# Lynwhel Claricia

> Frontend Engineer | React + Typescript

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/lynwhel

Experienced Frontend Engineer with a history of working in ecommerce, social media, and most recently AI for education.

Preferred Technologies:
- React + Typescript
- Next.js

*Not interested in Angular Development*

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Coupa Software
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Mateo, California, United States

### Frontend Engineer @ Riiid
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Develop learning solutions utilizing Typescript + Next.js framework to deliver quality user experience of Riiid's AI for education
- Collaborate with UX/UI Designers to understand Figma prototypes
- Utilize Emotion library and styled components to apply CSS to UI Elements
- Write Jest test to verify rendered output of React components
- Write Playwright E2E Tests for critical user flows
- Use swagger codegen and Orval codegen to simplify developer usage of REST APIs
- Use React-Query to guarantee user dashboards display the most up-to-date server data

### Frontend Engineer @ Holonis
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Diego, California, United States
• Assisted in framework re-platform effort from Angular to React 
• Developed social media content tiles in user feed with React 16 utilizing hooks and functional components
• Wrote unit tests for React components in Atomic design library using Enzyme and Jest
• Interacted with RESTful APIs to send typed data to UI components 
• Created new views in internal administrative app to manage users' content 
• Worked closely with UX/UI Designers to understand expected flows and interactions to deliver quality product

### Software Development Engineer In Test @ Holonis
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater San Diego Area
• Planned and executed manual testing on Holonis' iOS, Android, and web apps to verify new features
• Documented new feature test plans in Google Sheet test matrices, while cementing existing test flows in Zephyr Test Management tool
• Utilized Charles Proxy tool to review error handling behaviors throughout the app
• Developed automated Selenium/Appium tests for common user flows to minimize efforts needed in regression test cycles
• Developed a JMeter load test to assist DevOps in characterizing infrastructure limits
• Wrote detailed bug reports with step by step instructions to reproduce issues in Jira
• Assigned priority and severity to defects during bug triage sessions with project management 
• Presented risks found during the regression test cycle in Go/No-Go meetings
• Managed defect backlog; Purged irrelevant defects, closed duplicates, and grouped outstanding issues with same root cause

### Frontend Developer @ Brand Value Accelerator
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Downtown San Diego
• Built and maintained high converting Shopify storefront themes
• Developed A/B tests to further increase conversion rates through Dynamic Yield and Optimizely
• Converted Invision prototypes to interactive digital experiences using Shopify's HTML templating language Liquid, CSS (SASS), and JavaScript (jQuery) while adhering to a mobile first, min-width media query approach
• Refactored legacy JavaScript to concise ES6 functions as needed
• Utilized Google Tag Manager to encapsulate tracking scripts and enforce MVC pattern
• Applied industry best practices to reduce page load to provide faster, more enjoyable experiences 
• Planned information architecture of brand’s product and collection metafields
• Integrated third party eCommerce services like Email Marketing Software (Klaviyo, Bronto, MailChimp) and Customer Retention Software (Zendesk, LiveChat)
• Created branded, reusable web components as templated Shopify Sections that allow merchants to customize their websites with ease
• Manually tested new features against user stories and conducted sanity tests on all major browsers


Primary Accounts:
+ MVMT Watches
+ Good American
+ Rebecca Minkoff

Secondary Accounts:
+ Tommy John
+ Kopari Beauty
+ Fleshlight
+ Ooler

### Web Services Intern @ City of San Diego, Information Technologies Department
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Downtown San Diego
• Assisted in preparation of redesigned sandiego.gov (Launched March 2016)
• Reformatted HTML of corrupted content discovered during a migration to Drupal CMS
• Increased ADA compliance by adding descriptive alternative text to images
• Increased SEO ranking by eliminating broken links and misspellings

### Market Shift Lead @ University of California, San Diego
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | La Jolla, CA
• Managed teams of up to 5 students and a career staff member
• Delegated tasks throughout shifts to ensure opening, closing, side work procedures were completed
• Prepared cash deposits; kept accurate records of credit and cash deposit amounts


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science
UC San Diego
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lynwhel
- GitHub: https://github.com/L921JC

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Last updated: 2026-03-29