Caleb D. Whitmore
Software Developer, Web Applications at an Ecommerce Startup
Portland, OR · (503) 555 0138 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/calebdwhitmore
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Four years of web development, three on a high traffic ecommerce storefront
INDUSTRIES
Ecommerce startup with about 2.4 million monthly visits; digital agency clients before that
SPECIALTIES
Checkout flow, page performance, React component library, storefront search, experiment tooling
SYSTEMS
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Vercel, Stripe, GitHub Actions, Playwright
CREDENTIALS
Amazon Web Services Certified Cloud Practitioner
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Willamette Ridge State University
Executive Summary
Software developer with four years building web applications, the last three at a 40 person ecommerce startup selling outdoor gear through a storefront that takes about 2.4 million visits a month. Works across the stack in TypeScript, React, Next.js and Node.js on PostgreSQL, owns the checkout flow and treats page speed and conversion rate as the numbers that matter. Started at a digital agency shipping client sites on two week cycles.
Signature Achievements
- Cut the storefront's largest contentful paint on mobile from 4.1 seconds to 1.6 by moving product pages to server rendering and image optimization in Next.js.
- Raised checkout conversion from 2.3 percent to 3.1 percent over four experiments on address entry, payment options and error messages.
- Rebuilt the checkout on Stripe with saved payment methods and cut failed payment attempts by 28 percent.
- Ships to production about 15 times a week through GitHub Actions with Playwright end to end tests gating every deploy.
- Built the shared React component library of 60 components now used across the storefront, account pages and the internal admin.
- Reduced customer reported checkout bugs from about 20 a month to three after adding session replay and error tracking.
Professional Experience
Software Developer
Trailhead Supply Company, Portland, OR May 2023 to present
Outdoor gear ecommerce startup with about 2.4 million monthly storefront visits; 40 person company with nine developers
- Build storefront, checkout and account features in TypeScript, React and Next.js on Node.js and PostgreSQL.
- Own the checkout flow, including Stripe payments, address validation and order confirmation.
- Run conversion experiments with the growth team and report results with confidence intervals.
- Write Playwright end to end tests for critical paths and maintain the GitHub Actions deployment pipeline.
- Monitor performance and errors in Vercel analytics and Sentry and fix regressions the same day.
Web Developer
Rose City Digital Agency, Portland, OR June 2022 to May 2023
Digital agency building marketing sites and small ecommerce stores for about 30 clients
- Built client websites in React and Next.js with headless content management systems on two week sprints.
- Integrated Shopify storefronts for six retail clients.
- Fixed accessibility and performance issues found in agency audits before launch.
Certifications and Training
Amazon Web Services Certified Cloud Practitioner, certified 2023
Web accessibility fundamentals course, completed 2024
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Willamette Ridge State University, Corvallis, 2022
Core Skills
React component development · Next.js server rendering · TypeScript · Node.js services · Checkout flow development · Stripe integration · Page performance tuning · Conversion experiments · Playwright testing · Deployment pipelines