I am a motivated and creative Lead Software Engineer with 20+ years of experience building enterprise web apps, and I focus on delivering clean, intuitive user interfaces and robust architectures. I enjoy collaborating with product and design teams to translate requirements into product, scalable software solutions.\n\nI thrive in remote or hybrid environments, lead teams to deliver reusable components and scalable architectures, and continually pursue learning with modern frontend and backend stacks.

Christa Bachman

I am a motivated and creative Lead Software Engineer with 20+ years of experience building enterprise web apps, and I focus on delivering clean, intuitive user interfaces and robust architectures. I enjoy collaborating with product and design teams to translate requirements into product, scalable software solutions.\n\nI thrive in remote or hybrid environments, lead teams to deliver reusable components and scalable architectures, and continually pursue learning with modern frontend and backend stacks.

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I am a motivated and creative Lead Software Engineer with 20+ years of experience building enterprise web apps, and I focus on delivering clean, intuitive user interfaces and robust architectures. I enjoy collaborating with product and design teams to translate requirements into product, scalable software solutions.\n\nI thrive in remote or hybrid environments, lead teams to deliver reusable components and scalable architectures, and continually pursue learning with modern frontend and backend stacks.

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Work Experience

Lead Software Engineer, React JS at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (Remote)
June 1, 2023 - October 18, 2025
Led a team of five frontend engineers to expand a platform for metadata related to content distributed to Disney+ and other services. Built high-performance internal apps using ReactJS, Redux, React Hooks, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML5, SCSS/SASS, Node.js, and AG Grid. Designed reusable React components in Storybook used across five enterprise applications; led daily scrums, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and component library showcases. Collaborated with product owners and backend teams (GraphQL); implemented SCSS/CSS3/SASS for responsive UI; set up GitHub CI/CD to AWS; wrote unit tests with Jest; and contributed to agile processes with JIRA.
Staff Software Engineer, Angular at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (Remote)
August 1, 2022 - October 18, 2025
Enhanced a custom internal application with Angular, Bootstrap, HTML5/CSS3, TypeScript/JavaScript, SASS, and Node.js. Designed and developed new reusable components, prioritized enhancements and tech debt, created unit tests with Jasmine, and collaborated with product owners and QE to ensure releases met requirements and UAT readiness.
Senior Software Engineer, Angular at The Walt Disney Company
April 1, 2021 - October 18, 2025
Created an internal web app using Angular, Angular Material, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML5/CSS3, SCSS, RxJS, and Node.js; collaborated with product owners to streamline functionality and meet new business requirements; built REST APIs to integrate frontend with Microsoft SQL Server; supported agile projects with Rally; maintained documentation on Confluence.
Senior Software Engineer, AngularJS / Angular at The Walt Disney Studios (Glendale, California)
March 1, 2018 - October 18, 2025
Expanded the frontend of an OpenText content management system by building reusable components with TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS/SASS; partnered with UX designers to translate designs into production-ready code; deployed across multiple systems in the studio division.
Senior Software Engineer, Full stack .NET at The Walt Disney Studios (Glendale, California)
July 1, 2015 - October 18, 2025
Developed full-stack solutions using .NET, across multiple OpenText-related products; collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement scalable backend APIs and frontend features.
Senior Software Engineer, Full stack ASP at The Walt Disney Studios (Burbank, California)
June 1, 2012 - October 18, 2025
Contributed to full-stack ASP-based applications, collaborating with designers and backend teams to deliver robust enterprise features.
Software Engineer at The Walt Disney Studios (Burbank, California)
April 1, 1999 - October 18, 2025
Built software solutions in a growing entertainment studio environment, supporting multiple production and post-production workflows.
Executive Assistant at State Farm (Agoura Hills, California)
May 1, 1995 - October 18, 2025
Provided executive support, coordinating schedules, correspondence, and administrative tasks.

Education

Bachelor of Science at California State University, Northridge
January 11, 2030 - October 18, 2025

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment