# Nick Grato

> Sr. Frontend Software Engineer | Mozilla Gen AI

Location: San Diego, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nickgrato

## Work Experience
### Sr. Frontend Software Engineer | Firefox Gen AI @ Mozilla
Jan 2024 – Present

### Lead Frontend Software Engineer @ Mozilla
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Senior Software Developer @ Lume Cube
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Carlsbad, California, United States
- Manage all technical aspects of E-commerce store
- Created new Shopify store using VueJs
- Developed custom admin for shopify applications (Angular & Firebase). The apps include 1. Upsell app - web administrator can add rules to upsell a product in cart from specific conditions. 2. FAQ app - web administrator can add complex data referring to frequently asked questions 3. Store Locator - web administrator can do CRUD operations for dealers on the store locator feature.

### Software Developer @ Crowd Hub
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Diego, CA, United States
- Full stack developer creating mobile and desktop apps ( JS, PHP, AWS )
- Contributed to an in-house framework we use for frontend
- Created templates for standard frontend components used for many of our applications that has sped up production, reduced bugs, and has made the code more maintainable and predictable

### Lead Frontend Developer @ BVA Commerce
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater San Diego Area
- Promoted to Lead Front End Developer
- Managed and mentored assigned Developers
- Conducted reviews on pull requests from all of my direct reports. This set a high standard for code quality and facilitated the opportunity to teach ( Vue, React, jQuery)
- Lead architectural decisions in assigned projects (  framework selection, folder structure, code design patterns, component architecture etc )
- Helped develop new seed repo that has entirely revamped the way BVA starts projects and uses services
- Lead the VueJS team in implementing Vue as standard “BVA framework”
- Developed frontend architecture from UI design, created custom Vue/ JavaScript components
- Connect frontend implementation to backend database through Shopify API
- Logging approximately 5 hours a week on Udemy to continue my growth in Full stack development.

### Mentor @ Thinkful
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Diego, California

### Frontend Developer | Ui/Ux Designer @ Trimble Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater San Diego Area
- Developed design style guide for Trader Service’s web application “TSL”
- Lead the UX/UI design efforts for Trade Service application. ( Adobe XD, Illustrator, Bootstrap, Material Design )
- Developed frontend architecture from UI design, created custom Angular components. 
( Angular 2+, SCSS, Webpack, charts.js )
- Connect frontend implementation to backend database through APIs. (C#, ServiceStack)
- Mentored as Full stack developer from team lead, working with C# / Visual studio.

### Frontend Developer @ Processing Point Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Carlsbad
- Worked as part of a design UX/UI team ( Adobe XD, Illustrator ) .
- Created design mockups and workflows.
- Developed custom Angular components from UI design. ( Angular 1, SCSS, Node, gulp, charts.js, jquery )
- Connect frontend implementation to backend database through APIs. (C#, Swagger )

### Web Coordinator @ San Diego Magazine
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Diego

### Web Development Coordinator @ XTERRA WETSUITS
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Diego


## Education
### Graphic Design
San Diego State University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Graphic Design
Grossmont College
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nick-grato-94598793
- Website: http://gratocodes.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-29