# Rodolphe Courtier > Frontend Engineer Location: Cupertino, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rodolphe Frontend Engineer with 15+ years of experience building scalable web applications at high-growth companies. Proven track record of leading technical initiatives, architecting frontend systems, and driving performance improvements that impact millions of users. Expert in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, React ecosystem, and frontend infrastructure with deep experience in cross-functional collaboration and strategic technical decision-making. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Retool Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Improved Frontend Testing: Led initiative to improve Frontend testing. Collected data from user interviews, surveys, and codebase analysis to identify the best problems to tackle. Architected plan to address these problems that balanced improving developer ergonomics and operational costs. Technical Debt Reduction: Architected and led comprehensive multi-phase strategy for removing Immutable.js dependency from core frontend codebase, addressing major source of production incidents and developer friction Design System Migration: Built tools for automating migration of legacy components to new design system, improving developer experience and UI consistency across platform ### Senior Software Engineer @ Airtable Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Founding Team Member: Core contributor to Web Infrastructure team, establishing foundational tools and processes for frontend development at scale Performance Engineering: Designed and implemented comprehensive metrics system that identified optimization opportunities, contributing to measurable performance improvements across the platform Error Attribution System: Led end-to-end design and implementation of frontend error attribution tracking system, enabling product teams to proactively identify and resolve issues impacting user experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Airbnb Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Performance Infrastructure: Developed new performance measurement systems for airbnb.com, providing data-driven insights that guided optimization efforts across the platform Platform Transformation: Key contributor to architectural evolution of search frontend from single-team product to scalable platform, enabling multiple teams to independently ship features and reducing development bottlenecks Cross-Team Collaboration: Partnered with product, design, and backend teams to deliver high-impact features serving millions of users globally ### Software Engineer @ Yahoo! Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Sunnyvale, CA Product Leadership: Led frontend engineering and technical design for Yahoo View, managing full development lifecycle from conception to launch Mobile Web Architecture: Key contributor to mobile website modernization, migrating to Node.js-based architecture that improved performance and developer productivity Feature Development: Designed and implemented critical user-facing features including Groups UI and contest systems, directly impacting user engagement metrics Technical Expertise: Subject matter expert for Polyvore desktop frontend codebase, providing technical guidance and mentorship to team members ### Senior Software Engineer @ Polyvore Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, CA (Acquired by Yahoo) Product Leadership: Led frontend engineering and technical design for Yahoo View, managing full development lifecycle from conception to launch Mobile Web Architecture: Key contributor to mobile website modernization, migrating to Node.js-based architecture that improved performance and developer productivity Feature Development: Designed and implemented critical user-facing features including Groups UI and contest systems, directly impacting user engagement metrics Technical Expertise: Subject matter expert for Polyvore desktop frontend codebase, providing technical guidance and mentorship to team members ### Senior Frontend Engineer @ Ifeelgoods, Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Lead front end development. ### Frontend Engineer @ Ifeelgoods, Inc. Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Lead front end development. ### Web Developer and Interaction Designer @ ClickAway Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 Maintain internal business management system. Design and implement new features. Consult with clients to design and develop custom business management systems. ### User Experience Designer @ Zindagi Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 I pull for the user at Zindagi. I am in charge of designing the UI and interaction. ### UI Consultant @ Zindagi Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Designing and implementing the web user interface for Zindagi. ### Web Designer @ Stanford University History Education Group Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Designed and implemented a small website. ### Research Intern @ Project Based Learning Laboratory Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Conduct ethnographic research on globally distributed multi-disciplinary student teams working on a two quarter long architecture/engineering/construction management project. My research focuses on how computer-supported collaborative work. ### Learning and Interaction Designer @ Toontastic Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Designed learning and interaction for Toontastic, a multi-pen animation tool to teach children storytelling. Prototyped Toontastic at various levels of fidelity. Programmed portions of front-end in Flash. ### Volunteer Research Assistant @ Language Production Lab Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 Ran studies and processed data. Helped design studies. ## Education ### MA in Learning, Design and Technology Stanford University ### BS in Cognitive Science, Human Computer Interaction UC San Diego ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rodolphe-courtier - Portfolio: http://www.notalion.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/rodolphe JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rodolphe/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11