# Erik Bigler

> Senior Software Engineer - Tech Lead at 86 Repairs

Location: Eagle Mountain, Utah, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/erikbigler

A skilled and customer focused Full Stack Software Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on experience in the software development life cycle. Passionate about enriching lives through software. Experienced in everything from frontend tech and frameworks (HTML/TypeScript/React/Vue/Angular/Electron) to backend infrastructure and services (NestJS/Nodejs/C#/.NET Core/Java/NoSQL/SQL/Redis).

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer - Tech Lead (SE IV) @ 86 Repairs
Jan 2022 – Present | Remote

### Senior Software Engineer @ 86 Repairs
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Frontend Software Engineer @ Public Strategies
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
● Worked with a team to design and build React web apps for clients, including a federal performance analysis study heavy on data visualization and reporting features.
● All frontend development was done with NextJS (React), TypeScript, MobX, and TailwindCSS.
● Partnered with UX to create designs that met both business and technical requirements.
● Worked with Backend engineers to design RESTful API endpoints and payloads.
● Lead the department through a transition to an Agile Scrum development process as well as a different project management tool (JIRA).
● Served as a Scrum Master and championed Agile methodologies for the department as a whole.

### Software Engineer II @ Mindbody
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Luis Obispo, California
● Worked within a team to create a next generation Payment Platform
for processing financial transactions using microservice
architecture with .NET Core.
● Utilized the Kafka Producer/Consumer pattern to put filtered Stripe
Payment events on the Kafka pipeline in one microservice and then
consume and store them in another.
● Developed a REST API layer using .NET Web API to allow querying of
payments data.
● Built a modern payments reporting dashboard web app using
React/Redux that was intuitive and easy to use.
● Took part in a team effort to achieve 95% unit test code coverage.
Test architecture included creation of Unit, Behavioral, Integration,
and End-to-end tests using the xUnit framework for backend
codebases and Jest/Puppeteer for the frontend codebase.
● Worked within a team to create a new Identity/AuthN/AuthZ service
using microservice architecture with .NET Core Web Api,
IdentityService4, and OAuth/OIDC.
● Successfully implemented support for federated logins for Facebook
and Google and developed frontend views using React/Redux.
● Efficiently worked within a team tasked with ensuring Mindbody’s
compliance with the GDPR law under a strict deadline.
● Used branch.io to generate user specific links to a new landing page
that allowed users to update their notification preferences and
request their data.
● Successfully used the .NET Web API and JavaScript to build a session-less and authenticated foundation for the landing page.
● All backend development was done in Visual Studio 2019 using .NET
Core 3/C#. All frontend development was done in Visual Studio Code
using Node.js, TypeScript, and Webpack.
● Azure DevOps, Git, Kubernetes, and Docker were used for the
development pipeline. Microservices were hosted in GCP and AWS.

### Associate Software Engineer @ Mindbody
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Luis Obispo, California
● Effectively addressed complex bugs.
● Wrote meaningful automated tests.
● Worked within the Marketplace (point of sale) team to develop a
Marketplace WCF service built in .NET Framework (C#).
● Built an internal tool for viewing live error logs from all Mindbody
services. Errors were stored in SQL and data was accessed via a .NET
Web API layer. Frontend was built using AngularJS and Chart.js for
displaying graphs and stats. Contained features such as
formatted stack traces, fuzzy matching of similar stack traces, and
the ability to link bug reports to error messages

### Software Test Technician @ Mindbody
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Luis Obispo, California
● Collaborated within a small Tech Debt team of testers and
developers tasked with solving long standing bugs and modernizing
sections of the software.
● Recreated bugs, wrote test cases for new features, and tested new
and existing features.
● Helped design and test a new notification framework used to send
emails and text to clients consumers. Framework utilized
integrations with SendGrid and Twilio.
● Served as Scrum Master and Test Lead.
● Built various scripts and internal tools to increase effectiveness of
testing and development.

### Service Specialist @ Apple
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Luis Obispo, California
● Provided technical support and insightful advice to customers.
● Exercised excellent time management skills and employed quick
decision making.
● Maintained composure and customer focus while diagnosing and
solving issues.
● Explained situations with patience and empathy when delivering
product diagnoses and potential solutions.
● Provided personal training to new customers.


## Education
### Clovis East High School
Jan 2004 – Jan 2009


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22