# Samantha Bretous > Staff Software Engineer | Building scalable frontend experiences with React & JavaScript | Black in Tech Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/samanthabretous I went from designing theatrical sets at Baylor to building software products at scale — and that creative foundation shows up in everything I ship. Over 8 years at companies like Intuit Mailchimp and MLS, I've led frontend initiatives generating millions in revenue, championed accessibility and engineering standards, and helped other engineers grow. I'm passionate about building products that are both technically excellent and deeply human. Open to Staff/Senior frontend engineering roles. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Intuit Mailchimp Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States Launched SMS as a new revenue stream, generating $4M in beta. Promoted standard engineering practices, reducing tech debt, cutting bundle size by 20%, and raising code coverage from 64% to 92%. Scoped and estimated projects to improve delivery timelines. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Intuit Mailchimp Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Brooklyn, New York, United States • Promote standard engineering practices to reduce tech debt and accessibility errors • Determine project requirements and estimate scope • Increased high quality traffic sent to Integrations and Landing Pages by 34% as tech lead for a newly redesigned Left Navigation. • Mentored customer support agents who transitioned into becoming full-time junior engineers through the apprenticeship program ### Software Engineer @ Intuit Mailchimp Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Brooklyn, NY • Laid down the foundation for the Partner Center. Worked closely with designers and internal stakeholders to build a portal for all partner needs including a resource center. • Built an interactive form to connect Mailchimp partners to users called Project Brief. Prevented user hacking by creating error states before and after user submits the form. • Proactively interacted with support to direct Mailchimp partners to a new priority support queue funnel. Lead one engineer in updating an existing architecture to handle the new changes. • Partnered with Eventbrite to create custom branded email templates. Completed a user flow that allows Eventbrite customers to send emails at any stage of their marketing journey. • Built a date picker component that is reusable for all Mailchimp engineers • Researched and implemented best approaches to handle DOM updates for the in house React and D3js chart component library. • Onboarded new designers to the product requirements for a chart based dashboard • Presented demos and gave multiple internal talks ### Front End Project Lead on the dot com @ Major League Soccer Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 • Created two-way infinite scrolling on matchcenter.com/schedule using GraphQL and React Native Web. Provided a more efficient way for the editor team to keep track of previous matches. • Supported a BackboneJS built website on-call rotation during high traffic days with over 1 million users ### Software Engineer @ Major League Soccer Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area • Contributed to the launch of the largest fully React Native application to the Android and iOS stores using advanced technologies such as React-Native, Universal Components, and GraphQL • Flushed out a design system and component library that could be used across all MLS platforms • Mentored an entry level developer through pair programming ### Project Manager/ Lead Estimator @ Certified Graphics Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | New York, NY • Restructured a project management system to increase company workflow by 15%. • Brought in over 600,000 dollars in sales per year while managing multiple projects and adhering to deadlines. ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology, Minor Studio Arts Baylor University Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samanthabretous - GitHub: https://github.com/samanthabretous - Website: https://www.youtube.com/c/samanthabretous --- Source: https://flows.cv/samanthabretous JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/samanthabretous/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22