Frank Calise
Senior Software Engineer at Infinite Red, Inc.
Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Calise is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience specializing in React Native and Expo-driven mobile applications, currently shaping products at Infinite Red. He blends mobile and web expertise with a strong background in real-time systems, automation, and API development from roles spanning startups to enterprise clients. An active open-source contributor, Frank has improved tooling like Reactotron and helped evolve Infinite Red’s Ignite boilerplate—work that surfaces in developer-focused UX and reliability improvements. He’s led mobile engineering efforts, introduced testing and CI practices, and consistently modernized dependency and platform support (including Arch and Expo upgrades). Based in Bluffton, South Carolina, he pairs deep front-end craft with backend pragmatism from past C#/embedded systems work, giving him unusual breadth across platforms and languages. Outside the obvious, he’s notable for turning legacy processes into automated pipelines that recovered six-figure revenues and sped deployment lifecycles.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at Virginia TechSayville High School
English, Italian
Github Skills (34)
javascript10
react-native10
mobile-development10
expo10
typescript10
ionic10
ui-design10
typescript-types10
capacitor10
typescripts10
react10
debug9
ios9
debugging9
desktop9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
infinitered/ignite
May 2022 - Jan 2023
Infinite Red's battle-tested React Native project boilerplate, along with a CLI, component/model generators, and more! 9 years of continuous development and counting.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (React Native)
Mobile Developer (React Native)Contributions:293 reviews, 56 commits, 305 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Frank primarily contributed to the Infinite Red's React Native boilerplate project. They implemented new features such as adding an expo version to the doctor and refactoring the welcome screen. They also addressed various bugs, including fixing arguments for onContentSizeChange and defining children props for text and button components. Furthermore, the user upgraded dependencies like Reanimated and Expo.
reactboilerplatemstreact-nativebattle
lichess-org/lichobile
Mar 2015 - Apr 2020
lichess.org mobile application
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:53 commits, 8 PRs, 16 comments in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Frank primarily contributed to the mobile application's user interface and settings. They worked on theming the board pieces, integrating Google Analytics, and implementing the PGN export functionality with a share option. Additionally, they modified the menu, added an "Online Friends" section, and integrated features specific to mobile platforms like share via social media.
iosionic-capacitorcapacitorjavascriptlichess
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