Frontend & Design Systems Lead

Profile

Frontend engineer with experience in Vue, React, TypeScript, and (S)CSS—including accessibility, automated testing, design, and DevOps. Recent client work included performance optimization. Comfortable following or leading. Has led design system development and adoption at scale, front-end architecture, mentoring, and developer advocacy. Certifications in DevSecOps, Cypress automation, Security and Privacy by Design, and Vue.js testing.

Experience

1. Frontend Engineer
   Gaming / learning platform
   2023–present

   Frontend engineering for consumer product. Some recent performance optimization work for latest client.

2. Co-Founder
   Software agency
   2017–present

   Client relations, business development, contract negotiations, headhunting. Front-end engineering and architecture (React, Vue, CSS modules, SCSS, responsive design). DevOps (Heroku, Netlify, Docker, Webpack, Gulp). Design.

3. Co-Founder
   Digital agency
   2020–2024

   Client relationship management and engineering.

4. React Developer
   Large technology company
   2019–2023

   Development and maintenance of React-based apps. Accessibility audits. Mentoring (React, Vue). Test automation and research (Jest, Cypress). Application security.

5. Lead Developer, Design System
   Large technology company
   2018–2019

   Led team for parallel major versions of design system. Front-end architecture research and POCs. Strategy with PO, UX and Design (brand, adoption, scaling, accessibility). Design system DevOps (versioning, build pipeline, CDN).

6. Developer & Developer Advocate
   Large technology company
   2018–2019

   Developer advocate (events, social, consultancy). UI patterns for company-wide design system (reusability, accessibility, brand). Supporting adopters and large-scale adoption. Design system DevOps.

7. Front-end Developer, Design System
   Large technology company
   2012–2018

   UI patterns for company-wide design system (reusability, accessibility, brand, responsiveness). Supporting adopters and adoption initiatives. Design system DevOps. Knowledge sharing and mentoring. Internal JS guild.

8. Corporate Webmaster
   Large technology company
   2011–2012

   Static UI patterns for design system; brand, accessibility, semantic HTML, cross-browser support.

9. Web Production Lead
   Large technology company
   2008–2011

   EMEA client relationships for internal marketing. Technical consultancy (web, social, SEO). Project management.

10. Front-end Developer
    Product company
    2011–2012

    Side engagement: CSS and HTML UI patterns.