Tom Bremer / Web Developer
About
I am a web developer and user advocate. I believe in in making the web accessible, performant, and easy to use. I am more generally interested in unique programming languages, compilers, and light weight or vanilla solutions.
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Work History
Lead Frontend Engineer, World Wide Technology
2015-07-06 - Present
Frontend Engineer, Mentor.
- Deploy applications across web and native mobile platforms.
- Build out custom workflows for GitHub actions and GitLab runners.
- Promote web accessibility standards throughout new and existing teams
- Mentor individual contributors across a range of experience levels in JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PostCSS, Sass, and the various JavaScript runtime environments and ecosystems.
- Coach teams and individual contributors on best practices regarding performance tuning web applications.
- Coach teams and individual contributors on accessibility best practices.
- Facilitate lunch and learns over new and existing web technologies.
- Help incorporate latest web technologies and tools within the organization.
- Rapidly build and maintain frontend and backend prototype applications for clients as well as internally.
- Update the Frontend Engineering, User Research, and User Experience Designer interview processes.
- Worked with the wider WWT Leadership group to build a career matrix and promotion process.
- Build out and maintain various design systems as needed for clients.
- Create and facilitate a two day React training program for clients and teammates.
Software Engineer II, Answers.com / Multiply
2013-04-15 - 2015-06-30
User Experience developer, A/B Test Engineer, UX Tech Stack
- Integral in a full site redesign
- Created CSS and SASS based solutions to eliminate reliance on Javascript DOM manipulations and animations
- Development and support of code styleguide
- Development of modern workflow utilizing GruntJS
- Writing a new framework / pattern library for UX and Backend developers
- Researching TTFB and TTLB optimization
- A large array of user experience tests with content variance
- Standing up new domains for long term tests
Skills
Frontend Development
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Accessibility
- NodeJS/Deno
- Preact/React
Web/App Development
- NodeJS
- React/ReactNative
- Rust
- OCaml/ReasonML
- GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Cypher
- neo4j
- nginx
- Docker
Education
Fine Arts, Bachelor, University of Missouri Saint Louis
Sep, 2006 - May, 2012