# Holden Foreman > SWE @ Crux Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/holden 4+ years of full-time experience building software primarily in React/TypeScript/Node.js for large, high-profile organizations Know someone looking for feedback on a college application or resume, etc.? Or general career advice? I'd be happy to help any student from a marginalized background with any of the above, free of charge. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Crux Jan 2024 – Present ### Harris for President PA Data Team Support @ Democratic National Committee Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States I was deployed to Philadelphia by the DNC to support the Harris for President campaign's data team for the final few weeks of the campaign (Oct. 21 - Nov. 6). I worked 7 days a week in-person, writing Python code, SQL queries and Google Sheets formulas, and using various tools in NGP VAN Votebuilder. ### Software Engineer II @ Democratic National Committee Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 Full-stack developer assigned to multiple projects, including serving as the primary frontend developer for the DNC's flagship voter education website iwillvote.com (React, Typescript) Also worked on internal tooling (React/Typescript and Python/Django) used by Democratic candidates and organizers across the United States to analyze data, organize campaigns, raise money and get out the vote on election day ### Accessibility Engineer @ The Washington Post Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 In this first-ever role at The Post, I helped devise and lead adoption of our accessibility standards, which were open sourced at build.washingtonpost.com/resources/accessibility. I wore multiple hats in this role, writing code for multiple teams (primarily in React/Typescript) and conducting manual testing with assistive technology while also identifying and presenting accessibility solutions to stakeholders. I prototyped potential accessibility features, audited work from teams in engineering and the newsroom, and served as a public-facing resource by reviewing reader emails and coordinating our accessibility help guide at https://helpcenter.washingtonpost.com/hc/en-us/categories/13893728442907-Accessibility- The Washington Post's PR blog has more information about my work in this role: https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/01/25/first-ever-accessibility-engineer-named-washington-post/ ### Full Stack Software Engineer, Live Elections Results @ The Washington Post Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 I worked primarily in Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript and Python. Projects included building React components from scratch, converting code from Javascript to Typescript and reformatting data e.g. exporting results from Dynamo to xml. I spent lots of time in AWS, too. I met hard deadlines (literal U.S. election dates) for newsroom stakeholders in a collaborative environment. See examples of my work on our 2022 midterm election pages: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/midterms-2022/ ### Engineering Intern, Site Engineering Team @ The Washington Post Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 I built and maintained a full-stack Flask app with a Python backend and React frontend to track police data in the DMV for newsroom stakeholders. I also improved the washingtonpost.com frontend, converting old code to modern frameworks and implementing SEO and accessibility improvements. Read more about my work improving The Post's core web vitals scores for improved page rank: https://medium.com/p/960fb49e7eab ### Chief Technology Officer @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Editor-in-Chief (President) @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 ### Executive Editor (Vice President) @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 ### Summer Editor @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 Solicited applications for The Stanford Daily's 2019 Summer Internship Program, selected 53 high school students for the program, taught them journalistic skills across 8 two-hour workshops and guided them in sourcing, writing and editing articles, 97 of which were published on The Daily's website, with the help of 10 desk editors from The Daily ### Business Director @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 Led efforts to change The Daily's distribution route and staff, leading to projected annual savings of around $60,000 starting in FY19; as part of distribution efforts, collected data on The Daily newspaper's pickup rate across more than 100 campus locations; led The Daily's sponsored content program ### Managing Editor of News @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Oversaw 10 desk editors and about 50 writers for The Daily's News section; edited copy; helped lay out newspaper; co-hosted meetings with the other two Managing Editors of News ### Deputy Desk Editor of University/Local News @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Edited copy, assigned articles to about 10 writers for the University/Local news beat; helped lay out newspaper; co-hosted beat meetings and wrote articles ### Liaison to KZSU Stanford Radio 90.1FM @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Synthesized news from The Stanford Daily during the KZSU news hour: a live radio segment starting at 5:00 p.m. on most Fridays during the winter and spring quarters ### Contributing Writer @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Wrote articles for the University/Local News beat ### Writer @ The Stanford Daily Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 Wrote articles for the University/Local News beat ### Electrical Engineering Research Assistant @ Stanford University School of Engineering Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 Worked in Professor Tsachy Weissman's lab; led a group of 4 high school interns in learning about audio file compression and text-based compression of audio files ### Cardinal Green Athletics Intern @ Stanford University Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Coordinated and participated in distribution of recycling and compost bags at tailgates; helped organize and monitor waste bins in and around football stadium; led group efforts to collect leftover food from football concessions for donation after games; set up signs to promote sustainability at basketball games; helped create a video promoting sustainability at games ### Stanford University Representative @ Anthroposphere: The Oxford Climate Review Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Promote the magazine at Stanford and solicit article pitches from Stanford students; co-hosted a magazine distribution event featuring a guest speaker at Stanford on Feb. 11, 2019 ### Summer Intern @ California Air Resources Board Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Sacramento, California Area Researched vehicle emission policies and challenges worldwide, with a focus on city-level congestion charges and low-emission zones, as a summer intern for the Zero Emission Vehicle Implementation Section of the California Air Resource Board's Advanced Clean Cars Branch/ECARS Division; presented my findings to 15+ CARB employees; completed a 51 page report, organized Excel spreadsheets and performed other duties as outlined in meetings with my supervisors ### Research Assistant @ Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Stanford, California Worked under Dr. Marcella Alsan and Dr. Katherine Erikkson on their project, “The Causes and Consequences of Nativism in the United States: Evidence from the Know-Nothing Party,” interpreting and transferring tens of thousands of 1800s census data entries from written documents to organized Excel spreadsheets; also took part in online meetings during which the two professors and their lead research assistant described the project goals and methodology ### Senior Staff Reporter @ Stanford Politics Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Stanford, California Wrote recaps of campus events after attending them; promoted from staff writer to senior staff writer in January 2018 ### Associate @ Andy's Frozen Custard Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Kirkwood, Missouri Worked 974+ hours across about 8 months (took a break for fall quarter at Stanford); received the store's first employee of the month award in July 2017; served primarily as a window operator, which included taking orders, preparing orders and serving customers; also performed opening and closing duties such as dishwashing, arranging the store and preparing ingredients for use ### Racquet Center Attendant @ City of Kirkwood Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Kirkwood, Missouri Checked in players and assigned courts; worked cash register; cleaned courts; set up and took down pickle ball nets; trained new staffers; recognized for picking up the most shifts on staff in 2015 and 2016 ### Ice Rink Cashier @ City of Kirkwood Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Kirkwood, Missouri Worked cash register; also helped with customer service, skate return and cleaning the rink facilities ## Education ### B.S. in Computer Science Stanford University Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Kirkwood High School Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/holdenforeman - Website: https://hs4man21.github.io/me --- Source: https://flows.cv/holden JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/holden/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01