# Melvin Tomas > Senior Software Engineer | Frontend Specialist | React + TypeScript + UX-Minded Location: Denver Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/melvintomas Software engineer passionate about creating secure and user-friendly digital solutions. With extensive experience in full-stack development, I've had the opportunity to contribute to projects in health, government, and finance sectors. I'm eager to explore innovative technologies and lead teams towards impactful software achievements. Key Accomplishments: Web Application Modernization: Spearheaded the rewriting of a legacy AngularJS application using Vue and TypeScript, and led the transition from a PHP codebase to the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, Node.js), resulting in a 15%-25% improvement in efficiency, enhanced code maintainability, and improved testing capabilities. Automation and Efficiency: Streamlined operational processes by automating over 50% of routine job tasks with scheduled Perl scripts, significantly reducing manual data extraction from the mainframe and enhancing overall workflow efficiency. Enhancing Accessibility and User Experience: Improved accessibility across the web application by implementing multi-language support and ensuring compliance with WCAG standards. This initiative broadened user engagement by making the web application, emails, and SMS communications more inclusive and accessible to a diverse audience. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ First American Jan 2024 – Present Modernizing a legacy application by implementing React, improving performance, maintainability, and scalability. Primary focus on front-end development, leveraging React to enhance user experience while also contributing to back-end work in C#, proactively expanding into full-stack development. Led the adoption of Zustand to improve state management, breaking up a bloated context store and optimizing application performance. Drove process improvements within the team, establishing clearer PR review guidelines to improve efficiency and collaboration. Advocated for faster PR turnaround times (24-hour reviews instead of 3-5 days), reducing merge conflicts and improving development velocity. Consistently exceed sprint capacity expectations, delivering significantly above assigned workload to ensure timely feature releases while maintaining high code quality. Provide informal leadership and technical guidance where needed, stepping in to support team alignment and decision-making. ### Software Engineer @ Carrot Fertility Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Strengthened platform safety and security resilience through the implementation of a robust security service, scanning file uploads for malicious content. Mitigated fraud risk and minimized liability by introducing enhanced security checks through the integration with Stripe for member transactions, ensuring the security and validity of financial transactions. Enhanced accessibility and user experience by introducing translation support for multiple languages across our public-facing application, emails, and Twilio SMS communication. Provided mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and contributing to project success. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Livongo Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Denver, Colorado, United States Revamped and modernized web application utilizing Vue and Typescript for enhanced efficiency and maintainability. Developed comprehensive integration tests using Cypress to ensure robust functionality and a seamless user experience. Designed and implemented an internal Content Management System (CMS) to empower the content team in constructing clinical programs efficiently. Maintained a legacy AngularJS application, ensuring its continued functionality and support. ### Software Engineer @ Booz Allen Hamilton Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Aurora, Colorado, United States Developed a prototype of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) System for NOAA. Created multiple full-stack web applications by leveraging Java and React. Operated in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment, ensuring optimal project efficiency. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Genesis Business Systems Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Aiea, Hawaii, United States Worked embedded at a client site with the development team Created internal web applications using VB .net and Telerik Provided guidance and mentorship to single junior developer ### Full Stack Software Engineer @ City and County of Honolulu Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States • Developed a public GIS-focused web application integrating traffic data, rail lines, and bus schedules. • Enhanced a PHP DMV queueing app with appointment scheduling, SMS communication, and real-time displays. • Led transition from PHP to MEAN stack, improving maintainability and aligning with modern standards. ### Technical Analyst @ First Hawaiian Bank Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States • Streamlined job responsibilities by implementing Perl scripts for data extraction, saving time and increasing efficiency. • Expanded role to include software development, building in-house solutions for team challenges. • Designed QlikView dashboards for marketing team, providing visual insights for campaign success evaluation. ### Network Capacity Engineer Intern @ Hawaiian Telcom Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States • Streamlined workflows and improved productivity by automating reports through Excel VBA macros • Generated geospatial focused reports including heatmaps of network speed and serviced customers • Audited telecommunication hardware at remote locations and recommended equipment to be decommissioned ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science Hawaii Pacific University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/melvintomas - Website: https://melvin.dev --- Source: https://flows.cv/melvintomas JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/melvintomas/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22