Monarch Money | Frontend & CMS

Leon Li

Verified

Frontend Engineer

Software Engineer

Web Developer

Next.js

Sanity

Shadcn UI

What is Monarch Money?

Monarch is your home base for money clarity, it simplifies finances by bringing all your accounts together into one clear view. Always know where your money is and where it's going, achieve your goals quicker, and collaborate with your partner or professional at no extra cost.

What I did on Monarch Money?

Overview

As a senior Frontend Engineer, I played pivotal roles in developing its marketing site. The site was designed with dynamic content management, high performance, and an intuitive user experience, empowering the marketing team to manage updates independently. The entire project was successfully delivered within 2 months, providing a beautiful, high-performing, and SEO-optimized site that significantly enhanced customer engagement.

Tech Stack

Next.js (App Router), Sanity CMS, Tailwind CSS, Shadcn/ui, Vercel

Key Contributions

Best Coding Practices & Project Setup:
Referred to the best Next.js + Sanity CMS boilerplate and implemented ESLint, Prettier, Husky and commit rules to ensure a clean and maintainable codebase.
Established a structured development workflow with branch management (dev, staging, live) using Vercel for a streamlined CI/CD process.
Sanity CMS Integration & Type-Safe Development:
Architected a well-structured Sanity Studio schema for managing pages, SEO settings, and other critical content management features, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
Connected Sanity Studio with basic authentication for secure content management.
Implemented automatic type generation, ensuring a fully type-safe project—whenever a new schema was created in Sanity, the system automatically generated the necessary types across the entire project.
Design System & UI Development:
Built a scalable design system including base components, layouts, color schemes, typography, header, and footer, enabling the UI team to develop modules based on consistent, reusable components.
Led UI implementation and contributed to over 20 out of 30 modules, ensuring pixel-perfect execution from Figma designs.
Conducted rigorous QA testing and bug-fixing to guarantee a seamless user experience.
Performance Optimization:
Implemented LQIP (Low-Quality Image Placeholder) blur effect using Sanity CDN, integrated with Next.js Image for faster loading and better UX.
Optimized server-side rendering (SSR) and static generation (SSG) strategies to improve page load speeds.
A/B Testing & Marketing Analytics:
Integrated Segment.io to track all user events, enabling data-driven decision-making.
Implemented A/B testing with Split.io, optimizing conversion rates based on real-time insights.
Set up analytics tracking across platforms, including AppsFlyer, Reddit, Spotify, TikTok, and cookie management for GDPR compliance.
Real-Time Content Support & Collaboration:
Worked closely with the marketing team, contributing to content entry and providing real-time bug fixes to ensure a smooth launch.

Results & Impact

🚀 Delivered the full codebase in just two months, ensuring a scalable, maintainable, and high-performing site. 💡 Enabled the marketing team to update content autonomously with Sanity CMS integration. ⚡ Achieved phenomenal UX with fast-loading pages, optimized images, and smooth interactions. 🔍 Boosted SEO performance, enhancing visibility and engagement.

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What the client had to say

Leon was a key asset to my team this past year, offering thoughtful feedback, insightful suggestions, and asking the right questions. His precision and quality of work are rare. We will certainly collaborate with him more in the future.

Aaron Cohen, Cementworks

Mar 7, 2025, Client

Posted Feb 25, 2025

The modern way to manage your money. Monarch will change the way you organize your financial life. Track, budget, plan, and do more with your money - together.

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4

Views

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Timeline

Jun 28, 2024 - Feb 25, 2025

Clients

Cementworks

Tags

Frontend Engineer

Software Engineer

Web Developer

Next.js

Sanity

Shadcn UI

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