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Big Wings LLC
Frontend Engineer
2023
Sole frontend owner of a production React/TypeScript fleet management platform tracking 200+ commercial vehicles. Built real-time safety infrastructure with Samsara ELD APIs and WebSocket, cutting emergency response time by 50%.
## Role Overview
As a Frontend Engineer at Big Wings LLC, I was the sole frontend owner of a production React/TypeScript platform tracking 200+ commercial vehicles. The platform handled real-time GPS feeds, vehicle diagnostics, and live camera streams — directly improving driver safety outcomes.
## Key Deliverables
- **Fleet Management System** — Sole frontend owner of a production React/TypeScript platform tracking 200+ commercial vehicles. Built a scalable Redux architecture and a reusable component library adopted across all product verticals.
- **Real-Time Safety Infrastructure** — Integrated Samsara ELD APIs + WebSocket for live GPS, diagnostics, and camera feeds. Cut emergency response time 50% (20 → 10 min), directly improving driver safety outcomes at scale.
## Technical Approach
The Redux store used a normalized entity structure for vehicle state, enabling O(1) lookups for real-time dashboard updates. WebSocket connections were managed through a custom connection manager with exponential backoff reconnection and message deduplication. The component library was built with compound component patterns for flexible composition across verticals.