# Samuel Wechter > Lead Full-stack Engineer Location: Greater Chicago Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/samuelwechter Lead full-stack engineer with an expertise in developing and maintaining APIs, single-page web applications, and cross-platform mobile applications. Experienced with use of modern web technologies and languages including JavaScript, Typescript, React, NextJS, and Angular. Back-end skills include Node.js, Python, PHP, SQL, Postgres, and MongoDB. Familiar with AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud environments. Additional capabilities include setting up and maintaining automated build tasks, CICD pipelines, unit testing, and use of Git for version control. Experienced with practicing Agile methodology. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Capital One Jan 2024 – Present ### Senior Software Engineer (Consultant) @ Bakkt Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 • Frontend development on cryptocurrency trading applications using React 18 • Coordination of development efforts across product, design, and engineering team members • Improvements to application performance such as React rendering optimizations • Implementation of security best practices including managing PII ### Lead Software Engineer (Consultant) @ McKinsey & Company Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Chicago, Illinois, United States • Full-stack development on visualization and charting tools with React and Redux • API development with nodeJS and AWS Lambdas • Development of report generation tooling with Python and SQL • Cypress e2e testing and integration with AWS CodePipeline • Process documentation, improvement, and architecture for new initiatives ### Senior Software Engineer (Consultant) @ Alight Solutions Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 • Architecture planning and development on Angular 8 application and associated new APIs • Planned data structure for full stack API interactions across multiple services involving dozens of endpoints • UI/UX design for presentation of a wide variety of form data • Delivery of application development progress demos after every sprint to key business stakeholders including client CTO and other executives ### Senior Software Engineer (Consultant) @ College of American Pathologists (CAP) Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 • Architected Angular 8 solutions for multiple application upgrades from Angular 1 • Developed proof of concept projects for said applications • Performed ongoing development and maintenance work on existing projects • Provided oversight and feedback for several projects under development by other teams • Delivery of weekly product demos and project updates to key stakeholders • User interface requirements gathering and development utilizing Sass and Bootstrap ### Senior Software Engineer (Consultant) @ Nielsen Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Chicago Area • Angular 8 application development on data visualization and marketing research software • Communicating requirements for new services to back end team and maintaining data contracts on front end • Delivery of regularly-scheduled product demos to key stakeholders upon completion of milestones • User interface requirements gathering and development ### Senior Software Engineer (Consultant) @ LaSalle Solutions Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Chicago Area • React application development on asset and contract management software • Interfacing with an Elasticsearch backend using GraphQL via Apollo • Managing application state using Redux • User interface development using Sass ### Software Engineer (Consultant) @ Hyatt Hotels Corporation Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Chicago Area • Feature development and maintenance on the multi-million user Hyatt.com eCommerce platform • Full-stack web development using Node.js to handle back-end concerns • User interface development on two week Sprint cycles from concepting with UX/UI designers to development implementation • Responsive development using a variety of tools including Sass, Bootstrap, and in-house branding libraries • Release management involving keeping track of development milestones, managing Jenkins jobs including cross-environment promotion and deployment, and keeping stakeholders updated on status • Implementation of load testing Java services through use of the k6 Javascript library • Mentoring junior developers on best practices and application logic ### Software Engineer (Consultant) @ Nielsen Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Chicago Area • Architectural planning, setup, and development of Webpack-based Angular 2 (Typescript) data visualization project • UI design and development involving SASS and Angular Material • Implementation of coding standards including unit testing (Jasmine), end to end testing (Protractor), and SASS and Typescript linting • Mentoring newer developers on best practices ### Software Engineer (Consultant) @ Uptake Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Chicago Area • Development of Angular single page web applications featuring SASS and Bootstrap • Rapid turnaround for new features during one week sprints in an Agile environment • Maintaining comprehensive testing including 100% unit and pact test coverage • Implementation and maintenance of automation tests using Selenium ### Software Engineer @ Leo Burnett Interactive Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 • Building and maintaining web projects with varying frameworks and technologies such as Angular web applications and large-scale jQuery projects • Cross-platform application development for Windows, Android, Chromebook, and Ubuntu including localization for 37 different locales and languages • Social media integration for most major platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest • Involved with teams containing members of varying skill sets including systems engineers, project managers, QA analysts, designers, and account managers • Provide estimates for completion of milestones and tasks on projects ### Software Engineer @ APPture LLC Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Rochester, New York Area My work as a web developer at APPture entailed overseeing the creation and implementation of UI designs for web and mobile applications, the development, maintenance, and administration of APPture's website, managing client relations by acting as a liaison for APPture's development team during meetings and presentations, handling back end development for mobile applications, and overseeing a team of four software engineers and one UI/UX designer for various web and mobile application projects. ## Education ### Bachelor's Degree in New Media Interactive Development Rochester Institute of Technology Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samuel-wechter-73126892 --- Source: https://flows.cv/samuelwechter JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/samuelwechter/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22