Erik Kieckhafer
Senior Software Engineer at DNVR Notary
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolErik Kieckhafer is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building front-end–leaning full-stack applications, currently at Intuit Mailchimp in Los Angeles while based in Denver. He blends React/Next.js UI work with backend Node.js and job-queue integrations, and has practical DevOps and release-management chops demonstrated by coordinating releases for the popular Reaction Commerce platform. Known for obsessing over caching and performance, he’s shipped SEO and state-management improvements to e-commerce storefronts and contributed backend features like background job classes and email schema changes. Beyond engineering, he brings a curious, entrepreneurial streak—holding leadership roles in small organizations and even serving as a notary—reflecting a hands-on, service-oriented approach to projects.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BA in Journalism Media Production Online Media, BA in Journalism Media Production Online Media at Arizona State UniversityUniversity of Westminster
css, html, javascript, php, Spanish
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Github Skills (36)
git10
javascript10
docker10
seo10
back-end-development10
mobx10
configuration-management10
nextjs10
dockers10
release-management10
version-control10
nodejs10
job-queue10
react10
ecommerce9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
reactioncommerce/reaction
Jul 2016 - Jan 2021
Project has been discontinued ////// Mailchimp Open Commerce is an API-first, headless commerce platform built using Node.js, React, GraphQL. Deployed via Docker and Kubernetes.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 releases, 6 reviews, 3594 commits in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Erik's contributions focused on implementing core backend features, as demonstrated by the addition of a createJobClass file, modifications to methodCall, and merging updates into the release branch. The user engaged with a job queue system, indicating experience with background task processing. Changes to the database schema and email-related features also suggest back-end development.
dockergraphqlkubernetesmailchimpnodejs
reactioncommerce/reaction-development-platform
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
Reaction Platform is the quickest way to run Reaction (reactioncommerce/reaction) and dependent services—Reaction Admin (reactioncommerce/reaction-admin) and Example Storefront (reactioncommerce/example-storefront)
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer / Release Manager
DevOps Engineer / Release ManagerContributions:31 releases, 1 review, 76 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Erik primarily focused on managing the release process and updating the development platform's configuration within the Reaction Commerce ecosystem. Their contributions involved modifying the `config.mk` file to update version numbers across various related projects, ensuring coordinated releases. They also handled merging branches and reverting/updating configurations for beta and stable releases, indicating a strong focus on release management and platform integration. Additionally, the user updated platform configurations to align with new versions of related projects.
reactioncommercereactionmailchimpopencommerce
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