Developed, tested, and deployed polls and guides for users, using Pendo, JavaScript, HTML and SCSS Styled backend templates to match UI mockups and created logic to handle desired flows and features ### Independent Software Developer @ Unknown Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | Greater Los Angeles Area I love to build things. Here are a few examples of what I've made so far: ACTnow Foundation - A nonprofit created with the purpose of providing COVID-19 test kits to those in need - Angular based web project using PayPal APIs for payments, and ShipBob APIs for inventory and shipping - Utilized TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and used Github for version control and Continuous Integration - Collaborated with remote teams on the architecture, design, and implementation of features for the website - Created a reactive questionnaire with unidirectional dataflow to provide free test kits to those in need The ArQive - A social media platform for the LGBTQ+ community - I am the GitHub master for this ongoing project, as well as working on the Django-Rest and ReactJS teams - Created a local development environment for team members to collaborate on through GitHub - Developed a deployment pipeline to preserve existing features and test new features before production builds - Currently creating a badge system to encourage user participation using JavaScript FE and Django BE Reddit Bots - Bots programmed in Python using the PRAW Reddit API - Word Counter: Generates graphics to represent trends in conversation based on word frequencies - Wikipedia Explainer: Provides Wikipedia articles in the comment section of hot posts to provide factual background to the OP story Check out my Github: https://github.com/balacarter ### Junior Web Developer @ Act Now Foundation Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ACTnow is a nonprofit created with the purpose of providing COVID-19 test kits to those in need. I worked with a remote development team to design and deploy an Angular web app with an online store and capabilities for providing free test kits. - I collaborated with senior developers to implement payments with PayPal APIs, inventory management using ShipBob, and emailing list through sendgrid. - One of my roles was to create a form for users to request free test kits. I designed and implemented a reactive form using DOM events and unidirectional data flow to create a request object and send it to our backend. - I created email templates to be sent to users through different points of the ordering process. - I redesigned the sites layout for a more intuitive flow as well as creating CSS for the mobile website. ### Line Cook @ Buddha Belly Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Downtown Los Angeles ### Shift Lead @ Saje Natural Wellness Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 ### Shift Lead @ The Juice Lab 360 Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Pasadena, California - Oversaw end-to-end store operations for my shift. - Successfully increased store revenue by hosting special events and advertising special menu days. - Ensured team members at designated stations and customers' food was accurate and on time. ### Team Lead @ Ahimsa Vegan Cafe Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Long Beach, California ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science California State University, Los Angeles Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 ### General Ed in Computer Science Pasadena City College Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bala-carter - Website: https://balacarter.dev --- Source: https://flows.cv/balac JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/balac/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29