# Lucas Taffo

> Software Engineer III at Morning Consult

Location: Vancouver, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/lucastaffo

Product-focused Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience in full-stack application development. Passionate about collaboration. Dedicated to championing user experience, driving growth, and fostering innovation.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer III @ Morning Consult
Jan 2024 – Present
Go, TypeScript, AWS

### Software Engineer II @ Morning Consult
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
TypeScript, Go, React, Node, SQL, styled-components, Tailwind, Webpack, Jest, react-testing-library, Prisma, Docker, Kubernetes, DataDog, Amplitude, JIRA, Agile

### Software Engineer @ Next Step
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Open Source
• Engineered lightweight NPM Package for Next.js with custom server-side functionality to asynchronously execute commands and decrease client-side bundle size, enabling developers to visualize the impact of their work through Web Vitals in real-time allowing for more efficient workflow.
• Built a VS Code Extension using the VS Code API to display real-time Core Web Vitals metrics, leading teams to better development and design decisions and avoiding unnecessary code refactoring.
• Adopted TypeScript for its static typing and error-handling functionality, maintaining codebase scalability and structure while facilitating debugging and code readability across different teams. 
• Implemented hybrid Static Site Generation/Server-Side Rendering approach in Next.js with built-in code-splitting, leading to increased rendering performance and improved SEO results.
• Leveraged Next.js Image Component to serve lazy-loaded-by-default images, optimizing Cumulative Layout Shift and Largest Contentful Paint, leading to stronger Web Vitals performance.
• Deployed next-connect handler to leverage Next.js dynamic API routes, improving developer experience and promoting endpoint modularity while using environment variables to securely access external services.
• Designed component-level CSS/SASS modules to ensure unique identifiers and improve stylesheet extensibility, using SASS variables and nested syntax to enhance code clarity.
• Employed Jest and React Testing Library to create high-confidence unit and integration tests, ensuring codebase stability and maintainability.
• Product developed under tech accelerator OS Labs - learn more at opensourcelabs.io.


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29