Erik Gratz
Remote, forever, worldwide, United States
Summary
Erik Gratz is a senior software engineer with seven years of experience specializing in backend API development and scalable services, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He currently serves as a Senior Software Engineer at pocketnest, where he helps design robust APIs and data pipelines. At Sonic Boom Wellness, he migrated features to a new Lumen API from Zend, implemented queued and cron job processing with MongoDB and MySQL, and led security improvements across the stack including XSS prevention and data validation. He also redesigned API documentation tooling to OpenAPI 3.0 and rebuilt automated endpoint testing to improve reliability. Earlier, he stepped into a Project Lead role at The Media Lab Agency, driving development of SimplySweeps.com and an automated lead auctions system. With a Treehouse TechDegree in Full Stack JavaScript, PHP, Java, and Android and a CS background from Ohio University, he combines practical product focus with a strong full-stack foundation and a touch of LAMP wizardry.
7 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
chess6
docker6
docker-compose6
javascript6
eloquent6
boolean-logic6
boolean6
constructor6
canvas6
java6
payment-service5
api4
plaid4
php3
payment-methods3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
chkltlabs/erikgratz.com
Jul 2021 - Mar 2025
My Website
Contributions:146 PRs, 164 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 8 months
reactnextjstypescript
chkltlabs/wix-client
Sep 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:3 releases, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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