Chase Lester

CHASE LESTER

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Riverton, Utah · chaselester.cl@gmail.com · 801.403.7875
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Professional Summary

Software Development Manager with a strong technical background and a systems-level perspective. Currently managing backend search platforms for a large-scale e-commerce environment, with primary development in Java and a focus on reliability, performance, and long-term scalability. Experienced across frontend architecture, backend services, leadership systems, and applied AI. Known for clear communication, pragmatic decision-making, and mentoring engineers while shipping durable software.

Experience

Software Development Manager
Beyond Inc. (Overstock.com / Bed Bath & Beyond) · Jan 2023 – Present

Lead and mentor two engineering teams (6 engineers) responsible for Search and Recommendations platforms across multiple e-commerce brands.

Own tier-0, revenue-critical search systems with 24/7 operational responsibility, serving as a primary escalation point for incidents impacting availability, conversion, and revenue.

Drive architectural direction and technical decision-making for search and personalization platforms, partnering closely with engineers to ensure scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

Lead cross-functional initiatives with Product, SEO, Security, SRE, Data/ML, Merchandising, and Site PMs to align technical execution with business and customer experience goals.

Staff Software Engineer
TaxBit · Aug 2021 – Dec 2022

Served as technical lead on systems ingesting and processing large volumes of blockchain data into a centralized data warehouse.

Designed and built backend services for interpreting complex transaction histories using Node.js, TypeScript, and Python, with an emphasis on performance and reliability.

Senior Software Developer
tZERO Group, Inc. · Mar 2018 – Nov 2019

Contributed to the Ethereum smart contract ecosystem for the TZROP token using Solidity.

Built frontend applications for token deployment and on-chain monitoring using React, Node.js, and Web3.js.

Senior Front End Developer
Beyond Inc. (Overstock.com / Bed Bath & Beyond) · Jul 2014 – Aug 2021

Built and maintained web applications across multiple teams, collaborating closely with design and product partners.

Developed Node.js services and alerting systems supporting analytics, monitoring, and server-side UI rendering at scale.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Strategic Communications
University of Utah