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James Whitaker

Front End Developer

Contact

  • [email protected]
  • +44 7700 900004
  • Leeds, UK
  • in/jameswilson

Skills

  • Frontend: React, TypeScript, NextJS, HTML5, CSS3, Storybook
  • UX/UI: Wireframing, Prototyping, User Stories, WCAG Compliance, A/B Testing

Summary

Front End Developer with 5+ years of professional experience specialising in React, NextJs, and TypeScript.

Experience

Senior Front End Developer
Pixel Digit
Leeds, UK
March 2022 - Present
  • Spearheaded the development of Pixel Digit, leveraging React, Typescript and NextJS adhering to high quality standards and engineering best practices
  • Collaborated closely with frontend developers and product teams to create accessible features that aligned with high engineering standards.
  • Built a project-wide UI library using Storybook, ensuring design system consistency and better user enhancement for users.
  • Led technical evaluations for onboarding new developers, cultivating a focus on best practices and continuous improvement.
  • Authored and reviewed technical proposals for frontend architecture improvements, driving decisions on UI enhancements and ensuring alignment with company-wide engineering standards.
Front End Developer
WebCraft Studios
Bristol, UK
August 2020 - February 2022
  • Led development of websites for high-profile clients, including WebCraft and WebCraft Studios, ensuring responsive, accessible, and high-performance user experiences using React, TypeScript, and Next.js.
  • Collaborated with designers and product managers to translate Figma designs into pixel-perfect, WCAG-compliant UI compo- nents, improving user engagement and usability.
  • Optimized front-end performance by implementing lazy loading, code splitting, and caching strategies, reducing page load times by 40% for multiple client websites.
  • Integrated third-party APIs and CMS solutions such as Contentful and WordPress, enabling clients to manage and scale their content seamlessly across multiple platforms.
  • Utilized graphics programming skills, including expertise in Canvas and SVG, to create dynamic and interactive visual elements that enhance user engagement.

Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Science
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK
Sep 2016 - Jun 2020
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