Chase Spencer
Senior Software Engineer
Plain City, Ohio
Professional Summary
Results-driven software engineer with 9+ years of experience translating ambiguous business requirements into effective, maintainable software solutions. Strong collaborator and mentor with a client-first mindset and a history of leading teams to successful delivery. Seeking opportunities to address diverse business problems using modern engineering practices.
Core Skills
Professional Experience
StockX
Senior Software Engineer
- Built Event-driven systems supporting Marketplace services (100k+ daily bid/ask placements) and Order services (30k+ daily orders).
- Designed and implemented state machine system architecture utilizing CQRS, Sagas, and Event Sourcing design patterns, optimizing for scalability and performance.
- Led cross-functional teams in designing and implementing multiple integration solutions that consistently expanded the capabilities of the order system.
- Orchestrated microservices migration into NX monorepo and established CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, Terraform) for improved collaboration and continuous delivery.
- Developed a Next.js/React testing tool to simulate ordering scenarios and saga workflows, accelerating integration times across teams.
- Implemented Databricks dashboards and Monte Carlo data quality alerts, reducing customer support volume and resolving critical incidents that saved millions in potential revenue loss.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Senior Software Engineer, eBusiness
- Implemented eCommerce microservices using NestJS framework, delivering robust and scalable solutions.
- Established an enterprise SDK monorepo with Lerna for efficient management of shared modules across microservices.
- Enhanced MyLawn App microservices (NestJS), improving functionality and performance.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Tech Lead, Frontend Applications
- Engineered event-driven architecture for Super Bowl LV sweepstakes processing 400k+ submissions using GCP Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, and BigQuery.
- Led a development team building an enterprise component SDK (React/Storybook) and themeable design system for branded sites.
- Implemented Contentful CMS with GraphQL integration and enhanced GitLab CI/CD pipelines for improved content workflows and build reliability.
Cardinal Health
Software Engineer, eCommerce Product & Experience – Medical
- Developed full-stack features for market.cardinalhealth.com, a B2B medical eCommerce SPA generating $1B+ in annual revenue using Angular, Spring Boot, and AEM headless CMS.
- Implemented Angular 2 → 7 upgrade achieving 80% performance improvement and architected micro-frontend strategy using Web Components for parallel team development.
- Integrated Paymetric payment processing, implemented Concourse CI pipelines, and led analytics initiatives using Adobe Analytics/Target for data-driven decision-making.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Software Engineer, eCommerce Development
- Supported 13 Drupal 8 branded sites and 10 Magento DTC stores, implementing monitoring with New Relic, Sumo Logic and Travis CI pipelines.
- Contributed to scalable Magento 2 architecture and integrated Vantiv payment processing for enhanced security.
Additional Experience
Developed internal web applications and REST APIs using Google App Engine/Python; implemented features with AngularJS/Angular 4 and supported Drupal 8 sites.
Developed features with Laravel, AngularJS, and WordPress/Drupal support.
Maintained Django/AngularJS online courses for 2,000+ students.
Provided advanced technical support, supervised student workers, and maintained labs.