# Chris McCandlish > Senior Frontend Software Engineer at ClassPass Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/chrismccandlish Writer/editor-turned-coder experienced in building frontend web applications using React/Redux, Next.js, Typescript, Ember.js, GraphQL, CSS/Sass and HTML5. Inspired by big ideas, great art, and the frontier of modern technology. Extroverted introvert who would rather have a great conversation with one person than mediocre conversations with many. ## Work Experience ### Senior Frontend Software Engineer @ ClassPass Jan 2022 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Frontend Software Engineer @ ClassPass Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater New York City Area/Remote As a Frontend Engineer on ClassPass's Growth team, I build and maintain our consumer-facing web applications (in other words, our main website). Over the years I've worked with our marketing, design and product teams to create a well-oiled experimentation machine that enables us to frequently build new flows and interfaces and a/b test them with the end goal of optimizing our sign-up and class-booking flows to convert as many visitors as possible into ClassPass users and get them into studios, gyms and spas all over the world. We use React, Redux, Typescript, Next.js, Node.js, SCSS, and HTML5 on the frontend in combination with a third-party CMS (Contentful) to enable our non-technical team members to make frequent changes to our site with minimal engineering involvement. ### Frontend Software Engineer @ Bellhops Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Chattanooga, Tennessee Area At Bellhops, a moving startup, I worked with designers, backend engineers and product managers to think through highly complex business problems, distill them down to simpler questions and then use that simplicity to build smooth and intuitive user experiences. I built internal and external web applications using React/Redux and GraphQL, along with Sass and CSS. ### Junior Frontend Engineer @ Vinli Inc Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Dallas, Texas Using Javascript, Ember.js, Sass, D3.js, HTML5 and other development tools, I built several web applications for this connected car startup, including a developer portal, a consumer-facing site, an enterprise portal for corporate customers, and an internal customer management application. Worked directly with designers, backend developers, DevOps and QA departments to ensure high quality of deployed apps. ### Front-End Engineering Graduate @ The Iron Yard Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Charleston, South Carolina Area In 2015 I graduated from The Iron Yard, a 12-week coding bootcamp in Charleston, S.C., where I learned Javascript, Angular.js, Backbone.js, jQuery, Sass, CSS, Git version control and other web technologies. I also worked on several projects with students from The Iron Yard's concurrent Ruby on Rails course. ### Copy Editor/Reporter @ SC Business Publications, LLC Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Mount Pleasant - Edited news articles for grammar, clarity and flow - Reported on various business topics, interviewing sources and producing polished news stories ### Freelance Curator @ BiblioLabs Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Charleston, South Carolina As a Curator for BiblioLabs, I used BiblioLabs's authoring platform, Creator, to create multimedia digital anthologies on specific themes from public domain content. These hand-built anthologies make for a visual and thematically guided experience of historical material. ### Sales Consultant/Social Media Manager @ Baker Motor Company Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Charleston, South Carolina I worked for Baker Motor Company selling new luxury vehicles including Cadillac, Buick and GMC at their new dealership. My job was to build a relationship with each customer and make Baker Motor Company their go-to place for all sales and service needs. I also made and maintained the company's Facebook page. ### Media Buyer Intern @ Broad Street Interactive Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Charleston, SC & Austin, TX In the summer of 2012 I worked directly with the CEO of an Austin-based digital advertising agency to establish new clients in Charleston area and manage campaigns for his Austin clients. I operated ad placement software to publish and monitor hyper-local interactive search campaigns, and negotiated CPM/CPC rates and keyword triggers to ensure optimum search presence. I also received my certification as a Google Adwords specialist. ## Education ### Front-end Web Engineering The Iron Yard Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Spanish Major, History Minor University of South Carolina Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 ### B.A. in English Language and Literature, General Clemson University Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chrismccandlish --- Source: https://flows.cv/chrismccandlish JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/chrismccandlish/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22