Mitch Anderson

Senior full-stack engineer and technical lead with 14+ years shipping real products across startups, fintech, logistics, and agencies. I specialize in taking ambiguous, high-risk ideas from zero to working systems while owning architecture, UX, data, and deployment end-to-end. Background in computer science and jazz gives me a bias toward both rigor and improvisation: I design clean systems, but I’m good when requirements change mid-song.

Experience

2010 → current

Lead Full Stack Developer (Freelance); Chicago, Illinois

Designed and built multiple green-field WordPress extensions for education programs, subscription memberships and event coordination.

Current

Architected Docker-based development environments and production pipelines; built custom plugins in PHP and TypeScript with Tailwind-based UIs and MariaDB/Postgres backends. Heavy focus on permission systems, user flows, content modeling, and long-term maintainability rather than quick hacks.

Senior Engineer, M1 Finance; Chicago, Illinois

Tech lead across multiple cross-functional initiatives supporting retail investing and portfolio tooling.

2023–2024

Owned frontend architecture for complex financial data visualizations and workflows using React, GraphQL, Apollo, and Highcharts. Regularly bridged product, design, and backend teams to translate ambiguous financial requirements into stable, shippable software.

Senior Engineer, Divvy Homes; Remote

Tech lead for internal tools that powered home acquisition, bidding, and underwriting workflows.

2021–2023

Built multiple green-field systems used daily by acquisition, operations, and finance teams. Worked across React, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Postgres, and Google Cloud, with a strong focus on reliability, data correctness, and operational tooling in a fast-moving real-estate marketplace.

Lead Full Stack Engineer, Colane Logistics; Chicago, Illinois

Led infrastructure and automation for a logistics brokerage platform.

2019–2020

Built CI/CD pipelines, data pipelines, and automated brokering systems that negotiated loads via phone, SMS, and email. Combined backend systems, telephony, and data analysis into a single operational platform that replaced large amounts of manual dispatch work.

Lead Full Stack Engineer, Slalom Consulting; Chicago, Illinois

Delivered web and cloud-based products for enterprise and growth-stage clients.

2015–2019

Led frontend architecture and implementation while coordinating with distributed backend and design teams. Built and deployed projects across AWS and Azure using modern JS frameworks, with a reputation for rescuing projects that were drifting or over-engineered.

Lead JavaScript Developer, Punchkick Interactive; Chicago, Illinois

Built large-scale interactive marketing experiences for Fortune-level brands.

2010–2015

Specialized in real-time animation, physics, and user interaction using Box2D, Three.js, Pixi.js, and custom JS engines. This work established a strong foundation in performance-sensitive UI, creative coding, and rapid client-driven iteration.

Skills

systems + craft

Frontend & UI Systems

HTML, CSS (SCSS/Sass), modern JavaScript and TypeScript, React, Next.js, performance-sensitive UI, data-driven charts and dashboards

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptChartsUI perf

Backend & Application Logic

Node.js, Deno, Bun, PHP, Python, C#, REST and GraphQL APIs, authentication and permission systems, background jobs and workflows

GraphQLRESTAuthJobs

Data & Persistence

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL schema design, migrations, query optimization, data integrity and reporting

PostgresMigrationsIntegrityOptimization

Infrastructure & Deployment

AWS, CDK, Vercel, containerized development (Docker), CI/CD, environment-based deployments

AWSCDKDockerCI/CD

Build & Tooling

Vite, Webpack, Gulp, Parcel, Git, monorepos, developer tooling and automation

Native & Systems (as needed)

Swift for iOS and macOS tooling, scripting and glue code

Education

foundation

University of California, Berkeley — Extension Studies (2015–2016)

Coursework in Physics, Calculus I, and Calculus II

Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida — BS Web Development (2009–2010)

Salutatorian

North Central College, Naperville, Illinois — BS Computer Science (2007–2009)

(transferred) • Jazz Scholarship Recipient