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Max Boostrom

Boston

Summary

Frontend-focused Software Engineer with a strong foundation in JavaScript, React, SCSS, and component-driven architecture. Experienced in building scalable UI systems, improving performance, and collaborating across design, product, and marketing teams. Passionate about writing clean, maintainable code and creating seamless user and authoring experiences.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer II

Quickbase
02.2023 - Current
  • Leading replatforming efforts from Craft CMS/Twig to a modern React + Next.js architecture, focusing on scalable component design, content modularity, and long-term maintainability.
  • Collaborating on CMS evaluations (Payload, Strapi, etc.) to ensure developer-friendly, author-safe content workflows.
  • Built reusable component systems powered by configurable section-level styling, streamlining layout control for non-dev users.
  • Spearheaded technical SEO initiatives and Core Web Vitals optimization — raising scores from failing to passing across mobile and desktop.
  • Developed custom migration scripts in PHP to automate legacy content field conversion during platform updates, saving weeks of manual QA.
  • Implemented SCSS with a hybrid BEM/utility class system for styling consistency across all branded components.
  • Promotion: April 2025

Front-end/UX engineer (intern)

Brafton
08.2022 - 02.2023
  • Developed interactive web components and landing pages using React, JavaScript, and CSS, converting Adobe XD mockups into high-quality, production-ready experiences.
  • Supported marketing and editorial teams by shipping custom blog features, quizzes, and branded microsites.
  • Collaborated in agile sprints alongside dev and design teams, improving site engagement and client delivery speed.

Apprentice Full Stack Developer

Launch Academy
01.2022 - 06.2022
  • Built full-stack applications using React, Node.js/Express, and PostgreSQL, with an emphasis on clean architecture and RESTful API design.
  • Practiced pair programming, test-driven development (TDD), and Git-based collaboration in a fast-paced bootcamp setting.

Skills

Languages/Frameworks:

  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Nextjs
  • Nodejs
  • HTML
  • SCSS
  • Twig
  • PHP

CMS Experience:

  • Craft CMS
  • Payload CMS (R&D)
  • Strapi (R&D)

Tooling:

  • Webpack
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitLab

Timeline

Software Engineer II

Quickbase
02.2023 - Current

Front-end/UX engineer (intern)

Brafton
08.2022 - 02.2023

Apprentice Full Stack Developer

Launch Academy
01.2022 - 06.2022

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