# Tad Scritchfield

> Senior Software Engineer | Independent Builder

Location: Nashville Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tad

Currently crafting software at SmartRent that powers nearly a million apartments. I'm passionate about engineering, design, music, and creating things that make a difference.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ SmartRent
Jan 2024 – Present
• Owned and revitalized SmartKit, the company’s shared React/React Native component library; transforming it from an underused package into a well-maintained, widely adopted design system across engineering teams.
• Revitalized customer support processes to reduce call wait time by >50% while cutting costs by over
$300k/year.
• Used Elixir, Phoenix, Postgres, React and TypeScript to implement features in enterprise applications
serving 28 million requests a day.
• Updated legacy codebases from webpack to Vite and esbuild, increasing development and build speed by
~100x.
• Removed nearly 1 billion rows (~300 GB) of production data while preserving essential records, improving
costs and query performance.
• Mentored junior engineer in React, TypeScript and Postgres, fostering growth into a strong contributor.
• Removed critical security risks from core services while maintaining functionality and uptime.
• Collaborated with product and design to redesign internal tooling, leading to better UI/UX and higher team
efficiency.

### Software Engineer @ SmartRent
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Software Engineer @ SmartRent
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Senior Software Engineer @ [untitled]
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
- Used React, Typescript, Node and Firebase across Web and Mobile codebases to create real time features for music sharing app.
- Removed security vulnerabilities from api to prevent user access of others account data.
- Unified business logic across all platforms, reducing bugs and increasing performance.
- Created best practices documentation for React and Typescript.

### Senior Full Stack Engineer @ DeMark Analytics LLC
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Scottsdale, AZ
- Created SaaS subscription system to serve 20,000 users.
- Used React, Typescript, Rust, GraphQL, Prisma, Jest and Selenium to implement features in web SaaS product.
- Created many micro services, command line tools with Bash and Rust, and WebGL & WebGPU POCs.
- Successfully created and deployed a micro service within 4 hours.
- Lead scrum meetings, interview candidates, maintain 3rd party vendor relationships.

### Team Lead, Front End Engineering @ Digital Air Strike
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Scottsdale, Arizona
- Used React, Redux, style-components, NextJS, Jest, and Cypress to build internal software to manage 1,000s of client reviews.
- Led refactor of customer survey product for over 100 dealerships.
- Created CI/CD pipeline with BitBucket to deploy to Kubernetes cluster in GCP and Microsoft Azure to streamline development and release process.
- Created standard practices within the team's development workflow including code style, git workflow, and TDD.
- Integrated with CQRS backend for asynchronous actions.
- Created wireframes and designs using Sketch and Figma.

### Front End Engineer I - UX & Tools @ Digital Air Strike
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Scottsdale, AZ
- Create wireframes using Sketch and Figma
- Write user experience documentation in Confluence
- Manage company WordPress website
- Build internal tools using JavaScript and Python

### Freelance Developer and Designer @ Self-Employed
Jan 2013 – Jan 2018
- Created and redesigned websites for clients using Photoshop, Sketch, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Wordpress
- Designed logos and related graphics for clients using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Sketch
- Created and designed embedded AngularJS web app for Wordpress website.
- Created multiple iOS apps using GameSalad and Objective-C with Xcode.
- Finished contracts on time and within budget.

### Youth Worship Director @ Northwest Church
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Fresno, California Area
- Developed process to recruit and onboard over 20 volunteers to join worship band.
- Wrote and delivered devotional talks once a month.
- Planned and performed music twice a week for worship services, including playing guitar, drums, and singing.
- Designed sermon series slides and event marketing graphics.
- Create backing tracks and click tracks for songs for live performance in MainStage. 
- Create music charts with lyrics and chords.

### Front End Developer @ One Sense
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Fresno
- Designed and created internal use website for onboarding clients using AngularJS. 
- Coordinated with other team members to improve the user experience of the BeAware app.
- Designed illustrations for marketing website.
- Redesigned the API in Ruby on Rails.
- Reengineered front end of multiple applications to use Node.js and redesigned API. 
- Created private AngularJS NPM package.

### Full Stack Developer @ Launch559
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
- Consistently delivered projects to manager before deadlines. 
- Coded web pages and forms in Ruby on Rails and AngularJS. Managed web app servers on Heroku.
- Served as advisor to the Board of Directors and decision panel to select startups to bring into the accelerator. 
- Created full stack web app project using Node.js, Express, AngularJS and Postgresql.

### Independent Contractor @ Fresno Pacific University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Fresno, California
Created code, artwork, and design for iOS game and published the app to the iTunes App Store.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Thomas Edison State University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Bachelor’s Degree in Music
Thomas Edison State University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tadscritch
- Website: http://tadscritchfield.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/tscritch
- Website: https://twitter.com/tadscritch

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Last updated: 2026-03-22