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MJ Kochuk

Staff Frontend Engineer specializing in React, TypeScript, and scalable UI systems

VezaSouthern Alberta Institute of TechnologyAirdrie, Canada5 Years ExperienceStaff Level

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Frontend-focused engineer operating at a staff level with experience at Amazon and startups, known for rescuing high-impact, frontend-heavy systems through architecture, performance, and quality improvements. Delivered outsized results including cutting load times from ~90s to ~3s, raising test coverage from <1% to >80%, and enabling multi-team adoption of modern state management via training sessions for 50+ engineers.

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Key Strengths

  • Led end-to-end frontend architecture for a high-usage Amazon product (tens of thousands of daily users)
  • Built schema-based rendering that reduced form creation time from days to hours with less developer involvement
  • Drove test coverage from <1% to >80% via new CI/CD rules and testing methodology
  • Cross-team enablement through large-scale frontend training sessions (50+ engineers across countries) driving adoption of Redux Toolkit
  • Major performance turnaround: reduced micro-frontend load time from ~90s to ~3s using React performance work and caching (IDB) plus backend caching advocacy
  • Established component + E2E testing with Cypress and improved observability/error detection with Sentry
  • Strong product/process leadership: Scrum/agile facilitation, acceptance criteria definition, MVP scoping, and iterative rollout loops

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Experience

ENGINEERING LEAD, FRONTENDVeza · May 2025 – Oct 2025
STAFF FRONTEND ENGINEERAI Expedite · Jan 2024 – Feb 2025
FRONTEND ENGINEERAmazon · Aug 2023 – Dec 2024
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERCanadian Avalanche Association (Duck Labs) · Jul 2020 – Aug 2023

Languages

English

Certifications

Software Development - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

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MJ KochukStaff Frontend Engineer specializing in React, TypeScript, and scalable UI systems