Hunter Chang

Senior Front-end Engineer

Work Experience

BuidlGuidl

buidlguidl.com

May 2023 - Present

Senior Front-end Engineer

Working directly with the Ethereum Foundation to help educate developers in the EVM ecosystem.

Build and maintain a set of open source tools and websites for EVM development, used by over 18 thousand developers. (Next.js, TypeScript, React.js, TanStack Query, daisyUI, Wagmi hooks and Viem)

Burner Wallet - A temporary crypto wallet to quickly send or receive assets on Ethereum and popular Layer 2 chains.

BuidlGuidl CTF - A Capture The Flag game hosted at Devcon 7 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Coinbase

coinbase.com

Aug. 2025 - Oct. 2025

Full Stack Engineer

Worked on The Base App, known as Coinbase Wallet, with over 3.2 million monthly active users.

Shipped multiple features to production, including an in-app Browser and Edit Profile functionality. (React Native, TypeScript, GraphQL and Golang)

Build and maintain a set of internal tools for marketing and business development. (JavaScript, GraphQL, and Retool)

RECUR Forever Inc

recur.com

Sept. 2021 - May 2023

Senior Front-end Engineer

Shipped digital collectible experiences for some of the most popular intellectual property in the world, including Nickelodeon, Hello Kitty, and Star Trek.

Front-end lead for the platform's "Challenges" system, allowing the user to trade in their digital collectibles for various rewards. (Next.js, React.js, useSWR, and Tailwind CSS)

Built a slots machine game for Slotomaina, the world's #1 free slots game. Players could assemble digital collectibles using a slot machine interface and trade in using the Challenges system.

Led development of the platform's design system, working closely with designers to create components that can be easily re-themed for different branded experiences. (Figma, Design Tokens, JavaScript, and Next.js)

Worked on the platform's "Cash Out" system, which enables customers to withdraw their money from the platform via wire transfers.

Madwire LLC

madwire.com

Oct. 2009 - Sept. 2021

Lead Front-end Engineer

As the 1st employee hired at Madwire, I have seen a startup company grow to over 550 employees. I'm no stranger to a fast paced work environment and have worn many hats during my career.

Lead Front-end Engineer, managing 5 other engineers, on marketing software including a CRM, social media post manager, and data visualization on ad analytics. (JavaScript, Angular.js, React, Recharts, Highcharts)

Experience with many different CMS and eCommerce platforms, such as Wordpress, BigCommerce, and Shopify. (HTML, CSS, jQuery, and PHP)

Built several hundreds of websites and templates, implementing a wide variety of designs (Wordpress, jQuery, PHP, Shopify, Next.js, Gatsby.js)

Skills

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • React.js
  • Wagmi Hooks
  • Viem
  • RESTful APIs
  • Node.js
  • Figma
  • Adobe Photoshop

Education

University of Colorado

Bachelor of Environmental Design

About

With over 16 years of experience, I've been building websites since Internet Explorer 6. From Wordpress to Shopify, jQuery to TypeScript, Angular to React, BEM to Tailwind CSS, Next.js to Claude Code.