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Cameron Morales

Software Engineer

📍 Chicago, IL✉️ cameron@cameronmorales.comgithub.com/Camm66cameronmorales.com

Summary

Full-stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable web applications and developer tools. Passionate about clean architecture, CI/CD automation, and shipping products that solve real problems. Comfortable across the stack — from React frontends to Node/Python backends to cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Bash

Frontend

React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, HTML/CSS

Backend

Node.js, Express, REST APIs, GraphQL

Infrastructure

GitHub Actions, Cloudflare, AWS, Docker, Vercel

Databases

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, SQLite

Tools

Git, VSCode, Figma, Postman, Linear

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Apex Labs · Chicago, IL

Jan 2023 – Present
  • Led development of a customer-facing SaaS dashboard serving 50k+ monthly active users
  • Architected a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions reducing deploy time from 45min to under 5min
  • Migrated monolithic Node.js API to microservices, improving p99 latency by 60%
  • Mentored 3 junior engineers and led weekly code review sessions

Software Engineer

BuildCo Digital · Remote

Jun 2020 – Dec 2022
  • Built and maintained React + TypeScript frontend for e-commerce platform processing $2M/month in transactions
  • Developed REST APIs in Express/Node.js integrated with Stripe, Twilio, and Shippo
  • Implemented automated test suite (Jest + Playwright) achieving 85% code coverage
  • Collaborated closely with design and product to ship 3 major feature releases per quarter

Junior Developer

Freelance · Chicago, IL

2018 – 2020
  • Delivered 12+ client websites and web apps using React, Vue, and WordPress
  • Built custom Shopify themes and integrations for small business clients
  • Provided ongoing maintenance and performance optimization

Projects

cameronmorales.com·Next.js, Tailwind, GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages

Personal portfolio site with full CI/CD pipeline — push to master triggers lint, build, and auto-deploy.

OpenTask·React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Docker

Open source task management app with real-time collaboration, labels, and Kanban boards.

PriceWatch·Python, FastAPI, Redis, Playwright

Price tracking tool that monitors e-commerce listings and sends alerts on price drops.

Education

B.S. Computer Science

University of Illinois at Chicago

2018
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