● Mar 2025 – Mar 2026 · Remote current
Software Engineer Lead · AKQA Group (Apple account)
Frontend architecture lead for Apple. Architected internal React applications and prototype tools from scaffolding through delivery, led the email engineering team, and shipped commerce upsell + recommendation work across Shopify and custom platforms.
- Owned frontend architecture for Apple-account React, Next.js, Vue.js, and Nuxt.js MVP builds end-to-end.
- Built internal React dashboards and report-builder apps giving Dev Engineering Leads real-time visibility into project status and metrics.
- Led a team of email engineers across high-volume marketing and transactional programs — dynamic, session-cookie templating powering multi-campaign workflows.
- Engineered Shopify cart upsell, recommendation engines, and minicart integrations; extended storefronts via theme customization and Liquid templating.
- Implemented first-party cookie / session tracking powering personalization and retargeting; optimized recommendation scripts for localization and category accuracy.
- Built modular UI component libraries compliant with WCAG 2.1 and Section 508.
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● Sep 2024 – Mar 2025 · Remote
Senior Frontend Drupal Engineer · Aleut Federal
Federal Drupal frontend work for government agencies in the weather and environmental data space — surfacing complex scientific datasets through accessible, public-facing interfaces.
compliance508 · WCAG 2.1 AA
- Delivered frontend Drupal on government agency sites surfacing weather and environmental data.
- Built and maintained custom Drupal themes and component-based templates — data-heavy requirements rendered as accessible UI.
- Implemented responsive frontends aligned with Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA against federal release cadences.
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● Aug 2021 – Sep 2024 · Cupertino, CA
Senior Frontend Software Engineer · Level Studios (Apple) · Uptime.com
Two adjacent tracks: shipped React-based internal tooling for Apple project managers, and was sole frontend owner of Uptime.com's marketing site (architecture, design system, performance, SEO).
organic visibility+20%
- Apple — designed and built a React-based internal PM dashboard centralizing project details, lifecycle steps, and team communications.
- Apple — implemented automated email and ticket generation tied to dev process stages.
- Apple — ran code reviews enforcing maintainability, performance, and Apple's engineering standards; improved UI responsiveness via profiling and React optimization.
- Uptime.com — owned the marketing site end-to-end as the only frontend engineer: architecture, technical direction, and core flows (pricing, profiles).
- Uptime.com — built scalable React component libraries and design systems from scratch; React + Tailwind + Chakra UI.
- Uptime.com — implemented SEO best practices and CI/CD pipelines; optimized trial-to-paid conversion.
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● Jul 2023 – Jan 2024
Senior Frontend React Engineer Instructor · Thinkful
Mentored cohorts of up to 20 students per cohort in modern frontend development. ES6+, component architecture, state management, async workflows.
- Mentored up to 20 students per cohort across modern frontend topics.
- Conducted in-depth code reviews with actionable feedback.
- Contributed curriculum updates aligned with evolving frontend technologies and hiring standards.
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● May 2014 – Oct 2014 · Apr 2020 – Aug 2021 · Seattle, WA
JavaScript & React Instructor · Code Fellows
Taught full-stack JavaScript and React fundamentals across multiple cohorts. Curriculum design and student portfolio development.
- Taught full-stack JS / React across multiple cohorts; supported students through debugging and portfolio development.
- Contributed to curriculum design and updates aligned with current industry tooling.
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● Feb 2019 – Apr 2020 · Seattle, WA
Frontend CMS / PHP Web Engineer & Manager · Amperity
Owned end-to-end development of the marketing website. Led a PHP → Craft CMS migration and built a modular email template system that cut campaign turnaround in half.
page performance+25%inbound leads+18%marketing dependency−40%email turnaround−50%
- Owned end-to-end development of the marketing site; ensured full WCAG accessibility and brand alignment.
- Built landing pages and campaigns that lifted inbound lead generation through cleaner HTML/CSS/JS and optimized conversion paths.
- Led a full migration from PHP to Craft CMS — streamlined content workflows and reduced marketing's dependency on engineering.
- Built a modular email template system enabling non-technical teams to deploy branded campaigns independently.
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● Sep 2014 – Feb 2019 · Bellevue, WA
Frontend Drupal Software Engineer · Smartsheet
Maintained and optimized a Drupal codebase serving millions of monthly users through two major website migrations; led localization and frontend standards during rapid company growth.
localization turnaround−35%
- Maintained / optimized a Drupal codebase serving millions of monthly users — performance and scalability across two major migrations.
- Built responsive, multilingual marketing pages and landing experiences with cross-browser compatibility from IE8+ through modern browsers.
- Integrated and extended Lingotek translation workflows, expanding international reach.
- Established frontend standards, documentation, and workflows during rapid company growth.
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