# Carey Lee

> Looking for new opportunities! Full stack Software Engineer

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/careylee

Full stack software engineer specializing in using modern technologies to create modular, easily maintainable code following best practices. Whether it's diving headfirst into a messy code base, building an app from the ground up, or optimizing a service, I'm always up for the challenge.

Technical Skills:

Strong: Javascript, Typescript, React, Redux, Node/Express.js, Postgres, TypeORM, HTML/CSS, Jest, Git, MongoDB/Mongoose.js, Webpack, Babel, jQuery, Socket.io

Experienced: Docker, AWS EC2, AngularJS, MySQL, Redis, Mocha, Chai, TravisCI, Enzyme

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ EMX Digital
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022

### Group DJ - Project @ Full Stack Developer
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Synchronized song playback and queueing events between clients using Socket.io
• Authenticated users, accessed song data, and manipulated users’ player state using Spotify’s API
• Isolated client-server interaction logic by implementing a RESTful API using API driven development
• Organized and efficiently managed state using Redux

### Jumpstarter - Project @ Full Stack Developer
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Architected Postgres schema to streamline retrieval of project and user data
• Optimized server performance from 100 RPS to 1000 RPS by indexing frequently queried fields, denormalizing relevant columns, and implementing node clustering
• Improved user experience by reducing page load times by 50% using server side rendering

### Mega Bites - Project @ Full Stack Developer
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed interactive user interface with animated components using React
• Constructed app with a microservice architecture using Docker and EC2 for efficient deployment
• Optimized page load times by 10x using Redis for data caching and S3 for image storage

### Climbing Instructor @ Bridges Rock Gym
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018


## Education
### Berkeley City College
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017

### Hack Reactor


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carey-lee

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Last updated: 2026-03-20