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Tony Prokop
Résumé

04 / experience

Where I've worked

Ten years building web products, from an eCommerce storefront to a developer platform. The short version is below; the résumé has the rest.

2022 — now

Full-Stack Software Engineer, Sr. Staff · WP Engine

Core architecture for the next generation of the customer-facing API, and the frontend platform on top of it.

  • Built core API infrastructure to scale and meet the demand of agentic workloads upon release of the WP Engine MCP.
  • Led a refactor of the core application to a single page app across 12 engineering teams; page load performance up 100%.
  • Shipped an AI chatbot that cut overall support chat volume by 45%.
  • Maintain the component library used daily by 50+ engineers, and lead the frontend guild.
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2020 — 2022

Full-Stack Software Engineer, Sr. · Flywheel

Primary frontend engineer on Growth Suite, Flywheel's flagship product.

  • Wrote most of the Growth Suite frontend and shipped the product end to end in under 8 months.
  • Upgraded jQuery and Bootstrap across two major versions app-wide, keeping the app compliant.
  • Designed and taught Vue training modules through the mentorship program for junior and mid-level developers.
  • Ran a dedicated technical Jira board for frontend architecture work outside normal product sprints.
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2014 — 2020

Web Developer · Speedway Motors

Built and maintained the Speedway Motors eCommerce site.

  • Lifted conversion by optimizing the checkout funnel with A/B tests and analytics.
  • Modernized the CI/CD pipeline, moving releases from bi-weekly to daily production deploys.
  • Improved search clickthrough by iterating on the company's custom Elasticsearch engine.
  • Built a shipping quote calculator for the cart that aggregates warehouses and carriers.
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