# Cherith Simmons > Frontend Engineer Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/cherith A frontend focused Software Engineer with some fundamentals in backend development. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Sure Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Frontend stack includes: React, TypeScript, React Query, Jest, Cypress Backend stack includes: Python, PostgreSQL, MongoDB • Test-driven development, unit tests, integration tests • Continuous Integration using CircleCI (QA -> Sandbox -> Prod) • Collaborate with backend, designers, and product managers to build new features and enhance existing features • Working in Agile environment and pointing estimated dev effort as a team • Experience working with design to build custom pages and reusable components • QA collaboration debugging edge cases • Remote work experience and working with people in different timezones • Provide mentorship to other new junior engineers on the team ### Frontend Engineer @ Sure Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area ### Frontend Engineer II @ Altruist Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### Frontend Engineer @ Altruist Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Working with product, design, and business teams to clearly understand requirements and turn them into technical design using Agile Methodologies • Designing API contracts in collaboration with backend developers • Integrating third-party APIs • Implementing complex UIs that leverage RESTful web services, GraphQL, and node.js • Building product features with React (hooks, Redux, etc.), styled-components, and utilizing microservices • Full-stack development of React, Node.js, GraphQL application with BFF architecture Tech Stack: React, Node.js, GraphQL, Jest, AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Postgres, JIRA, Continuous Integration ### Front End Developer @ GoKart Labs Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area • Experience working in a fast paced agency and taking ownership for projects • Building single page applications with multiple modern front end JavaScript frameworks including Vue, React/Redux, and Angular. • Juggling multiple projects while jumping between various codebases and languages. • WordPress site maintenance, responsible for plugin updates. PHP, HTML/CSS, fixing website bugs • Hands on experience working in applications that consume REST APIs. • Take Sketch files from design to code. • Writing ES6/7 JavaScript and/or TypeScript and working with transpilers like Babel • Git, code reviews, branching / merging, etc. ### @US Bank | UX Developer @ TEKsystems Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area • UI development using React, ES6 Javascript, HTML5 while implementing WCAG standards. • Cross functional collaboration with UX and Accessibility teams. • Translate design assets and wireframes into functional code • Cross browser testing for accessibility and responsive web design. • Used Webpack, npm, Babel, etc. • Rapid prototyping with React, HTML and CSS • Helped turn team's vision into a working and polished prototype • Optimized build size and app performance for both fast and slow internet connections ### UX Developer @ Haworth Marketing + Media Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area My time on Haworth's tech team has had many similarities of a startup environment. Since working there I've seen my team double in size, practice agile methodologies, implement GIT along with Continuous Integration and have also had the great experience of doing tasks outside of my "job description". My main responsibility was for the front-end of an internal web application within our marketing agency. The web app is a CRUD single page application that allows teams to handle budgeting data for advertising campaigns. Technologies used included Angular 2/4, Angular CLI, Angular Material, HTML and CSS. Front-End technologies used: • HTML5 • CSS3 • CSS animation • JavaScript • AJAX • D3.js • SASS • Angular 2 / 4 • Angular animation • Material Design • User Experience design • Typescript • Gulp and NPM ### Frontend Developer @ space150 Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Refactored front-end of a website for their client, Nike. Nike hosts an annual tournament for the best high school basketball teams in the country that features team schedules, stats and more. I refactored the website's HTML / CSS and populated it's view with data mapping from their WordPress content management system to their web application using PHP and phpMyAdmin. Though we had minimal time until our delivery deadline--I worked with a great team consisting of another talented developer and QA Engineer where the optimism permeated through this fun challenge. ### C#/.NET Apprentice @ The Software Guild Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Minneapolis, Minnesota • The Software Guild is a fast-paced apprenticeship program that produces .NET / C# fullstack software developers. • More than 750 hours of hands on developing experience. • Made multiple business applications using C# / .NET that enabled clients to add, remove, edit, & search clients and orders. Programs are also able to read from and write to multiple files. • Created prototype and production-level object-oriented applications throughout software development life cycle, including design, modeling, coding, testing, and documentation. ### Video Editor @ True Talent Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area One of the first video editor jobs True Talent Group sent me on was for their client, Patterson Dental in Mendota Heights, MN. This job required me to handle multiple editing projects with minimum supervision and maximum independence. I adapted quickly to the company’s workflow and communication pipeline. During my time at Patterson, I also animated a motion graphics piece with the design team and prepped deliverable for a client of Patterson. ### Video Producer, Shooter, & Editor @ HatlingFilm Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | LA / NY While at HatlingFilm, I coordinated camera equipment rentals, processed purchase orders and supervised traffic. Other duties included creating estimates and invoices, handling release forms, music licensing and editing various projects when an extra hand was needed. During my time here, I initiated a company rebrand. I implemented a new design to HatlingFilm's website, giving it a more clean & modern aesthetic while also directing more traffic to the site. Clients: I Love New York, Hopeless Records, TEDx, Salvation Army ### Video Editor & Digital Image Technician @ Freelancer Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 Video Editor - State University of New York School System (Binghamton, NY) Nighttime Editor - Dance Showdown (Hollywood, CA) Digital Image Technician - Demi Lovato Music Video (Los Angeles, CA) Digital Image Technician - Eric Turner Music Video (Los Angeles, CA) ### Production Assistant @ Hello! and company Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 While still in school, I went from interning to production assisting. As a production assistant, I compiled research information used to execute effective campaigns for media goals along with prepping and editing director reels for bids. Tons of on set opportunities was gained--leading me to learn all the ins-and-outs of the video production process. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Cinema & Media Arts Biola University Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cherithjean --- Source: https://flows.cv/cherith JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/cherith/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22