Tom Bremer / Web Developer

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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

Web/App Development

Education

Fine Arts, Bachelor, University of Missouri Saint Louis

Sep, 2006 - May, 2012