Griffin Criste
I’m a frontend-focused software engineer who enjoys turning complex product needs into clean, maintainable web experiences.
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I’m a frontend-focused software engineer who enjoys turning complex product needs into clean, maintainable web experiences. From leading teams and migrating legacy AngularJS to modern React, to building reusable component libraries and React-based CMS tools, I like creating systems that help others move faster and ship with confidence.
Across roles at givingdata and STR/Costar, I’ve worked end-to-end—from integrating C#/.NET APIs and GraphQL backends to designing websocket real-time messaging patterns and improving performance by over 50%. I also bring a practical interest in AI-assisted development workflows, helping teams plan, build, and review code more efficiently while continuing to mentor engineers as we adopt new technologies.
- 7 years' experience
- Joined November 2026
Industry experience
- Software & Internet
- Healthcare
- Education
- Professional Services
- Media & Entertainment
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Work experience· 5 roles
Led a team of 4 developers through mentorship, technical guidance, task assignment, and code reviews. Migrated legacy AngularJS pages and features to React to improve maintainability. Built a React-based CMS enabling users to create custom applications and forms for others to complete. Developed and maintained a shared component library aligned with CGAG guidelines and established frontend standards. Implemented and integrated C#/.NET API endpoints, extending NHibernate and SQL queries to support new data fields and functionality. Integrated agentic AI tools into development workflows to improve productivity and assist with planning, building, and reviewing code.
Architected, designed, and built a marketing application from scratch using React, Redux, Apollo GraphQL, TypeScript, Next.js, and Chakra-UI. Contributed to scalable frontend and backend architecture. Designed responsive UI for a consistent user experience across devices.
Developed and maintained an enterprise data analytics application from the ground up using React, Apollo GraphQL, TypeScript, Node.js, and supporting libraries for testing and styling. Promoted from Associate to Senior Software Engineer. Built and supported features including a C#/.NET report download tool and contributed to bug fixes. Established websocket architecture for real-time client messaging using AWS API Gateway, SQS, DynamoDB, and AWS Lambdas in Node.js. Designed reusable generic React components adopted across 5+ frontend teams. Improved performance through refactoring, memoization, and restructuring API calls, reducing render time, response time, and latency by over 50%. Delivered frequent technical demos to large IT audiences and mentored team members adopting Apollo GraphQL and TypeScript while influencing architecture decisions.
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