# Kris Mason

> Software Engineer

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/krismason

Full stack software engineer. I love to collaborate and solve problems. Always thinking about the user's experience.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Target
Jan 2022 – Present
- Build and optimize internal web applications, streamlining complex data flows and enhancing developer productivity
- Modernize legacy systems by leading full-stack migrations, improving accessibility, reliability, and performance
- Strengthen observability through metric/alerts integration, reducing debugging time and system downtime
- Mentor engineers via code reviews and technical guidance, accelerating team onboarding and skill development

Technologies used: TypeScript, React, Express/Node.js, Fastify, Postgres, Prisma, Redux, React Query, PNPM, Vite, TurboRepo, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, InfluxDB, Shuttle, MaterialUI

### Software Engineer @ Human API
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Build, test, and deploy accessible features across many customer-facing frontend applications
- Maintain APIs and monitor internal network of services for bugs and weaknesses, developing and improving internal troubleshooting tools

Technologies used: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, HTML/CSS, Jest, Storybook, Node, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, AWS (CloudWatch, ECS, S3), Terraform, BitBucket, Jenkins, and GitLab

### Software Engineer @ Augmio
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Diego, California, United States
- Built and deployed internal admin dashboard with VueJS and Heroku
- Tested and managed Node/MySQL API
- Prototyped WebAR experiences using 8thwall, threejs, and aframe

### Software Engineering Tutor @ Operation Spark
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Remote
- Guide students in debugging their code
- Teach programming problem solving skills

### Web Developer @ Unknown
Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | Remote
- Design, build, and deploy websites for a variety of clients using HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Create custom themes in WordPress and Drupal
- Provide graphic design services  (Adobe Creative Suite)

### Co-Owner @ Port Street Woodworks LLC
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Designed and built custom furniture and cabinetry
- Managed bookkeeping and sales accounts
- Created and maintained website and social media
- Supervised sub-contractors

### Graduate Research Assistant @ University of Maine
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Orono, Maine, United States
For the Office of Institutional Research:
- Executed data collection, entry using Excel & SPSS
- Developed and maintained spreadsheets
- Reviewed and proofed data and reports

### Project Associate @ Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | St Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Assisted in management of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Grant
- Created and managed grantee databases using Excel
- Managed project website and blog
- Coordinated and created communications documents for print and web
- Prepared internal memos, communicated and coordinated with grantees, community partners, and HUD


## Education
### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Intermedia/Multimedia
University of Maine
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016

### Master's degree in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013

### IBC Fundamentals of JavaScript in Functional Programming, and Web Development Level 3
Operation Spark
Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/masonkristopher
- Website: https://www.krismason.dev/

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Last updated: 2026-03-22