# Griffin Lacek

> Senior Software Engineer at Affirm

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/griffinlacek

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Affirm
Jan 2021 – Present | Remote

### Senior Software Engineer @ Guaranteed Rate
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Chicago, Illinois, United States

### Software Engineer II @ Vodori
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Chicago Area
• Developed applications in Clojure and Java for microservice based multi-tenanted suite of products deployed on AWS via Kubernetes. 
• Part of a small team to solution and build Pepper FolioGo®.
•• React Native based iOS sales enablement tool to interface with content provided by Pepper Flow®
• Built Pepper Flow Digital Review®
•• Google Chrome extension allowing collaborative web page review with text highlighting and annotations directly on any website’s content.
• Scaled Pepper Flow® from 2 to 25+ customers

Stack:

• Clojure, Java, MongoDB
• Clojurescript, Angular, TypeScript, and React Native
• Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS (EKS, S3, EC2, IAM/KMS/RBAC)

### Software Engineer @ Vodori
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Chicago, Illinois
• Led security implementation for Spring Boot REST API and Vue.js powered SPA using Spring Security based off OAuth2. 
• Migrated all client applications and data from Rackspace to AWS, saving company $20k monthly.
•• Stood up and configured sizing for new EC2 instances using Puppet.
• Provided technical blueprinting to product managers to estimate and determine technical roadmap for multiple product features.
•  Led talks on JWTs, Spring Security, OAuth2, and developing secure web applications.
• Full-Stack development using using Java, Spring, JavaScript, Vue, React, and React Native

### Advisor @ Codecademy
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
* Help Codecademy learners with language syntax, conceptual programming topics, and problem solving.
* Outline tailored paths for learners to achieve their programming goals.
* Review user projects to guide learners toward best practices

### Software Consultant Intern @ Vodori
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Chicago, IL
* Researched, blueprinted, and led the implementation of a multi-client “User-Editable Site Search” widget using Google’s Search JSON API.
* Created a “Six Sigma” lab analysis and performance graphing tool for research laboratories using Chart.js.
* Built company-wide style guide components to speed up front-end development and create brand uniformity.

### Founder @ Sapphire Maids
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Minneapolis MN
* Incorporated LLC (legal, insurance, etc.).
* Built original MVP to do $10,000 in sales in first three months. Scaled to 10K MRR.
* Created numerous customer acquisition channels (Adsense, Partnerships, Referral Rewards)
* Managed site redesign (revenue increase 200%).
* Hired and managed 10+ employees. Automated day to day operations.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/griffinlacek
- Website: http://www.griffinlacek.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22