# Drew Cortright

> Staff Software Engineer @ Intuit

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/drewcortright

Passionate about creating exceptional user experiences, I am a React.js enthusiast with a strong focus on accessibility and customer-centric solutions. With a deep understanding of front-end development, I strive to deliver seamless and inclusive digital experiences. By prioritizing the needs of users and embracing accessibility principles, I aim to bridge the gap between technology and human interaction. Let's connect and collaborate to build intuitive and customer-first applications.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Intuit
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Intuit
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led multiple scalable UX redesigns from the ground up for payroll, ML anomaly detection models and AI forward education across the org. This set up the teams to enter the new agentic world with ease and bring it to our hundreds of thousands of payroll customers.

### Software Engineer 2 @ Intuit
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Reno, Nevada Area
- Mentored junior engineers in overhauling our CSS styling and the mobile responsiveness of our entire project. Bringing us inline with accessibility standards.
- Led the implementation of automated regression tests utilizing Cypress, effectively eliminating the need for weekly manual regression testing.
- Successfully lowered TP99 scores by over 4 seconds, aligning them with industry standards by refactoring our Apollo GraphQL queries to run in parallel.
- Migrated our front-end from legacy REST calls to our new GraphQL APIs, enabling seamless integration for a user base of over hundreds of thousands of monthly users.

### Software Engineer 1 @ Intuit
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Reno, Nevada Area
Led the development of a comprehensive full-stack project empowering internal tax operations and support teams. Utilized Java for the robust backend and harnessed React/Backbone.js for the dynamic frontend. Notable achievements include:
- Strategically refactored APIs within critical fraud workflows, resulting in significant time savings by automating manual labor.
- Proficiently handled Argo deployments and leveraged Kafka messaging for seamless communication and data flow.

### Software Engineer @ Circle 8 Games
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Reno, Nevada Area
Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams in art, music, and mathematics to meticulously craft stepper slot machines, blending creativity with precision. Leveraged my expertise to enhance a legacy C++ API, delivering captivating and enjoyable gaming experiences through innovative capabilities.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Circle 8 Games
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Reno, Nevada Area
Assisted quality assurance by creating C# desktop applications to aid in the testing of mathematics, lighting and reel strips of the slot machine games. Created a simulator to run multiple thousands of reel spins to test probabilities.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
University of Nevada, Reno
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22