# Derek Merrikin > Senior Software Engineer | MERN & WordPress Development Location: South Easton, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/derekmerrikin As a former Technical Lead & Senior Software Engineer at Easton Consulting Technologies, I have over a decade of experience in delivering high-quality web products using diverse technologies such as React, Next, WordPress, and Angular. I have a strong background in computer science and a keen interest in learning new skills and tools to solve complex problems and create value for the organizations I work with. I am a team player and a leader, who can effectively communicate, collaborate, and coach others in a dynamic Agile environment. I have successfully led the development and launch of several web projects, demonstrating my proficiency in coding, testing, reviewing, and deploying software. I have also ensured the compliance with WCAG AA accessibility standards and the best practices of software engineering. I am passionate about software development and always open to feedback and improvement. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ GraVoc Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Peabody, Massachusetts, United States • Leading two teams consisting of both full-stack MERN/GRAND engineers as well as full-stack LAMP engineers running all 8 of the company’s high-revenue driving client projects. • Creating a seamless end-to-end experience, migrating a MERN app over to a GRAND stack app. • Coaching and mentor team members, growing their skillsets to be multifaceted individuals and take on more responsibilities. • Leading the initiative to create an automated Lambda function which writes JSON logs to an S3 bucket using CloudWatch events. • Managing a dynamic Agile environment without the luxury of project managers or designers, directly interfacing with stakeholders to maintain the highest fidelity of output. • Introducing the team to unit testing with Jest, and DevOps deployment with YAML on GitHub. ### Technical Lead & Senior Software Engineer @ Easton Consulting Technologies Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Remote • Lead a team of professionals, overseeing and coordinating the development of 7+ highrevenue-driving web products. • Coach and mentor team members, facilitating their success and growth within the organization. • Conduct thorough reviews of Pull Requests (PRs) on GitHub, ensuring the code adheres to the highest quality standards. • Manage a dynamic Agile environment, actively participating in daily scrums, and taking responsibility for individual and team tickets, entire epics, and ensuring timely responses. • Successfully led the launch of two redesigned websites, with a third scheduled for completion in March 2023. • Develop and maintain custom WordPress plugins, demonstrating expertise in WordPress and React with Pug. • Act as the go-to person for all technology-related requests from the VP of Technology and the CEO, showcasing a deep understanding of the organization's technical landscape ### Senior Software Engineer @ Built Technologies Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Develop streamlined React components within a microservice architecture. Elevate team code quality standards through thorough code reviews and constructive feedback. Collaborate efficiently within Agile Scrum teams to deliver high-quality software. Act as a subject matter expert in a complex PHP environment, providing guidance to the team. Improve code coverage by implementing comprehensive unit tests with Jest across the microservice architecture. Ensure compliance with WCAG AA accessibility standards. Contribute to continuous deployment and AC changes utilizing a Go CI/CD pipeline ### Software Engineer @ Rocket Insights Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States • Created reusable React components with the ability to allow acceptance of custom props • Streamlined financial planning software with Angular to improve usability and solve performance bottlenecks • Architected and coded a web application for a major crypto organization for flexibility of branding with future clients using React and Next • Worked efficiently within Agile Scrum teams • Wrote E2E with Cypress and Unit Tests with Jest • WCAG AA accessibility standards • Contributed to continuous deployment and iterative design changes using CI/CD pipeline ### Senior UX Developer @ Fresenius Medical Care North America Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | Lexington, MA • Cloned an antiquated site from Oracle’s UCM to WordPress using a custom NodeJS spider with WordPress’ RESTful API for data injection and Bootstrap 4 integration • Created self-publishing solutions for all divisions of Fresenius in WordPress • Integrated WordPress’ login with Microsoft Active Directory • Hybridized a full-stack solution for persisting data utilizing WordPress as a Back-End and Angular as a Front-End • Refactored code to resolve issues found in pen testing which resulted in significant security improvements • WCAG AA accessibility standards • Worked efficiently within Agile Scrum teams ### UX Developer @ Fidelity Investments Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Smithfield, RI • Created white-label wizard for branded sales demos for clients of Fidelity • Simultaneously managed workloads from multiple Agile project teams with daily scrums • WCAG AA accessibility standards • Brought a high level of camaraderie and collaboration to the teams, increasing productivity • Developed a full-stack MEAN solution for an Executive Vice President to manage their business data ### UI/UX Developer @ Medullan Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA • Scalable healthcare portals for major healthcare insurance agencies • Worked continuously within the Agile methodology while attending daily scrums • WCAG AA accessibility standards • Created custom WordPress solutions to fit client needs ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Southern New Hampshire University Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ### N/A in Computer Software Engineering Udemy Jan 2012 – Jan 2034 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dmerrikin - Website: https://dmerrikin.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/derekmerrikin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/derekmerrikin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22