Lacy Morrow
Senior Web Engineer
About
Lacy Morrow is a lifetime full-stack web and application developer with an outstanding knowledge of back and front-end languages, frameworks and libraries. 15+ years in building scalable, maintainable, marketable web applications. Current preferred stack: NextJS + React, Typescript, GraphQL, Postgresql, Docker Expert in HTML5/CSS3 + (SASS/LESS), Javascript + Node, Python, PHP Responsive design, Cross-browser/device compatibility, SEO, WCAG AAA Accessibility methods and best practices. Creator of pixel-perfect, mobile-first development with graceful degradation and progressive enhancement. Development software includes: Coda, Sublime Text, Django, Flask, NodeJS, Grunt, Wordpress, Foundation/Bootstrap, AngularJS, Laravel, SocialEngine, Joomla!, Drupal, MySQL, Postgres, SSH
Work Experience
Senior Web Engineer
Managed Twilio.com and all marketing websites, customer sites, conference sites. Architected systems and deployment processes; developed a React design-system; Managed migration of entire legacy codebases; Implemented regionalization/i18n; Implemented WCAG AAA Accessibility standards.
Typescript, React, NextJS, Python, Django, PHP, Postgres, GraphQL, Docker, AWS
LacyMorrow.com
San Francisco Bay Area & Charlotte, NC
December 2006 – January 2022
Senior Developer
Full-stack Web Design & Development
with 15+ years experience designing and building websites and web apps for desktop and mobile experiences.
Senior Web Developer
Develop WordPress plugins and/or themes primarily using PHP + Leverage WordPress APIs and extend the WordPress admin experience. Test solutions across multiple browsers and platforms in a local testing environment. Deploy changes to live servers. Assist in the remediation, enhancement, and maintenance of client sites.
Full-Stack Developer
Full-Stack Web Developer - Building the initial company prototype app with React.
Web Application Developer / React
Senior Full-Stack Web Developer - Built several React components on a Yahoo stack for the Search and Branded Marketing teams using Tumblr as a data serve API.
OpenStack; Apache; Linux; NodeJS; ReactJS
Software Engineer
Senior Full-Stack Web Developer - Created and maintained HIPAA-compliant back office software, data science tools, and analytics software as well as the public-facing invitae.com; UX/UI Developer - Developed navigation, modals, and interactions; Made custom WordPress theme; DevOps - Managed database health, configured continuous integration instances, web-hooks, bi-weekly deployments. Created an automated Selenium testing workflow; Tech Interviewer;
Python, PHP, MySQL, Django, Flask, Angular, Backbone, React, WordPress, ElasticSearch, NightwatchJS, Git & Mercurial, Docker, Jenkins, Splunk, Apache, AWS EC2, Linux
Full-Stack Web Developer
Full-Stack Web Developer - Built internal websites and scheduling software. Helped develop back office software. Created custom CMS framework with PHP, Postgres used by all campus web pages; DevOps - Managed database and handled deployments;
PHP, Python, Postgres, MySQL, PHPWebsite, PHPUnit, Git, Apache, Linux
Web Design Intern
Front-End Web Developer - Created 10+ branded advertising websites and unique user interactions; Created promotional sites and emails. Sliced Photoshop files to create HTML email;
PHP, MySQL, Linux
Awards
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January 2020
Github
Arctic Code Vault Contributor
Projects
- CrossOver:
- Cinematic:
- Casper:
- Boone Community Network:
- Phase2Productions:
- XPlay.js:
- XSPF Jukebox:
Contact
Charlotte, NC United States
Charlotte US
(704) 315-5876
Education
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2009 2013
Appalachian State University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Computer Science
Courses- 2440 - Computer Science
- 4440 - Artificial Intelligence
- 4434 - Client-side Web Programming
- 4435 - Server-side Web Programming
- 3460 - Data Structures
- 3430 - Database
- 3482 - Computer Systems
- 3490 - Programming Languages
- 3667 - Software Engineering
- 2240 - Linear Algebra
Skills
Frontend
Senior
HTML / JSX / MDX
SCSS / CSS / BEM / Styled Components
Javascript / Typescript
React / Next
Backend
Senior
Node
Python
Postgres
Redis
Ruby
PHP
SQL
Serverless
Microservices
Devops
Senior
Docker
AWS
G Cloud
Vercel
Netlify
Heroku
Caching
CI/CD
Testing
Web Branding
Senior
SEO
GTM
Analytics
WordPress
Application Development
Senior
Electron
Rust
Java
C/++/#
AI Engineer
Evolving
LLMs
Neural-networks
Tensorflow
Vector Databases
Prompt Engineer
Interests
Electrical Engineering / IoT
Drone Racing / Videography
Traveling
Open Source
References
Lacy was hired as a lead developer and, upon the leaving of our co-founder took over as CTO of Earbits. Lacy is, hands down, one of those A Players you hear of companies dying to hire. He is incredibly smart, not just at code but about everything from classical music to Chinese language and culture. Lacy is great to work with and, as a well established contributor to open source projects and several successful ventures, commands the respect of engineers at all levels. I would suggest doing anything you can to have him on your team.
I've had the great pleasure of working with Lacy for the past three years at Earbits, and on a few side projects. Two years ago our CTO left on a moment's notice, Lacy saved our company by quickly stepping up to fill this role. He has been with our company through thick and thin and made serious personal sacrifices in order to help the company during tough times. He is a phenomenal hacker and a true team player. Highly recommended!
Lacy is an extremely talented engineer with a very broad range of skills and experience. From being a thought leader in the front-end community via backbonetutorials.com and cdnjs.com, to designing and implementing the API for cdnjs.com, working with Lacy has been fantastic learning experience. Lacy is truly a full stack develop, and his work output is incredible. If there is any opportunity to work with Lacy, I take it. He is the definition of an A player.
On Lacy Davis ... Hire this guy. Do not be fooled. Incredibly capable and fast. Plays well with others. Unbelievable at front-end work end programming but that is just the start. Visionary. Hire him before I do.