# Eric Medina

> Software Engineer

Location: Folsom, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ericmedina

Highly personable and self-motivated to achieve short-term and long-term goals.

Always looking to be in an environment that can help me grow.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Development Engineer @ Zillow
Jan 2024 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ GRIN
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Sacramento, California, United States
GRIN is the world’s first creator management platform, turning brands into household names through
the power of authentic content creator relationships.

Served as a key member of the back-end architecture team, providing guidance and
conducting code reviews.

Optimized back-end processes through enhanced caching strategies in Redis, MySQL query
optimization, and Elasticsearch database cleanup, leading to significant cost reductions in engineering environments.

### Senior Software Engineer @ GRIN
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Sacramento, California, United States
Demonstrated strategic leadership as a team lead by implementing agile best practices,
bringing down delivery of projects to within 4-weeks in a given 6-week product cycle.

Led the evaluation and successful implementation of XState, a front-end state machine,
integrated with the Vue framework, to optimize customer onboarding flows.

Developed a back-end solution to process payments across multiple marketing campaigns,
overcoming a significant project hurdle.

Effectively spearheaded the implementation of Multi-Factor Authentication, orchestrating
end-to-end development across the tech stack.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Nitrogen
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Nitrogen gives financial advisors the tools to measure risk tolerance, generate personalized proposals, conduct in-depth investment research, and confidently guide clients toward retirement readiness—all in one streamlined platform.

Directed the end-to-end system design and development of a new product vertical tailored for
enterprise customers leveraging Nest.js, Next.js and Typescript within a distributed AWS-based compute environment to deliver scalable and innovative solutions.

Implemented new features as a core developer for the billing microservice, constructed using
PHP and Laravel frameworks.

Led a proficient team in optimizing critical back-end processes within a complex monolithic
codebase, which involved fine-tuning MySQL queries and refactoring legacy PHP and Node.js
code.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Nitrogen
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
Developed a new microservice using Kotlin and Spring Boot to analyze and transmit
application usage data to Salesforce.com, facilitating real-time customer insights for the
Customer Success team.

Won first place in Nitrogen’s 2019 "Hackathon" by redesigning the front-end 404-page,
featuring a fully playable Nitrogen-themed racing game as an easter egg.

### Software Developer @ Haycco
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | El Dorado Hills, California, United States
Haycco creates secure cloud based applications that solve problems, increase efficiency, and limit
overhead for their clients.

Developed a PHP service that seamlessly integrated with a real-time recommendation engine,
empowering clients to deliver personalized product emails, leading to a noteworthy
increase in clickthrough rates and generated a significant uplift in new sales revenue.

### Technical Solutions Engineer @ Act-On Software, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Roseville, CA
Act-On is a leading provider of sophisticated yet affordable SaaS marketing automation tools designed
for mid-market companies.

Received Technical Solutions Engineer “MVP” and “Outstanding Performance” awards,
Q1’2015 and Q2’2015

Provided technical support to Customer Success and Sales teams, resulting in successful
integrations between Act-On's API and customer CRMs, directly contributing to increased closed sales and improved customer satisfaction.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
California State University-Sacramento
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/eric-medina-08184a83
- Website: http://eric-medina.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22