# Basia Bowens

> Staff Software Engineer, Frontend at GOAT Group

Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/basia

Staff Front End Engineer with 10 years experience studied out of NYU. Flexible in working environments having been positioned at fortune 500 companies, startups, and hybrid studio-agencies. Focused primarily on being a valuable agile team member and building front-end architecture that effectively brings front end designs to life.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer, Frontend - Web Platform Lead @ GOAT Group
Jan 2022 – Present | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Technical lead of the goat.com rewrite, collaborating across multiple teams from Infrastructure, Product and SEO to Brand.
- Launched pivotal features like goat.com homepage, Black Friday Auctions, Black Friday Winners Feed, Black Friday Activity Feed and Black Friday Scavenger Hunt, ensuring stability and optimal user experience.
- Introduced Cloudflare caching and established text localization standards, optimizing page performance and global reach.
- Utilized numerous monitoring tools to navigate complex technical challenges, adapting agilely to deliver optimized solutions.
- Established regular syncs and direct channels, enhancing inter-team communication and aligning project visions.
- Championed technical leadership, setting coding and testing standards, and mentoring peers.
- Regular use of React, Redux, Node, Nextjs, Cypress, Typescript and more

### Senior Software Engineer, Frontend - GOAT.com Tech Lead @ GOAT Group
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
- Developed a tailored version of Excel for managing the company's Product Catalog.
- Established architecture and coding standards for goat.com v2 and internal tools.
- Set and segmented annual technical objectives for goat.com into quarterly milestones.
- Crafted custom actions, notably one for monitoring Feature Flags, and automated tasks like linting PR titles through GitHub.
- Refined feature requirements and updated Jira tasks for clearer QA acceptance criteria.
- Rapidly developed the BF 2021 Blackout Game for Android within two weeks post the goat v2 project launch.
- Engineered the transition logic for migrating from goat.com v1 to v2.
- Fostered effective communication across various team stakeholders.

### Software Engineer, Frontend @ GOAT Group
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States
- Feature and platform development using React, Redux, Node
- Designed Architecture for a platform used for fulfillment & order/price management
- Built a platform used to manage and update order statuses and pricing for resellers on Goat.com &
   Flight Club
- Unit testing in Jest and Enzyme
- End to end testing using Cypress
- Expanded goat.com to include Apparel

### Founder & Lead Developer @ Basal House
Jan 2015 – Present | Greater Los Angeles Area
- Conceptualized and developed a multi-platform app (Small(Busi)ness Checklist App) available on iOS, Android, and web using React Native, React, and Next.js.
- Attained over 6,000 downloads, providing invaluable insights on branding, e-commerce, SEO, and marketing.
- Engaged with business owners across various stages, curating actionable checklists and monthly interviews to enrich the user experience.
- Regularly updated content with fresh articles and enabled users to craft customized tasks or access pre-made checklists for effective business operations.
- Additional Contributions:
Executed React Native App & Web Development for diverse clientele including Small Businesses, JF Alumni Impact Collective, Team One USA, Avaré, Laurent HOMME, and notable artists.
- Specialized in crafting robust Web & Mobile applications tailored to clients' requirements.
- Conceptualized, designed, and executed compelling email campaigns for marketing and outreach.
- Delivered high-quality Product & Fashion Photography services, capturing essence and aesthetics

### Front End Engineer @ SnackNation
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area
- Feature and platform development using React & Redux
- Interview prospective Engineering candidates 
- Update existing platforms with new branding
- Implemented unit testing for the FE using Jest & Enzyme
- Increased test coverage by 100%
- Bug fixes, and code clean up
- Make use of VWO for testing new site updates

### Software Engineer @ Causecast
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Burbank ,CA
- Feature development in AngularJs, jQuery, & Pure Javascript
- Unit testing with Karma & Jasmine tests for all AngularJS code
- Increased FE test coverage over 50%
- Utilize build tools such as Gulp 
- Utilize dependency management tool bower
- Rebuilt mobile volunteering experience on platform to accommodate recurring volunteering events 
- Installed platform enhancing plugins for file uploading, recurrence creation for scheduling
- Wrote API Documentation in MSON

### Software Development Engineer @ Dell
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
- Designed and Developed different GUI features for the Sidewinder Project  for the DR  series
- Core languages used:  HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, Perl, C,and Shell 
- Executed the Software Development Life Cycle and Agile work flows GUI Features
- GUI features developed and enhanced:  Encryption, iSCSI, Containers, System Health, and System
- Automated Software Build using Jenkins, and Factory Software Installation

### Web Developer Intern @ Crain Communications
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New York, NY
- Designed and Developed the White Papers and RSS feed pages for  pionline.com
- Added social network links, and modals to page
- Core Languages used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery

### Intern - Web Developer, Storage SVDC @ Dell
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Created the front-end and back-end of a dashboard/webpage to be used for the generating and displaying of the different types of reports for the Sidewinder Project at Dell. The dashboard serves to create a more time efficient and timely way of creating different reports, as well as raise insight into the the software development life cycle across products.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/basia-bowens-11602450

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Last updated: 2026-03-22