1205 W Healey Street
Champaign, IL 61821

Chris Wahlfeldt

Summary

Creative software engineer with over 8 years experience crafting websites and applications for a variety of clientele. Outside of work, I like to play music with my friends and spend time with my amazing wife and kids.

Skills

  • Strong foundational knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, and an expert understanding of Node.js and PHP
  • Vast experience with Typescript, React, and Redux as well as frontend tooling such as Vite and Webpack
  • Deep knowledge of WordPress. Utilizes modern best practices to create custom themes and plugins. Works with essential plugins like advanced custom fields, wp forms and the events calendar.
  • Enjoys styling frontends with Sass, Stylus, Tailwind, or just plain ole CSS.
  • Feels at home on the command line and is regularly spinning up servers in Docker and writing scripts to automate tasks

Experience

Pixo, Champaign IL — Software Engineer

May 2020 - Present
  • Creates and maintains a wide array of different websites and applications
  • Responds quickly to changing requirements and needs of clients
  • Interfaces directly with stakeholders
  • Works with team to plan and define projects to maximize value
  • Takes accessibility features seriously
  • Strives to write clean, testable code

McKenzie Wagner, Champaign IL — Web Developer

April 2016 - May 2020
  • Implemented websites using mockups from the design team
  • Created custom themes and plugins
  • Maintained multiple different websites
  • Consulted directly with clients and worked with creative team to solve problems

Vertex Solutions, Champaign IL — Web Developer

Oct 2014 - March 2016
  • Created and maintained Drupal and PHP based websites
  • Developed custom themes and modules

Examples of work

Agriculture data visualization

An app that collects and display data from censors on a tractor in realtime. The data is displayed in graphs, meters, and uses a map to display GeoJSON data. It uses React, Redux, and Capacitor for the frontend and operates on data sent through an MQTT protocol provided by hardware on the tractor.

Twilio SMS integration

A React app to manage customers waiting for a table at a restaurant. It interfaces with Twilio to let customers know when their table is ready.

Inventory management system

An application that helps manage inventory for a large distribution company. It uses Typescript, React, and Material UI for the frontend, and C# and .NET for the backend.

Headless CMS multisite

A multisite for a business that needed to manage multiple different brands under one umbrella. It was built with React and Graphql that interfaces with a WordPress headless CMS.

University of Illinois FAA multisite

A multisite that incorporates a custom design system that allows for shared elements but also uniqueness for each individual site. Uses WordPress with some plugins to allow for an MVC workflow and a custom frontend using stylus and twig templates.

Education

Parkland College, Champaign IL — Associates Degree in Digital Media

Aug 2012 - May 2014

Specializing in 3D animation and game development.

References available on request.