# Nick Areias > Senior Software Engineer II at Zip Co Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nickareias Web Developer living in LA. Experienced with Vue.js, React, Node, and Firebase ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer II @ Zip Co Jan 2021 – Present Lead technical ownership of 7 frontend applications and multiple shared packages across the company's frontend monorepo ecosystem. Drive architectural decisions and mentor engineering teams while maintaining hands-on development of complex, high-impact features. ### Senior Frontend Developer @ SapientRazorfish Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Developed a highly designed frontend user experience for finding the perfect TV. Built complex frontend components and pages in Nuxt and Vue. Used Sass and Vue to style and create functionality for custom form elements from scratch without libraries. Accessibility was a key focus of this project. Components and pages were made to work identically in IE11 and other browsers, and had full support for screen readers. ### Lead Frontend Developer @ SkillCoach Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States Built a web app for sports training online with personal trainers and coaches. Used Vue and Firebase to create a progressive web app that connects users with coaches and provides training materials. Provided tools for coaches and trainers to create personalized workouts for their students. Hosted coach submitted video on AWS and served it to the user facing app. ### Frontend Web Developer @ ProGuides Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area Worked independently to architect and build complex front-end web applications in Vue. Built socket based messaging system. Developed real-time e-sports coaching marketplace for students and admin tools for coaches. Facilitated migration of PHP and Jquery pages to a modern Vue single page application. Developed architecture of new Vue front-end application. ### Frontend Web Developer @ Psychometric, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Los Angeles, California Developed platform for employers to screen potential employees during hiring process. Implemented responsive Vue.js single page application for test taking. Created admin tools for employers to create tests and review candidates’ results. Architected and developed statically generated marketing page with CMS using Nuxt, Firebase, and Netlify. Used Firebase to implement phone authentication. Used Cypress to write end-to-end tests for all components of the website. ### Full Stack Developer @ wrkprty Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area Created platform from the ground up for community driven marketplace for co-working events. Used Vue.js and Django to create a modern, scalable single page application with a small group of developers. Followed agile development cycle, meeting with team and project manager every 2 weeks to review previous work and design the next sprint. ### Full Stack Developer Intern @ MIBURA, INC. Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Los Angeles Area Developed a checkout system for customers to browse and purchase IT support services for various devices. Used Vue.js to create a responsive single page application. Used Django to create back end api functionality. ### Instructor @ Digital Media Academy Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Los Angeles Area Instructed middle school and high school students to make video games using Unity3D. We programmed games in virtual reality using the Oculus Rift. I also taught a course on iOS game development where the kids learned to make their own apps. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 ### Bristol Community College Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nick-areias-639959b4 --- Source: https://flows.cv/nickareias JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nickareias/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22