Brent Robertson

Architect and develop a React web application showcasing data through dynamic charts, graphs, maps, and tables. Utilize technologies including: Context API, React Query for efficient data fetching, Keylines for advanced data visualization, Ma-terial UI for consistent design, and Jest for unit testing.

Key Contributions

• Spearhead UI development as the sole front end engineer, delivering high-demand features that boosted user en-gagement, adoption, and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with the back end developer to integrate APIs, ensuring smooth data flow and application performance.
• Enhance UI/UX by implementing intuitive design solutions and improving usability, resulting in increased adoption and positive user feedback.

Provide consulting and development for startups and small businesses, creating responsive, user-centric web applications and websites using technologies like React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Firebase (with security rules, hosting, user authentication, and Firestore), Node.js, Express, Wordpress, Heroku, AWS, GraphQL, Apollo, Strapi, and Figma. Lead meetings to define project requirements, design, budgets, timelines, and deliver progress updates.

Key Contributions

• Built an MVP web applications with React and Firebase for a solopreneur to validate ideas and gather user feedback, accelerating time-to-market and guiding feature prioritization.
• Created a WordPress website for a small business to provide service info and a quick demo, increasing lead conver-sions by 20%.
• Rebuilt the UI of an existing crypto web application based on a Figma design using React, Tailwind, and Chakra UI. Architected reusable components and theming for the new system to speed up future development by 100%.

Built and tested network health monitoring web applications using React, Redux Toolkit Query, and D3.js. Collaborated with stakeholders, design, back end, machine learning, and quality assurance teams to deliver user-friendly and efficient products. Ensured pixel-perfect designs and defined REST API data contracts in an agile environment.

Key Contributions

• Led the D3.js data visualization development for over 60 services. The data was re-polled every 60 seconds with Re-dux Toolkit Query and React to allow the user to continuously monitor their system.
• Collaborated with the design team to optimize complex graph visuals, enhancing both UI and UX.
• Expanded the ESLint rules for the front end development team to enforce better coding practices. This led to a stronger code base and more efficient code reviews, which reduced the overall development and maintenance effort.
• Enhanced the application for 508 compliance, prioritizing accessibility and usability.