Chad Gauthier

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer & Technical Lead

chadgauth@gmail.com GitHub: chadgauth Austin, TX
10+ Years
Engineering Excellence

Professional Experience

3 roles shown

Senior Software Engineer

TechCorp
Austin, TX • 2023-01-01 – Present • hybrid
analytics platform dx platform
React TypeScript Node.js AWS GraphQL PostgreSQL Apache Kafka Redis AWS Lambda Docker Kubernetes Webpack Module Federation

Key Achievements

Built real-time data pipeline processing 10M+ events/day under 100ms latency.

Architected streaming ingestion with exactly-once semantics, horizontal scaling, and backpressure controls.

↓ 95ms ↑ 99.95%
Apache Kafka Redis TypeScript AWS Lambda Node.js
Led migration to micro-frontends, enabling independent deploys and cutting release overhead.

Adopted Module Federation with shared runtime contracts and versioned adapters.

↓ 80% ↓ 35%
React Webpack Module Federation Docker Kubernetes TypeScript

Full Stack Developer

StartupCo
Remote • 2022-01-01 – 2022-12-31 • remote
saas growth core-app
Vue.js Python PostgreSQL Docker FastAPI Redis

Key Achievements

Implemented zero-downtime migration framework for 50k+ DAU.

Built advisory and online migration phases, shadow reads, and controlled cutovers with smoke checks.

↓ 12count ↓ 40hours
PostgreSQL Python FastAPI Docker
Reduced API response times by ~60% via caching and query optimization.

Added per-endpoint caching, tuned indexes, and introduced background aggregation tasks.

↓ 60%
Redis PostgreSQL Python

Frontend Engineer

DesignStudio
San Francisco, CA • 2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31 • onsite
design-system platform dx
React CSS JavaScript Webpack Storybook Figma TypeScript

Key Achievements

Created a design system with 50+ reusable components used by 3 product teams.

Wrote strong docs, established tokens, themes, and CI visual regression checks.

↓ 40%
React Storybook TypeScript
Achieved WCAG 2.1 AA across key flows with automated checks.

Integrated axe rules, keyboard support, focus management, and screen reader patterns.

↑ 100score
Accessibility (WCAG 2.1) Jest Cypress React