Steve Hynding
Lead Full-Stack Engineer
Summary
Lead full-stack engineer in Los Angeles with two decades shipping web products — from EA.com and Sony Network Entertainment's internal analytics, through seven years building venture products and AI platforms at BCG Digital Ventures and BCG X, to current contract work whose backend serves 120k+ users. Deep in TypeScript, React, Node and Next.js, with hands-on UX craft and a test-driven habit.
Skills
TypeScript · JavaScript · React · Next.js · Node.js · React Native · Vue · Angular · Python · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · GraphQL · Redis · AWS · Docker · Tailwind · Material UI · Cypress · Jest · Cucumber
Experience
Web Engineer (Contract), Superhuman (Grammarly)
March 2026 - Present
- Full-stack development across grammarly.com and superhuman.com — identity and auth services, Next.js components, and a shared CSS design kit.
- Built Contentful integrations and browser-extension features for the combined Grammarly / Superhuman platform.
- Integrated AI-assisted development with Claude across the workflow, from rapid prototyping through production code.
TypeScript · React · Next.js · Contentful · Claude
Full-Stack Software Engineer (Contract), Jubilee Media
February 2025 - Present
- Built the Node/TypeScript backend API and task workers — Express, Postgres, GraphQL, Redis, Firebase — with a full test suite, serving 120k+ users.
- Ran CI/CD with GitHub Actions: automated tests, SonarQube analysis, AWS EC2 environments, and Android/iOS marketplace deployments.
- Helped build the React Native (Expo) mobile app with Sendbird chat integration.
- Led standups, mentored developers, wrote epics and tasks in Linear, and drove code review.
- Built the analytics and admin dashboards with Mixpanel, OneSignal and Retool.
TypeScript · Node.js · Express · PostgreSQL · GraphQL · Redis · Firebase · React Native · AWS
Senior Web Developer, Pacaso
November 2023 - December 2024
- Developed the Next.js/TypeScript web application integrated with Contentful, Google Maps and a Java API — components built in Storybook, styled with Tailwind and SCSS.
- Created and maintained the admin dashboard with React, Google Analytics, Recharts and Material UI.
- Owned the Cypress suite, Jest unit tests and GitLab CI/CD workflows.
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Contentful · Tailwind · Cypress · Jest
Lead Software Engineer, BCG X
December 2020 - August 2023
- Designed and shipped over a dozen full-stack web and mobile applications from concept to production for FinTech, health care and retail clients.
- Built AI integration tooling and training platforms with Python and Jupyter.
- Led behaviour-driven development across projects — wrote acceptance criteria and integrated test suites with Cypress, Cucumber/Gherkin and Selenium.
- Mentored and managed junior engineers across several offices through pair programming and performance reviews.
React · Node.js · Next.js · Angular · Vue · Python · Material UI · Tailwind · Strapi · Contentful
Senior Full-Stack Engineer, BCG Digital Ventures
May 2016 - December 2020
- Built venture products from zero with Node, Docker, Rancher, MongoDB, Webpack, Vue (Nuxt), Angular, React and Ionic, under behaviour-driven development and CI/CD.
Node.js · Vue · Angular · React · MongoDB · Docker · Cucumber
Senior UX Engineer, Velocify
July 2014 - May 2016
- Developed the responsive, legacy-browser-compatible web platform with jQuery and Knockout, then led the product's transition to Angular.
- Mentored junior engineers and interns through pair programming and performance reviews.
JavaScript · Angular · Knockout
Web Applications Developer, Sony Network Entertainment
May 2013 - June 2014
- Developed an internal full-stack dashboard and analytics suite with PHP and Backbone.js.
PHP · Backbone.js
Senior Web Developer, Electronic Arts
June 2009 - May 2013
- Developed and supported EA.com and numerous game project portals with PHP, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery and Flash.
- Built EA's custom Flash video player with HTML5 support for modern browsers; assisted Origin storefront development with Brightcove integration.
- Supported and managed front-end components for the internal CMS.
PHP · JavaScript · HTML5 · CSS · Flash
Senior Developer, Animax Entertainment
September 2008 - June 2009
- Conceptualized and developed Flash games and portals for Ty, including Beanie Babies and Ty Girlz.
Flash · ActionScript
Senior Software Developer, GSN
June 2007 - July 2008
- Developed and maintained GSN.com server and client side — LAMP and Flash/Flex ActionScript — including the Bingo America play-along-live-at-home game and branded video players.
PHP · MySQL · Flash · ActionScript
Education
- Loyola Marymount University — B.A. Film Production / Computer Science (minor), 2000
References
Available on request