Nick Zayatz

Lead Front-End Engineer

Experienced front-end developer and business owner specializing in modern React and TypeScript ecosystems. Passionate about building performant web applications with an ownership mindset and a sense of fun, with mobile development skills as an additional strength. Based in Charlotte, NC.

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Professional Experience

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Aug 2015 - Present

Cirtual LLC · New Orleans, LA / Charlotte, NC

  • Leading front-end product development on projects across various industries
  • Facilitating development lifecycles across multiple platforms including web, iOS, and Android
  • Influencing company vision, crafting milestones, and executing business strategies

Projects

LoadHive [logistics]Apr 2020 - Present

  • Leading web application development with React to streamline carrier operations
  • Spearheading Android application development to improve driver interactions with carriers
  • Cutting daily dispatcher workload by 3.5+ hours by implementing automation and improving fleet management

Focus Automated Equities [finance]May 2016 - Oct 2022

  • Built dashboards to monitor business performance in the market using React and related frameworks
  • Reduced load time of analytical graphs by implementing Java solutions for processing large data sets
  • Enhanced a large legacy jQuery codebase to streamline selection of possible trading neural networks

SustainaBase [sustainability]Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Provided technical guidance on technology stack and implementation approaches
  • Planned and built new iterations of the users dashboard using React, TypeScript, and Material-UI

DOCPACE [healthcare]May 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Worked on early iterations of the admin site for managing medical appointments using React.js and TypeScript

MySquad [social]May 2016 - Nov 2018

  • Built and maintained consumer-facing iOS and Android mobile applications using Swift and Java respectively

Co-Founder & Lead Front-End Engineer

Dec 2023 - Present

Phonelo, Inc. · Charlotte, NC

  • Leading the development of multiple web applications interfacing with Phonelo's AI-powered calling solution
  • Implementing modern front-end architecture using Next.js, TypeScript, and Material-UI
  • Contributing to business strategy, team management and product roadmap decisions

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Jul 2020 - Aug 2022

Bidoro LLC · Charlotte, NC

  • Led front-end development to build a platform for real estate wholesalers to post properties for potential buyers
  • Integrated solutions using ReactJS for payments, authentication, chat, KPI tracking, and geolocation features

Software Engineer

Dec 2014 - May 2016

High Point University · High Point, NC

  • Funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, developed an iPad app to simulate market conditions for economics classes

Intern

Jun 2013 - May 2015

Woodbourne Solutions, Inc · Germantown, MD

Education

B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Mathematics

2012 - 2016

High Point University · High Point, NC

Summa Cum Laude

Technical Skills

Primary Expertise

  • React.js(9 years)
  • TypeScript/JavaScript(10 years)
  • Next.js (App Router)(1 year)
  • Material-UI (MUI)(6 years)
  • React Router(9 years)
  • Redux & Redux Toolkit(9 years)
  • HTML5 & CSS3(10 years)
  • SASS/SCSS(6 years)

Additional Skills

  • Product Development(9 years)
  • Code Review & Testing(8 years)
  • Git & Version Control(11 years)
  • NPM & Yarn(9 years)
  • Tailwind CSS(<1 year)
  • Kotlin/Android(7 years)
  • Swift/iOS(4 years)
  • Java(12 years)

Supplementary Tools

  • Webpack(as needed)
  • Create React App/CRACO(as needed)
  • Bash(as needed)
  • Google Tag Manager(as needed)
  • Auth0(as needed)
  • AWS Amplify (Web & Mobile)(as needed)
  • LeafletJS & Mapbox(as needed)
  • Handlebars(as needed)

Extracurricular

Advisory Board Member

2023 - Present
Helping provide educational direction from an industry perspective to the Webb School of Engineering at High Point University

Roolet

2017 - 2018
An iOS app to randomly call or facetime individuals from a list of friends you provide

Zipsy

2015
A location-based photo sharing iOS app where users can post photos of things happening around them; the catch is that they must pick at least 3 friends to reveal their identity to before posting

Album Pop

2014 - 2015
An iOS app that can turn any photo into a music album or mixtape cover, has received over 100,000 downloads

Voting Theory Research

2013 - 2014
Writing programs to help run elections of various types and search for monotonicity issues in Instant Run-off Voting (IRV) with a few different methods for a given data set. Results published in the Journal of Representative Democracy