# Chris Merrill

> Full Stack Engineer | TS, Angular, React, Scala, Python, SQL, AWS

Location: Forney, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chrismerrill

Senior full-stack software engineer with experience leading teams and delivering valuable features in SaaS.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Rivet
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Diagnosed and resolved issues in complex payment calculation engine, comprised of Postgres database, ElasticSearch documents, and asynchronous job scheduler 
Executed a high-risk zero-downtime migration of issue status with minimal impact to production stability and feature release timeline
Pitched and piloted initiatives for maintainable architectural design, more collaborative code review processes, and expanded automated test coverage

### Senior Software Engineer I @ Lucid
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Guided and mentored teams as a dedicated team lead, overseeing multiple facets of operations, from facilitating Scrum activities to directing development efforts
Onboarded and mentored new team members, contributing to enhanced productivity and unity within teams
Strategically planned and executed a series of user experience A/B tests, delivering substantial results by driving a notable 5% increase in both new user retention rates and the engagement of monthly active users.
Pioneered the launch of an innovative shape library by expertly implementing an external language specification
Piloted implementation of an embedded Monaco code editor for Lucid formulas, paving the way for text highlighting and autocomplete

### Software Engineer II @ Lucid
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Salt Lake City Area
Launched a repackaging of the K-12 offering, including configuring new SKUs in our billing platform, and implementing migration jobs with backward compatibility in mind
Facilitated the launch of 2 new products by building out support for the growth funnel for both products.
As part of this, refactored all paywalls with polymorphic ViewModel architecture, reducing future paywall development lead time and streamlining new paywall additions for new products
Implemented several data-driven solutions to elevate new product engagement, running in-product promotions to existing customers.
In partnership with Conversion Rate Optimization team, executed cross-domain marketing campaigns and supported compliance initiatives like GDPR

### Software Engineer I @ Lucid
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Salt Lake City Area
Optimized app load times by parallelizing or deferring network traffic and supporting code splitting.
Improved framerate of interaction with complex bezier lines by analyzing and optimizing rendering processes.
Migrated batch copy/paste logic from client to server in order to preserve critical relative links between documents.
Partnered closely with designers to architect a scalable, modular embedded document list solution that now serves 10+ use cases both within the product and in integrations.

### Sofware Engineer in Test @ ICON Health & Fitness (NordicTrack)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Logan, Utah, United States
Maintain distributed testing network comprising 30+ physical mobile devices
Refine methodologies for handling flaky tests to mitigate disruptions in Continuous Integration
Design and deploy homebuilt test dashboard tools to improve cycle time by providing greater visibility and information about failures

### Freelance Web Developer @ Self-Employed
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Logan, UT
Created and deployed small web projects for multiple clients, using full stack Javascript toolchain (React, Node.js, Express, EC2)
Implemented a payment portal for a scholarship site using Braintree

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Utah State University Power Electronics Laboratory
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Logan, Utah
Write code in C for microcontroller used to administer experiments
Develop C# GUI (Graphical User Interface) for testing and demonstration of experiments
Operate high voltage equipment
Interface with vehicle CAN bus and parse data using Python scripting


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
Utah State University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chris-merrill-4378309b

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Last updated: 2026-03-22