Sep 2026 — now
Best Buy
Senior Software Engineer
Promoted after moving through three earlier engineering roles at Best Buy. I now take on the ambiguous work: shaping plans, finding the right technical path, and helping teams get it over the line.
Senior software engineer
Tayden Flitcroft
I’m a Software Engineer.
I build web and mobile products for people who expect them to work every time. At Best Buy, that means owning high-traffic customer journeys, sorting through messy problems, and helping teams ship with confidence.
5+years at scaleweb and mobile at Best Buy
20+engineers on the teamworking across disciplines
1sthackathon winBest Collaborative Tool
100+students taughtonline safety and privacy
Best Buy · 2021 to now
From associate engineer to senior engineer.
I joined Best Buy as an associate engineer in 2021. Since then, I’ve grown through four roles while working on customer-facing web and mobile products used by millions of people.
Feb 2023 — Sep 2026
Best Buy
Software Engineer II
Owned Trade-In and Fulfillment work across BestBuy.com and mobile, using React, React Native, and TypeScript on customer journeys where reliability and performance carry a real business cost.
Feb 2021 — Feb 2023
Best Buy
Associate Engineer → Software Engineer I
Learned the realities of a large production codebase: shipping in small pieces, reviewing carefully, testing the edges, and working across teams without losing sight of the customer problem.
After-hours projects
Things I’ve made on my own time.
Some solve problems around my house. Some started as a joke. All of them gave me a reason to learn something new and actually ship it.
API platform
Global Backend
A Node.js and TypeScript service that became the shared API layer behind multiple personal products, from portfolio delivery to Pokédex data.
What made it interestingDesigned one reusable backend instead of repeating infrastructure project by project.
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- REST
- AWS
Home infrastructure
Plex Dashboard
A Dockerized control surface for monitoring the services running across a self-hosted home media environment.
What made it interestingTurned scattered operational status into a single purpose-built interface.
- JavaScript
- Docker
- APIs
- Self-hosting
Interactive travel utility
License Plate Tracker
A responsive road-trip companion for recording license-plate sightings by state and date across an interactive U.S. map.
What made it interestingTurned a classic travel game into a persistent visual record with reusable tracker IDs, sighting history, and state-level counts.
- TypeScript
- React
- Firebase
- React Simple Maps
- Tailwind CSS
- Vite
Real-time product
D&D Session Tools
An authenticated tabletop companion with dramatic dice outcomes and a shared initiative tracker backed by Firestore.
What made it interestingBuilt for a real weekly ritual, with persistence and interaction shaped around the table.
- React
- Firebase
- Auth
- Realtime data
Native utility
Caffeinate
A focused macOS application that keeps the display awake for a chosen window without changing global system settings.
What made it interestingA small, shippable utility with timed controls from ten minutes to twenty-four hours.
- AppleScript
- macOS
- Product design
Chrome extension
Owen Wilson Buttons
A Manifest V3 browser extension that adds an Owen Wilson “wow” and a burst of confetti to button clicks across the web.
What made it interestingTurned an intentionally ridiculous idea into a working extension published through the Chrome Web Store.
- JavaScript
- Chrome Extensions
- Web Audio
- Canvas
How I work
What it’s like to work with me.
Start with the person using it
I want to know who is using the thing, what they are trying to do, and where it hurts. That context usually settles the important technical decisions.
Build for the next change
I care about clear boundaries, useful tests, and performance we can measure—but mostly I want the next engineer to understand what I left behind.
Share the context
I write things down, ask direct questions, review with care, and mentor without gatekeeping. Good work moves faster when nobody has to guess.
Recognition and community
A few things I’m proud of.
A hackathon win, a second-place engineering competition finish, and time spent teaching kids how to stay safer online.
Best Buy Hackathon · 2023
1st Place — Best Collaborative Tool
Built a mentor-matching tool that connected early-career engineers with experienced people who could help in the areas they wanted to learn.
Algorithm competition · 2023
2nd Place — Engineering Cup 4.0
Finished second in Best Buy’s annual engineering competition by solving algorithm problems against the clock.
2022 — present
Instructor — Geek Squad Academy
Taught more than 100 students about online safety, privacy, password security, and digital citizenship.
The résumé
The details, on paper.
5+ years building enterprise web and mobile products. I also earned both of my degrees with a 4.0, including an M.S. in Information Systems (Software Engineering Management) in September 2026.
Tayden FlitcroftSenior Software Engineer
5+ years
product engineering
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San Antonio, Texas