# Mike Richards > Senior Software Engineer at GoodRx Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mikerichards Experienced frontend engineer with a keen ability to bridge between product and engineering. I geek out on design systems, application performance, and improving experiences for both the user and developer alike. I am also a wheel of fortune champion, an avid golfer, former sprint triathlete, fantasy football fanatic and ex competitive gamer. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer 2 @ GoodRx Jan 2022 – Present | Santa Monica, California, United States Senior engineer on the Application Platform Frontend team. We created the GoodRx design system and reusable component libraries for both our Nextjs application and our Contentful-based CMS pages, as well as architected + developed the frontend infrastructure that powers GoodRx. ### Senior Software Engineer @ GoodRx Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 ### Senior Software Engineer, Frontend @ Tradesy Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area Helped migrate a legacy codebase off of jquery and onto React. Also built + tested new features while juggling FE platform/product responsibilities ### Software Engineer @ Purple Squirrel, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area As the frontend software engineer at Purple Squirrel I was responsible for the creation of user interfaces across multiple products, both for users and internal administration. - Developed the client-side software using Apollo, GraphQL, React, and Next.js - Adhered to code standards by utilizing Flow for type-checking and Jest for testing. - Styled using Less/Sass templating and Styled-Components Additionally, I am the product designer for two of our products, which includes both Single Page Applications and Chrome Extensions. ### Front End Developer @ eHarmony Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Santa Monica, CA Created reusable Handlebars templates that hooked into a custom PHP management system to quickly automate the creation of thousands of customized SEO landing pages. Updated the legacy front end codebase into a “mobile-first” model by creating a library of responsive UI components in HTML, Sass, and jQuery that was used across multiple engineering teams. Improved over 3,000 user “Success Story” pages by leveraging server-side rendering with redesigned UI to decrease pagination load times. Oversaw all A/B testing in Adobe Target to review client interaction across two dozen channels, leading to the development of customized responsive user experiences that increased conversion by 3-17%. ### Front End Developer / UI Engineer @ Wantickets Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Hollywood, Ca Implemented geolocation API for mobile search to overhaul event listing modules and improve user experience. Used PHP, HTML5 and Sass to develop custom Wordpress websites for our contracted clients, allowing them to sell tickets straight from their domain. Lead UI Design, UI development and Front End integration of the mobile shopping experience, improving conversion rates by nearly 30% ## Education ### Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS) in Web and Media Design Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/madebymtr - Website: http://www.madebymtr.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/mikerichards JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mikerichards/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22