# Ria Cho

> Front-End Engineer | 5+ Yrs React & TypeScript | Growing into Full-Stack & AI

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/riacho

Front-End Engineer with 5+ years building scalable, accessible web apps in React, TypeScript, Angular, and Vue. After delivering design systems, performance gains, and $1M+ ecommerce boosts, I’m now pursuing a second CS degree to deepen my technical foundation and expand into full-stack and AI-enhanced development. I bring engineering precision, product sensibility, and a drive to keep growing beyond the front-end.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ FERMÀT
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
• Led the development of a mobile-first, multi-step autocomplete checkout experience in React, React Native, TypeScript, and GraphQL, boosting GMV by $1M+ within 6 months.
• Created a multi-variant selector component that standardized inconsistent Shopify API product data (color, size, type) across brands, defining user interaction rules and edge cases to ensure a seamless shopping experience.
• Conducted UX audits to ensure alignment across engineering and product on iOS-specific behaviors.

### Senior Associate Front-End Web Developer @ ISN
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
• Led a full-scale redesign of the corporate site using Angular 12+, HTML/CSS, and Bootstrap, enhancing performance and accessibility.
• Built and documented a modular design system from scratch, eliminating the need for third-party UI libraries and saving $50K+ annually.
• Mentored junior developers and conducted Angular best practices workshops.

### Software Engineer, Front-End @ CBRE
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Dallas/Fort Worth Area
• Implemented a new design system into internal Vue.js application using Material Design, Vuetify, and SCSS, resulting in a JSON configuration-driven framework that can be scaled for use in the international markets, and helping valuers close out properties 20% faster than with manual adoption process

• Led the creation and update of Front End Best Practices documentation to be reviewed by 20 developers in the US and India, adopting a modified BEM convention that can be used for long term maintainability, with goal of keeping 80% coverage on Sonarqube test coverage written in Jest

• Increased stakeholder engagement and won “MVP Developer of the Sprint” for bridging the gap between developers and end-users

### Web Developer, Marketing/Branding Consultant @ Self-Employed
Jan 2016 – Jan 2021
• Empower clients by guiding small business owners and bloggers how to manage their digital presence
• Design responsive websites to help grow their businesses

### UI Developer @ AmpThink
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Dallas/Fort Worth Area

### Full Stack Web Developer @ ARRIS
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Dallas/Fort Worth Area

### Communication Specialist @ GLSEN
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
• Led user security audit for GLSEN's main website
• Updated website content using Drupal CMS
• Designed email newsletter template for national chapter using HTML/CSS

### Full Stack Developer @ DevMountain Student Developers
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Dallas/Fort Worth Area

### Web Developer - Front and Back End With Angular, Node, Express, and PostgreSQL @ DevMountain Student Developers
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Dallas/Fort Worth Area
GMarket is a minimalist e-commerce site built with the SEAN stack (SQL, Express, AngularJS, Node).

• URL: http://gmarket.life
• Awarded Best Presentation Overall

### Social Media Assistant @ New York City Economic Development Corporation
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
•  Managed daily operations of various company social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium, YouTube)
•  Coordinated NYCxDESIGN Instagram takeovers by acting as liaison between company and participating global brands and agencies
• Handled all social media activities during NYCxDESIGN 2017, New York City's official celebration of global design
•  Report growth and engagement analytics to the Assistant and Senior Vice President of Marketing
•  Use AdWords Keyword Planner to target the right audience for company initiatives
•  Train clients on effective content and growth strategies

### Treasurer and Speaker of House @ Bergen Community College Student Government Association
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Managed fiscal budget of all campus organizations, handled social media and PR activities, and acted as liaison between SGA and campus leaders.


## Education
### Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in International Business/Trade/Commerce
Baruch College
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016

### Full-Stack Web Development
Devmountain
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### Full Stack Web Development Certification in Computer Software Engineering
freeCodeCamp
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

### Associate of Science Professional Studies - General Education in Business Administration and Management, General
Bergen Community College
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Bergen Community College
Jan 2025 – Jan 2027


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gloriacho1
- Website: http://www.gloriacho.com
- Website: https://codepen.io/gcho91
- GitHub: http://www.github.com/gcho91

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Last updated: 2026-03-20