# Meredith Mello > Full Stack Engineer Forging Bits Without Fear πŸ’ƒπŸ» Location: Portland, Oregon, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/meredithmello I’m an adventurous full stack software engineer who loves diving headfirst into new challenges across the stack. I’m especially passionate about building elegant, user-focused frontend experiences and helping teams craft software that feels as good as it functions. I care deeply about using technology to make the world better, especially for marginalized communities, and about creating spaces where collaboration, empathy, and inclusion drive great engineering. I thrive in cross-functional teams where developers, designers, and stakeholders work closely to bring ideas to life. My strengths include JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, and modern web architecture, as well as fostering strong communication and mentorship across disciplines. Above all, I’m known for being a friendly, reliable teammate and a clear, to-the-point communicator who brings both technical excellence and genuine care to every project I’m part of. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack @ Visiting Media Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Portland, Oregon, United States β€’ Delivered production features across SalesHub’s full stack (React/Vite, Node.js/Express, PostgreSQL, AWS), improving asset management, category organization, and real-time user workflows for customers β€’ Modernized frontend and backend codebases: replaced legacy JavaScript with TypeScript, refactored shared utilities, and led sweeping efforts to upgrade tech stack with an aim towards lowering technical debt β€’ Designed and implemented AI-driven enrichment pipelines, including a PDF metadata extraction service and a video/audio captioning + audio description generator, integrating OpenAI, Gemini, and Claude models to be used with SalesHub ingestion flows β€’ Shaped early adoption of LLM-enhanced features by producing reusable prototypes, documenting best practices, and assisting peers on prompt engineering and AI workflows β€’ Collaborated closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional engineers to balance delivery speed with long-term scalability and maintainability ### Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack @ Hinge Health Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Portland, Oregon, United States β€’ Worked on Hinge Health React Native mobile application developing new screens and improving existing user interfaces used for customers and debugging purposes. β€’ Added features and made improvements to the React-based admin UI (using Material UI) with a microfrontend pattern. β€’ Utilized backend-for-frontend (BFF) pattern to transform endpoints into GraphQL calls, originating from Nest.js servers with Fastify and TypeORM. β€’ Added new endpoints to both major APIs and BFFs, enhancing functionality and user experience. β€’ Developed new React components, including a custom filtering component for data tables, augmenting Material UI components. β€’ Investigated and optimized slow PostgreSQL database calls, using normal and compound indexes to improve performance by sometimes many hundreds of times. β€’ Led the onboarding of new customer connections, ensuring data was transformed correctly for database integration, and managed the intake process alongside departments like marketing. β€’ Collaborated with and mentored junior engineers, solving problems and supporting the growth of the company. β€’ Participated in a company hackathon, leading the development of an Apple Health integration feature for the React Native mobile application, which won the top audience vote. ### Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack @ SparkPlug Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States β€’ Developed and innovated on a full-stack TypeScript application, employing React for frontend and Express for backend, with MongoDB as the database β€’ Enhanced user experience by creating intuitive UI elements and optimizing page load performance β€’ Implemented robust API endpoints, improving data communication and functionality of the application β€’ Transitioned to modern request parsers to ensure system reliability and performance β€’ Developed advanced product management tools, enabling efficient searching, filtering, and bulk assignment of products β€’ Streamlined the code organization for improved maintainability, including migrating UI code and optimizing API calls β€’ Led efforts in troubleshooting and resolving various system performance issues and bugs β€’ Ensured transparent operations by implementing features to view total sales and wallet totals β€’ Contributed to continuous system improvement through various UI enhancements and bug fixes ### Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack @ Daylight Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States β€’ Took the lead in active development of React Native mobile banking application for iOS and Android β€’ Handled application deployment and communications with Apple App Store and Google Play Store β€’ Created new screens, components, and software features for mobile application β€’ Developed new backend server functionality with Ruby leveraging GraphQL using the Ruby on Rails framework β€’ Handled transition of Clojure server backend routes to Ruby on Rails equivalents ### Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack @ Ampla Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States β€’ Created new components and pages with React.js for greenfield financial technology project β€’ Spearheaded transition and reorganization of existing fintech codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript β€’ Implemented new backend server functionality with Python using the Django Rest Framework β€’ Experience working with API and state management for both the Synapse and Unit banking platforms ### Software Development Engineer - Full Stack @ Cambia Health Solutions Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Portland, Oregon β€’ Implemented new features and improved performance and user experience for in-house content management system made with TypeScript and React.js, with state management using Redux β€’ Created new components with React.js for the company's internal component design system, complete with beautiful CSS animation and transitions β€’ Implemented new features and maintained main company website using Clojure and ClojureScript, utilizing the Reagent framework and Re-frame for state management β€’ Integrated design system components with content management system and company website β€’ Invented novel methods to improve tooling and create better accessibility experiences for users β€’ Took on a leadership role during high-pressure situations to deliver features that were necessary for company-wide success and to meet regulatory requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic ### Software Development Engineer - Cloud Services and Identity Management @ Cambia Health Solutions Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Portland, Oregon Area β€’ Helped develop a Node.js facade service deployed with Docker on Amazon ECS, wrote BDD tests using Cucumber/Ruby β€’ Helped develop AWS Lambda function in Java for real-time updates to an SQL database β€’ Maintained and improved update process for legacy AWS services using a Jenkins pipeline and Ansible IaaS β€’ Created application demos/prototypes with Express/Handlebars, React.js, and React Native β€’ Developed and maintained React.js reference implementation to demonstrate identity management. Used Next.js, Redux, and Jest, sharing code with React Native reference implementation ### Software Engineer Intern @ Cambia Health Solutions Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Portland, Oregon Area β€’ Created and maintained a Node.js component that interacts with a microservice framework deployed on AWS β€’ Documented architecture of microservice framework using Microsoft Visio and OmniGraffle β€’ Tested and deployed Node.js software using Docker, running on Jenkins and GitLab CI β€’ Worked with Ansible IaaS to provision and deploy AWS microservices ### Software Engineer Intern @ Intel Corporation Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Hillsboro, Oregon β€’ Developed proof-of-concept augmented reality application with C#/C++ .NET using in-house hardware system. β€’ Administered testing and recorded data on software performance, usability, and KPI testing methods. β€’ Created automatic debug system to ease development of large-scale codebase using Microsoft Symbol Server ### Assistant Director of Government Relations @ Associated Students of Oregon State University Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Corvallis, Oregon Area β€’ Managed a student-ran Government Affairs Team for lobbying the Oregon legislature. β€’ Informed students about state/local issues and civic engagement matters that affect them. β€’ Ran a successful voter registration campaign with student volunteers that did the best of all public colleges in Oregon. β€’ Built a team to lobby US senators and representatives in Washington, D.C., covering student issues ### Senator / Gender and Sexual Diversity Advocate @ Associated Students of Lane Community College Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Lane Community College, Eugene, OR β€’ Served as a liaison for the LGBTQ student population at Lane Community College β€’ Participated in Lane Community College councils such as Diversity and College Council β€’ Served on a committee researching Open Educational Resources to help make education more affordable with open textbooks ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science Oregon State University Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 ### Associate of Arts in Science, and General Studies, Computer Science Lane Community College Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/merrymello - GitHub: https://github.com/merrymello --- Source: https://flows.cv/meredithmello JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/meredithmello/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22