experience

Software engineering experience

Kaden Beckstead's work history in reverse chronological order. For a shorter overview, see the home page.

JUL 2026 —
PRESENT
Elementum AI
Senior Software Engineer
AI-native enterprise platform — workflow automation and agent orchestration that runs where customer data already lives. elementum.ai
MAR 2024 —
JUL 2026
Webflow
Senior Software Engineer
Scaled Design team — component libraries and reusability tooling for enterprise customers.
  • Organized and led Component Previews — real-time rendering of user-generated previews spanning 2D/3D animation, video, and Webflow elements
  • Optimized the Component Manager (unstable refs, memoization) for a 45% performance improvement
  • Built admin tooling for Customer Support, including a leadership-requested tool for remote library management
  • Rebuilt the styles panel and integrated it with Webflow's AI assistant — two-way communication, preview persistence, and token optimization
  • React (TypeScript, Flux, Cypress, Jest, NX) · Node (TS) · AWS · Datadog, OpenSearch
Introducing Codeflow: our open-source interview environment — Webflow Blog
Featured · built solo

CodeFlow

Designed and built solo — Webflow's open-source AI interview environment. Now used exclusively for every Software Engineer candidate; Kaden Beckstead authored the public write-up when Webflow open-sourced it.

Read about CodeFlow → GitHub
Webflow Component Previews — live preview of a customer stories component in the designer
Component Previews in the Webflow designer
Webflow Assets Panel showing a shared component library and canvas using those assets
Assets Panel with shared library assets
MAR 2021 —
MAR 2024
Adobe
Senior Software Engineer
Workfront Fusion — enterprise marketing automation. Joined via the Workfront acquisition.
  • Led the upgrade of 35 microservices from Node 12 to Node 18
  • Drove frontend disaggregation from an Angular monolith into React microfrontends — better performance, modularity, and shipping velocity
  • Spearheaded a microfrontend admin dashboard for billing and usage metrics
  • Led the full UI re-skin onto Adobe's Spectrum design system
  • Planned an ambitious intern project and mentored them through delivery
  • Redesigned the on-call process, reducing mean-time-to-resolution by ~35%
  • Presented, demoed, and trained groups as large as 350+ people
  • Angular 12, React · Node.js · Docker, Kubernetes, Helm · RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Postgres, MongoDB · AWS, GCP, Azure
Content Supply Chain API
On Call Process Migration
Fusion UI Demo
MAY 2020 —
MAR 2021
BambooHR
Software Engineer
Frontend-focused HR SaaS platform.
  • Led development of custom-tag survey generation and filtering for customers
  • Built scheduled report sharing across organizations
  • Improved feedback, responsiveness, and interactivity through animations and load states
  • Onboarded and mentored a new member of the dev team
2017 —
PRESENT
StockMotion
Founder & Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Gamified personal-finance literacy app — from idea through two full rebuilds, cross-functional team leadership, and App Store launch. stockmotion.io
  • Led marketing, design, and engineering while personally owning backend architecture, security, and the REST API layer
  • Ran user research and interviews throughout UX design, shaping curriculum and product direction
  • Built unit-tested backend with modular services, JWT-based auth, game logic, and comprehensive error handling
  • Took the product from concept through two complete rebuilds to a live iOS and Android release
Tournaments Demo
Qualified Leads Demo
Read the StockMotion story →
MAY 2019 —
SEP 2019
Instructure
Software Engineer Intern
Client-facing web app performance and reliability.
  • Helped reduce the client web app bundle size by nearly 12%
  • Redesigned and buffed functionality on the app's home page with the frontend team
  • Built a feature-rich animation library for micro-interactions
  • Debugged and fixed more than 30 critical security vulnerabilities
AUG 2017 —
MAY 2019
Missionary Training Center
Software Engineer (Student)
Early engineering role, replacing legacy systems for MTCs worldwide.
  • Implemented client-side state management using Mobx for improved performance and reliability
  • Built 30+ endpoints on a Java/SpringBoot stack
  • Passed a "senior certification" by building a full-stack issue-tracking tool
  • Worked with i18n, date/time locales, and unit testing
MAR 2017 —
AUG 2017
Missionary Training Center
Quality Assurance Engineer (Student)
First technical role — QA on the same platform.
  • Compiled and maintained API documentation using Swagger Docs
  • Conducted regular regression tests with weekly releases
  • Presented and gathered feedback on releases, and contributed to agile ceremonies
Education

Brigham Young University

APR 2020
B.S. Computer Science
Emphasis in Software Engineering · Business Strategy minor
  • 1st Place + Audience Choice, BYU App Competition (2020)
  • 1st Place, BYU Opportunity Quest — Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute (2020)
  • Top 3, Instructure Coding Competition (2019)
Legend High School, class of 2013 — FBLA chapter president, state champion rugby team.

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