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Chris Moorst

Staff Frontend Engineer

Buckley, North Wales

chris@moorst.co.uk

About

Staff-level Frontend Engineer with over 14 years of experience building high-performance, data-intensive web applications. Expert in React and TypeScript, with a proven track record of architecting complex developer-facing tools and analytics platforms. Deeply committed to product UX and system-level thinking, specializing in making multi-module products feel simple and intuitive while ensuring maximum UI performance and responsiveness.

Experience

Jan 23 – Now

Founding engineer at Fluent

Remote

Core member of a founding team delivering a high-performance, self-serve natural language interface and analytics platform trusted by data teams.

  • Architected and delivered complex, data-intensive dashboards used by business and data professionals to query petabyte-scale insights.
  • Focused on making multi-module analytics workflows feel simple and intuitive through thoughtful UX design.
  • Optimized application performance using React, Next.js, and Jotai for efficient state management and rendering.
  • Ownership of front-end architecture using TypeScript, Radix, and Shadcn to ensure a robust and scalable UI component library.
Jan 21 – Jan 23

Lead Frontend Engineer at Heygo

Remote

Led a team of frontend engineers to deliver a global platform for live-streamed experiences requiring high-performance real-time UI updates.

  • Owned the frontend experience end-to-end, managing a multi-platform codebase across web and mobile.
  • Championed performance-first development to ensure the UI remained responsive during high-traffic live events.
  • Architected modular frontend systems using React, Remix, and Recoil to simplify complex user interactions.
  • Utilized Storybook and React Testing Library to maintain code quality and UI consistency across modules.
Jan 20 – Jan 21

Senior frontend engineer at Ideal Modular Homes

Liverpool, Merseyside

Solely responsible for the frontend development of a bespoke Manufacturing Execution System (MES), a data-intensive application for industrial construction.

  • Managed full ownership of the product experience, from initial discovery and system design to final delivery.
  • Designed complex interactions to assist in the manufacturing of modular homes, prioritizing developer/operator UX.
  • Built a high-performance React application using TypeScript and Redux to handle complex real-time manufacturing data.
Jan 19 – Jan 20

Senior frontend engineer at Blinx Solutions

Daresbury, Cheshire

Led a squad of developers focused on modernizing complex in-house enterprise applications.

  • Acted as a bridge between UX and development teams to translate complex requirements into intuitive user interfaces.
  • Architected a long-term migration strategy to move legacy applications over to a modern, performant React-based stack.
  • Implemented system-wide design patterns using Styled components to improve development speed and UI consistency.
Jan 19 – Jan 19

Frontend engineer at The Very Group

Liverpool, Merseyside

Member of an agile squad focused on high-scale UX improvements for a flagship e-commerce platform.

  • Delivered performance-tuned frontend features for one of the UK’s leading online retailers.
  • Utilized React, Storybook, and React Testing Library to ensure high-quality, bug-free releases.
Jan 13 – Jan 19

Tech lead & Co-founder at Kitsune Studio

Liverpool, Merseyside

Tech lead and co-founder of a digital agency, taking full ownership of project lifecycles from discovery to delivery.

  • Built numerous UX-focused applications and tools for a diverse range of clients, emphasizing performance and intuitive design.
  • Managed all technical aspects of the business, including architectural decisions and performance profiling across a wide array of web technologies.
Jan 12 – Jan 13

Frontend developer at MBNA

Chester, Cheshire

Modernized the public website and complex credit card application forms for a major financial institution.

  • Optimized high-stakes application forms for performance and mobile devices, ensuring zero-friction user journeys.
Jan 12 – Jan 12

Frontend developer at LDA

Media City, Salford

Collaborated with a large team of developers and designers to build performant client websites using Javascript and Bootstrap.

Jan 11 – Jan 12

Web developer at Clothingsites

Macclesfield, Cheshire

Managed multiple e-commerce platforms in-house, focusing on the intersection of redesign and performance optimization.

Jan 10 – Jan 11

Web developer at GSD®

Nantwich, Cheshire

Maintained and developed client websites within a small web team, focusing on PHP and Javascript development.

Education

Jan 06 – Jan 09

Manchester Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) in Computer Games Technology

Manchester

[2:2]

Jan 04 – Jan 06

Cowley 6th Form

A Levels

St Helens, Merseyside

[AA] ICT Dual Award [B] Leisure & Recreation

Jan 99 – Jan 04

Cowley High School

GCSE

St Helens, Merseyside

[B] Maths, English Language & Literature, ICT, PE [C] Science, Business Studies

Projects

Jan 24

Fluent at Fluent

Built a self-serve natural language interface and analytics platform specifically designed for data teams to manage and visualize complex metrics.

Jan 23

Erda

A high-performance interactive application built using Remix, Prisma, TypeScript, Shadcn, and Fly.io, focusing on efficient data management and rendering.

Jan 20

Tide Sheets

A simple and responsive cashflow tool highlighting the ability to create intuitive interfaces for financial data using TypeScript, React, and Next.js.

Skills

Programming Languages

TypeScriptJavascriptPythonPHP

Frontend & Libraries

ReactNext.jsReact NativeRemixReduxRecoilJotaiRadixShadcnChakra UIStyled componentsTailwindSCSSLESSBootstrapFoundation

Tools & Infrastructure

StorybookReact Testing LibraryJestGruntGulpMySQLPrismaFly.ioVercelHeroku

CMS & Platforms

Craft CMSKirby CMSWordpressMagentoExpression EngineStrapi