# Caleb Reyes > Software Engineer | OpenPhone Location: Sacramento, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/calebreyes Email: caleb.reyes.webdev@gmail.com Portfolio Site: calebreyes.com I am a software engineer with a proven track record for combining big-picture thinking with practical solutions to meet company needs in creative ways. I love thinking about how the things I build will impact real people -- I thrive in customer-facing positions where innovation and iteration are prized. I am a people-person who loves collaborating in team environments that move at a fast pace and where individuals learn quickly from one another. Front end: React + hooks, JavaScript, TypeScript, Redux, Storybook, CSS (like, legit CSS) Back end: Node, Express, MongoDB, Go, Rust, Django, Flask DB's: MongoDB, SQL (MySQL, Postgres) DevOps: AWS (EC2, S3), GCP, Docker, NGINX, Podman, Kubernetes Other skills: yoyo-ing🪀, sailing ⛵️, slacklining, drone & rc plane building and flying, and music production 🎧 ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ OpenPhone Jan 2023 – Present | Remote ### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Apple Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Cupertino, California, United States Apple is most well-known for their devices; the WW Ops division at Apple coordinates the manufacturing infrastructure that undergirds the production of these devices. - Developed a bespoke full-stack internal tool to coordinate the production of released and unreleased flagship Apple products, from prototype-stage to mass-production, using Typescript-React and Java Spring. - Improved Hibernate performance to solve the N+1 problem, given the complex, highly-relational nature of the data. Also implemented a frontend cache using React-Query for a snappy UI, decreasing loading state times dramatically. - Built complex UI components from scratch using React, CSS, and styled-components, only reaching for “low-level” (headless) libraries when considering WAI-ARIA compliance concerns. - Set standards for best practices, leading the effort on progressive refactoring to decrease tech debt, employing new tools to increase developer velocity, and creating a more readable and maintainable codebase. ### Software Engineer @ Armorblox Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Sunnyvale, California, United States Armorblox secures business email accounts by using machine learning, specifically Natural Language Processing (NLP), to detect and prevent targeted email attacks such as phishing, extortion, and impersonation. - Spearheaded the frontend work for numerous new features and tests built in React, helping to protect thousands of companies from sophisticated attacks. - Migrated the frontend Javascript/React/custom-Webpack application to a more modern and efficient Typescript/React/CRA/Storybook toolchain with the help of the frontend team. - Revamped the broken Cluster Management Platform, an internal tool used to perform CRUD operations on tenants in Kubernetes clusters, allowing our engineers to focus more on building features instead of provisioning tenants. - Participated in regular code review, determined story points for feature and bug tickets, and offered ideas for incremental improvements to the codebase during countable discussions. ### Full-stack Developer @ Kitengo Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Jose, California, United States Kitengo abstracts away the complex maintenance and procedures that revolve around deploying and scaling modern web applications using tools such as Docker and Kubernetes. - Developed a complex, stateful frontend SPA that allows users to deploy applications to containerized environments with just a few clicks. - Leveraged Create React App, Swagger OpenAPI, Redux Toolkit, and Styled Components to build a component-driven and data-driven user interface. - Re-implemented the frontend architecture as part of a major UI overhaul during testing and feedback cycles with beta-testers. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Just One Penny, Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Worked with the founding team to develop, from the ground up, a revolutionary micro-giving platform that aims to bring charitable giving into the 21st century. - Worked across the tech stack by designing schemas, building out API routes, and implementing 3rd party integrations to create JOP’s minimum viable product to attract investor attention in Q4 of 2020. - Implemented social logins using Facebook and Google OAuth to streamline user experience and increase conversion rates of users registering on the platform. - Developed key feature that allows for donations to be efficiently queried by the charity they belong to, along with pagination and full test coverage. - Collaborated remotely during weekly sprints, using Github for source control and regular code review, Jira for product management, and Slack for general communication. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Unibui, Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, California, United States Unibui connects college students to the local economy by partnering with local businesses to provide reduced rates to students. Unibui also partners with colleges to secure necessary supplies (in light of COVID-19) that would allow the safe reopening of colleges. - Led the team in a major refactoring of the front-end, implementing testing, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, hooks, and code colocation to account for future onboarding of engineers as well as diminish anti-patterns while cementing best-practices. - Moved the team to a kanban-style workflow that allowed for clearer division of responsibility. ### WhatDoYouMern @ Software Engineering Applications Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, California, United States React | Express | Node | MongoDB | Docker | NGINX WhatDoYouMern.CalebReyes.com Built a social media application that allows users to follow one another, post updates, like posts, and edit profile information. - Developed a secure API with route authentication, input validation, and password hashing following RESTful guidelines, with connections to AWS and the server’s file system via Node to handle multimedia inputs. - Built the full front-end from scratch using React for component-driven design and Bootstrap Material Design for an intuitive UI. - Containerized the frontend and the backend using docker-compose, using NGINX to serve static files while proxying requests to the API. - Deployed the containers to a DigitalOcean droplet running Ubuntu 20.04 using a simple continuous deployment strategy. ### Campus Intern @ Cru Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area As a full-time campus intern, I worked closely with Cru's staff team to facilitate the growth and maintenance of one of the largest clubs on San Jose State's campus. During this position, I was exposed to and managed SWOT evaluations, growth projections, conflict resolution training, team management, and a host of other management and HR techniques. Furthermore, I grew in my knowledge of managing client relationships and the value of making people feel valued. ### Barista @ Starbucks Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area I worked in a dynamic food-service environment where quick thinking, flexibility, and customer service defined success. I regularly interfaced with customers, doing my best to create a welcoming environment that was conducive towards client and team satisfaction. I also quickly grew in my knowledge of coffee and began to understand how I could best reflect the intentions of the company in viewing it as an art. ### Production Technician @ Student Union, Inc Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Jose, California Audio/Visual production services, working with clients on large-scale and small-scale productions on campus. Requires experience with mixing, signal flow, metering, monitoring, etc. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Music Technology San José State University Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 ### Coding Dojo Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 ### GED North Monterey County High School Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ### GED Pacific Grove High School Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/calebreyes --- Source: https://flows.cv/calebreyes JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/calebreyes/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29