Melanie MacDonald

Senior Front-End Engineer | Full-Stack Capable

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Why Hire Me

I’m a Senior Front-End Engineer (full-stack capable) who thrives at the intersection of product, design, and engineering. I lead frontend architecture, collaborate closely with backend developers, and build scalable, user-focused solutions that drive measurable impact.

Curious and quick to learn, I tackle complex problems independently and collaboratively, and I’m passionate about mentoring engineers and shaping product vision. I love leveraging automation and AI to improve workflows and create smarter, more efficient tools.

Beyond work, I’m creative, adventurous, and service-minded: I paint, hike with my two dogs, volunteer with Heart of Horse Sense (providing horse therapy to veterans), and dream of one day owning a farm.

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Optera Climate — Outreach Platform

Role: Front-End Lead | Senior Software Engineer

Duration: 3 years

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Overview

Led the frontend development and architecture of Outreach, a supplier onboarding platform serving 3,000+ global users. Oversaw the creation of a highly customizable survey system, enabling the company to scale offerings to multiple enterprise clients.

Key Contributions & Impact

  • Front-End Architecture: Designed the core survey framework for customizable surveys, allowing multiple enterprise clients to launch campaigns with client-specific branding.
  • User Experience & Design Collaboration: Partnered closely with product and design to ensure a cohesive, intuitive user flow, resulting in higher engagement and survey completion rates.
  • Global Accessibility: Integrated Google Translate compatibility for international use.
  • Performance & Metrics:
    • 67% success rate for Emerson, 32% for OnSemi.
    • Enabled the company to take on additional enterprise clients.
  • Platform Management Enhancements: Built a campaign management system for efficient multi-client launches.

Tech Stack: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Playwright, state management (Nanostores / Redux / MST), backend integrations (Node.js / APIs)

Optera Climate — Operator & Supply Chain Products

Role: Senior Software Engineer | Front-End Contributor

Duration: 2 years

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Overview

Contributed to the development and integration of Operator and the Supply Chain products, ensuring seamless frontend functionality and a flexible, user-centric customization system.

Key Contributions & Impact

  • Frontend Development & Integration: Refactored Supply Chain frontend to operate with Operator backend for consistent UX.
  • Custom UI Solutions: Developed user-friendly interfaces for diagrams, tables, and forms.
  • Data Ingestion & Automation: Implemented CSV upload for initial inventory data; contributed to an AI-powered data ingestion solution, winning the company hackathon.
  • Product Launch Support: Ensured timely delivery, maintainable code, and test coverage while collaborating with backend engineers and product teams.

Tech Stack: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Playwright, Node.js, API integrations, AI/automation tooling

Terrayn Dispensary Marketing — Analytics Platform

Role: Founding Software Engineer | Product Lead

Duration: August 2020 – February 2022

Overview

Built Terrayn, a dispensary marketing analytics platform, from concept to MVP, and led a contracting team to deliver the Beta version. Enabled clients to track and analyze marketing performance.

Key Contributions & Impact

  • Product Development & Leadership: Developed MVP from scratch; directed contracting team for Beta release, integrating customer feedback.
  • Customer Engagement & Validation: Gathered insights from clients to prioritize features.
  • Business Impact: Contributed to securing $3M in seed funding and multiple partnerships.
  • Technical Delivery: Built dashboards and analytics tools to measure ROI and optimize campaigns.

Tech Stack: React, TypeScript, Node.js, API integrations, PostgreSQL, frontend dashboards

Conseqta Technology — Internal & Portfolio Platforms

Role: Software Engineer | Front-End Lead

Duration: September 2019 – August 2020

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Overview

Developed multiple internal and portfolio-facing platforms, focusing on front-end architecture, interactive analytics, and user-focused interfaces.

Key Contributions & Impact

  • Company Website: Enhanced public-facing website with responsive design and polished UX.
  • Streaming Analytics Platform: Built independently to process live Twitter data using WebSockets and Web Workers.
  • PDF Editor Tool (ForMe): Developed core PDF editing functionality and extended a deprecated JS library.
  • Kafka Cluster Visualizer (Converge): Built initial front-end prototype with animated cluster data visualization.
  • Collaboration & Mentorship: Partnered with design and engineering teams to ensure usability and maintainable code.

Tech Stack: Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, WebSockets, Web Workers, D3.js, front-end UI frameworks, API integrations