Personal details

Matthew S. - Remote

Matthew S.

Timezone: Pacific Time (US & Canada) (UTC-8)

Summary

A Software Engineer passionate about quality/maintainable code, the developer experience/tooling, and UI/UX.

Perpetual student of all things web and development related with a focus on front-end applications. The web has been my primary medium for nearly 15 years! Before that I was pushing pixels as a Graphic/Web Designer and dabbling my hand in Motion Graphics and Special Effects.

Work Experience

Staff Engineer
thredUP | Feb 2016 - Present
HTML/CSS
Node.js
CSS3
TypeScript
Docker
React
Webpack
Kubernetes
Apollo
Prototyped, pitched, and delivering (WIP) a custom React CMS - Enabling non-development team members to easily create and publish - Taking content creation, testing, and delivery from many days to a couple of hours Prototyped, pitched, and delivered a full rewrite of the online E-Commerce Shop - PWA (progressive web application) which performs nearly 70% better than its predecessor - Adoption of Apollo, TypeScript, E2E Test Suites - Blazing fast development workflows and testing - High level of code quality & consistency Prototyped and delivered a CI/CD integrated mono-repo for NPM Packages - Enabling a high level of code reuse across applications CSS Overhaul - Worked with the Design directly team to formalize a style-guide - Cutting the CSS from 100kb+ to around 20kb Checkout, Filter, and Navigation Overhauls, mentoring and always pushing for improvement in our processes and product. Edit
Design & Development
Freelance | Jun 2002 - Present
HTML/CSS
CSS3
Responsive Design
Project management
Web Design
JavaScript
As a freelancer, I oversee each aspect of the project including client briefs, project timeline, proposal, design, development, management and periodic evaluation of overall effectiveness. Past projects include materials for web & print mediums; flash banners, components, custom website design & development, SEO, branding / logo design and various marketing collateral. Pro-bono: Development of A/V presentation for the 06’ Amgen Tour De California Kick-off event in Sausalito, CA.

Projects

2020 Portfolio
HTML/CSS
CSS3
TypeScript
npm
React
Webpack
Babel
Apollo
My current online portfolio built with Express, React, Apollo, and Typescript.
Progressive Web App
HTML/CSS
CSS3
TypeScript
React
Webpack
Apollo
My current role of Staff Engineer @thredUP I've successfully pitched and delivered numerous projects. The most recent was a full rebuild of our e-commerce website. Other projects include: - Custom CMS (in progress) - Monorepo - CSS Overhaul - Filter Overhaul - Checkout Overhaul