I'm a senior frontend engineer with 8 years of delivering high-performance React, Next.js, React Native, and Electron applications across web, mobile, and desktop platforms. I specialize in TypeScript, component architecture, state management, and real-time UI with WebSockets, owning products end-to-end from design systems through CI/CD to production observability. I have hands-on experience integrating OpenAI and Claude APIs into AI-powered interfaces. I'm a collaborative Agile practitioner who mentors engineers, builds shared component libraries, and drives deployment velocity. I thrive in cross-functional teams, have led AI-powered UI initiatives, and steward cloud-enabled frontend delivery across AWS, GCP, and Azure with a focus on accessibility and clean architecture.

Clayton Prickett

I'm a senior frontend engineer with 8 years of delivering high-performance React, Next.js, React Native, and Electron applications across web, mobile, and desktop platforms. I specialize in TypeScript, component architecture, state management, and real-time UI with WebSockets, owning products end-to-end from design systems through CI/CD to production observability. I have hands-on experience integrating OpenAI and Claude APIs into AI-powered interfaces. I'm a collaborative Agile practitioner who mentors engineers, builds shared component libraries, and drives deployment velocity. I thrive in cross-functional teams, have led AI-powered UI initiatives, and steward cloud-enabled frontend delivery across AWS, GCP, and Azure with a focus on accessibility and clean architecture.

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I’m a senior frontend engineer with 8 years of delivering high-performance React, Next.js, React Native, and Electron applications across web, mobile, and desktop platforms. I specialize in TypeScript, component architecture, state management, and real-time UI with WebSockets, owning products end-to-end from design systems through CI/CD to production observability. I have hands-on experience integrating OpenAI and Claude APIs into AI-powered interfaces.

I’m a collaborative Agile practitioner who mentors engineers, builds shared component libraries, and drives deployment velocity. I thrive in cross-functional teams, have led AI-powered UI initiatives, and steward cloud-enabled frontend delivery across AWS, GCP, and Azure with a focus on accessibility and clean architecture.

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Work Experience

Product Owner & Senior Full-Stack Engineer at LeadsPanther
February 1, 2026 - Present
Architected outbound sales automation end-to-end using FastAPI microservices and a React dashboard; built multi-channel pipelines (Email, SMS, LinkedIn) for healthcare clients; decoupled 8+ services with async consumers, reducing inter-service errors by ~40%; delivered a real-time React admin dashboard with WebSocket monitoring of 5+ active workflows and reusable TypeScript components to accelerate feature delivery.
Automation & Senior Software Engineer at Stealth Startup
October 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Delivered a full-stack analytics platform with a NestJS-based notification service and React frontend; designed Kafka event pipelines to replace polling, improving data freshness from hours to seconds; added BullMQ cron-based alerts and modernized a legacy Angular UI to React, boosting Lighthouse scores and release cadence.
Full-Stack Developer & Systems Engineer at Snack Prompt
November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
Shipped two internal tools with React frontends and Express services; built 15 automations that cut per-task processing by ~70%; migrated email workflows to React UIs backed by Python/Node.js with Kafka, reducing inter-team turnaround from 48 hours to under 4 hours; integrated OpenAI API and LangChain RAG pipelines for AI-powered document search.
Head of Media & Software Developer at Rios Interiors Inc.
June 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Built and maintained Django + React full-stack systems serving 70,000+ active users with 99.95% uptime on AWS ECS; engineered Kafka async pipelines with Redis caching, delivering real-time dashboards; applied LangChain and RAG to internal tooling and mentored a team of 4 engineers reporting to the CEO.
Senior Frontend Developer at Walmart
January 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023
Architected React.js microfrontend systems with Webpack Module Federation for independent team deployments; built WebSocket-driven real-time UI features and Electron apps; led TypeScript adoption, reusable component libraries, and WCAG accessibility standards across frontend teams.
Software Engineer at Parakeet Micro Roasters
June 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021
Built full-stack features using Node.js/Express backends with React.js and React Native frontends for order management, inventory sync, and client reporting; delivered features for 10+ clients, reducing support tickets; contributed to React Native iOS/Android apps enabling mobile order management.
Software Engineering Intern at TimelyMD
May 1, 2018 - May 31, 2020
Built internal CRUD web tools using Django and MySQL; automated data extraction scripts saving ~3 hours of manual work per week; contributed REST API endpoints and frontend features under mentorship; participated in Agile ceremonies and delivered assigned tickets.
Full Stack Engineer at LeadsPanther
February 1, 2026 - Present
Architected a real-time CRM pipeline board using React, Redux, and WebSockets to visualize lead stages, outreach status, and auto-tasks across a 6-module lead-generation platform on AWS RDS. Built multi-channel outreach UI with React Hook Form and dynamic sequence builders, integrated with REST APIs for Celery-scheduled campaigns and Twilio SMS delivery. Developed AI-powered copy generation interface leveraging OpenAI and Claude via LangChain RAG pipelines, enabling per-lead personalized outreach previews rendered in real time. Delivered end-to-end test coverage with Playwright and Jest; enforced TDD/BDD and maintained CI/CD on Kubernetes (EKS) via GitHub Actions. Served as Product Owner in Scrum, driving cross-functional collaboration across 6 modules with documentation and AWS infrastructure handoff.
Senior Software Engineer at Stealth Startup
October 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Built investor-facing discovery dashboard with React and GraphQL, surfacing real-time company signals from a 35M+ profile database on GKE. Developed responsive search and filter UI with React Query and debounced inputs, enabling hyper-specific saved searches across company metadata stored in MySQL and BigQuery. Implemented real-time alert notification system using WebSockets and React Context API, triggering investor alerts within minutes of signal capture from RabbitMQ pub/sub. Established frontend CI/CD via Jenkins and GitHub Actions, maintaining 95%+ Jest test coverage across all UI components and integration layers.
Full Stack Developer at Snack Prompt
November 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
Architected React-based prompt marketplace UI with remix versioning, usage signal tracking, and topic taxonomy browsing; deployed on Azure App Service with Cosmos DB powering the content feed. Delivered real-time creator analytics dashboard with React, Recharts, and Grafana on Azure Monitor - visualizing prompt performance, revenue trends, and top-performing automations across 100+ topic categories. Engineered multi-agent workflow builder UI supporting Claude Code and n8n integrations - containerized on AKS with NestJS async workers and Azure Service Bus managing creator accounts and prompt sales.
Head of Media & Software Development at Rios Interiors Inc.
June 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Developed Next.js SSR/SSG storefront with Matterport 3D virtual showroom embed, SEO-optimized product pages, and GitHub Actions CI/CD - monitoring conversion rates across retail and commercial streams via Grafana. Collaborated cross-functionally between design consultants, artisan manufacturers, and sales teams; translated business requirements into technical specs, managed sprint cycles in Scrum, and aligned digital workflows with showroom operations and commercial project delivery.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science at Fontbonne University
April 1, 2017 - August 1, 2020
B.S. at Fontbonne University
April 1, 2017 - August 1, 2020

Qualifications

Full Stack Software Development Certification
January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 1, 2025 - June 1, 2026
Full Stack Software Development Certification
January 1, 2024 - June 5, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 1, 2025 - June 5, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Professional Services, Retail