# John Franke > Sr Full-Stack Software Engineer Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/johnfranke Joy is a Function λ I am a functional programming enthusiast. I specialize in writing TypeScript/JavaScript across the stack, but I have also worn many hats in my career and can write code in many languages and contexts. https://github.com/jottenlips https://stackoverflow.com/users/6207061/john-franke https://gitlab.com/johnfranke94 https://jottenlips.github.io ## Work Experience ### Senior Full Stack Engineer @ Vestaboard Jan 2023 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Vestaboard Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 • Creating reusable React components with Storybook, TypeScript, and Material UI • Writing GraphQL mutations and queries with Apollo Client in order to reach parity with the mobile app feature set: pinning messages, broadcasting messages to multiple boards, transferring boards to new users, etc... • Fixing issues for the Kotlin server and expanding the GraphQL API with new filters ### Software Engineer @ Budgie Health Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote • Part of the founding engineering team, handling DevOps as well as full-stack feature work • Got the MVP running on a tight deadline in time for a successful launch with Cedar Health • Wrote continuous integration code for deploying lambda functions and the Django application to AWS • Followed best AWS security practices to make sure user’s healthcare claims were stored securely by creating strict IAM roles for the application and the resources it relied on • Played a crucial role in adjusting the application to handle bulk healthcare claims from Cigna. We received the data 8 days before it was needed for a launch in October with Saks Off Fifth, a record turnaround for healthcare with a team our size • Extended functionality of the Django Admin to run bulk data processes, like patient claims categorization • Created unit tests for the patient claims parser, adjudication, and recommendation engine • Made critical technology choices suited to the team (Django/Alpine.JS/TailwindCSS) • Integrated with Flexpa so users could connect their Health Insurance and we could obtain their claims • Wrote asynchronous logic to adjudicate patient claims against all plan choices to inform the user of their estimates • Configured the networking and DNS layers for the application and web-flow landing page • Setup the VPC, subnets, Internet Gateway, and NAT Gateway to allow AWS Lambda to have secure internet access and access the PostgreSQL database • Documented features and deployment processes in detail ### Software Engineering Consultant @ Budgie Health Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### Principal Software Engineer @ foh&boh Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States Writing code and leading teams to make excellent products for the hospitality industry Technologies used: Django, Node, AWS Lambda, s3, RDS/MySQL, GraphQL, Segment, Nylas, Stripe React + Apollo, React Native Web, Lokalise, Sendbird, Storybook, Google Maps, GitHub Actions, GitHub Packages Responsibilities: • Led development on new views and product features to scale for enterprise-tier restaurant groups that had 100+ locations per account like Slice, TGI Fridays, and KFC franchises • Provided thorough code review and guidance to an internal team of 5 engineers and an external contracting group for daily releases and feature updates • Integrated the Sendbird Chat SDK into our React and Django app with custom React components so users could receive job offers via a direct message ### Lead Software Engineer @ foh&boh Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Greater Nashville Area, TN • Integral in scaling the application for business needs as the first engineering hire after the CTO • Created a GraphQL API with Graphene Django and added Apollo Client to the app to increase frontend developer productivity • Built a Storybook for components with TypeScript to provide a delightful user experience that is easy to inspect by our designer • Setup Stripe subscriptions, UI, and permissions, for pay-as-you-go, unlimited, and enterprise pricing tiers • Developed several Serverless Node.JS services including one for server-side rendering job posts from our React app • Added an additional revenue stream where restaurants can boost their jobs across other job boards like ZipRecruiter • Created CI pipeline with GitHub Actions to replace manual deployment and wrote Cypress tests for confident deploys • Optimized GraphQL resolvers and SQL Queries with the Django ORM ### Full Stack Developer @ Aloompa Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Nashville Area, TN Research & Development • Created a GraphQL API and React app for reserving tickets to festival events built with TypeScript and deployed to AWS • Developed a React application for mobile ordering food built on top of Square's API • Stitched our GraphQL APIs with Apollo to unify all of the company's GraphQL APIs into a single endpoint • Wrote functions to be deployed on AWS Lambda and Google Cloud to interact with Airtable, DynamoDB, Firebase, Slack, and PostgreSQL • Built a user SDK for our web apps and completed the redesign of the login screens for our chat product • Contributed to internal components SDK to make reusable views as well as open-source projects like DefinitelyTyped/Ramda • Setup CI pipeline to only release updated code and dependencies for our Lerna monorepo ### iOS Developer @ Aloompa Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Nashville Area, TN • Made reusable features in Objective-C codebase for clients like X-Games, CMA, EDC, Thomas Rhett, and more • Automated manual development processes by creating a CLI, freeing up developer time by 5 hours for each Fest App • Migrated codebase from using git submodules to Cocoapods and reduced complexity of the codebase significantly • Integrated third-party SDKs into the Fest App platform like Lokalize, AXS Flash Seats, and Spotify • Updated iOS Core Data models and wrote Core Data queries for different kinds of events and map filtering ### iOS Developer lntern @ Aloompa Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Nashville, Tennessee • Bug fixes • Exceeded Client Requests ### AP Computer Science Tutor @ Prep Source Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Nashville Area, TN • Met with students weekly for help with math and computer science • Prepared students for the AP exam and guided them through Java problem sets ### Java Tutor @ Belmont University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Nashville Area, TN • Taught math and computer science concepts • Met with students to help implement Java applications and applets ### Computer Lab Assistant @ Belmont University Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater Nashville Area, TN • Troubleshot computer problems for students and professors • Assisted User Service for campus wide projects ### iOS Developer Intern @ Playola Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Nashville iOS App written in Swift where each user is a dj that manages their own music channel and voice-overs ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science, Music Minor Belmont University ### St. Louis University High ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jottenlips - GitHub: https://github.com/jottenlips - Website: https://johnfranke.com - Website: https://stackoverflow.com/users/6207061/john-franke --- Source: https://flows.cv/johnfranke JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/johnfranke/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29