Scott Vandehey
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Scott is a front-end architect and CSS specialist with over 15 years experience. He curates the Friday Front-End Twitter and newsletter, sharing front-end development tips and links every day. He is the author of “How to Find a Better Job in Tech.”
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Sublime Text, GitHub, MacOS
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was a CMS platform with hundreds of users and millions of readers.
Work Experience
Senior UI Engineer
Say Media
- Hired to completely refactor the CSS for the CMS app with an eye to making it more maintainable.
- Defined a set of standards for working with modular CSS.
- Added a dynamically updated pattern library.
- Introduced CSS linting to enforce best practices.
- Updated all layout logic to use more modern flex+grid methods.
- Changed the app to use responsive images.
Senior UI Developer
HealthSparq
- Joined a strong UI team converting a suite of healthcare applications from legacy JavaScript to Ember.
- Shipped a new product allowing employers to offer their employees access to our Unified search app.
- Worked on the creation of a visual pattern library that could be included in all apps to standardize our UI code.
- Drove adoption of proper scrum methodology.
Senior Front-end Engineer
Puppet Labs, Inc.
- Responsible for managing the marketing websites for PuppetLabs.com and PuppetConf.com.
- Converted the sites from WordPress to Drupal, increasing the efficiency of multiple teams through custom workflows.
- Worked with the UX team to overhaul site design with an emphasis on adaptive layouts, retina imagery.
- Increased front-end maintainability using HTML5 and Sass.
Senior Front-end Developer
Burnside Digital
- Provided front-end production for clients including the Food Network.
- Pushed client adoption of mobile support and CSS3 standards like media queries and webfonts.
- Drove adoption of maintenance-focused best-practices and expansion of front-end as a discipline in the organization.
- Revamped company blogging strategy and overhauled company branding.
Front-end Web Developer
Metal Toad Media
- Created standards-compliant sites for clients including Limewire and the Emmys.
- Mostly Drupal themes utilizing CSS3, XHTML/HTML5, and jQuery.
- Helped to promote social media as a marketing tool, including Twitter, Facebook, and blogging.
- Created a Drupal 7 base theme using HTML5.
- Spoke at conferences about HTML5, Drupal theming, and web standards.
Front-end Web Developer
Pop Art, Inc.
- Produced large-scale websites with CSS and XHTML for clients including Freightliner Trucks and LP.
- Collaborated with designers and programmers, advocating for web-standards to increase SEO and accessibility.
- Worked to promote blogging as a communication and promotional tool.
Experience
Tempest CMS
https://www.saymedia.com/publishingFriday Front-End
https://fridayfrontend.com/How to Find a Better Job in Tech
Book List
https://github.com/spaceninja/book-listSkills
Languages
HTML5, CSS3, Sass, HTML, CSS, ECMAScript (ES6), JavaScript
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Paradigms
Responsive Layout, OOCSS, SMACSS, BEM, Scrum
Other
Cross-browser Compatibility, Web Standards, Software Development, Front-end Development, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Tools
Ghost, GitHub, Git, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Sublime Text
Platforms
WordPress, Drupal, MacOS
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, React
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
Portland State University - Portland, OR
Certifications
Certified Scrum Master
ScrumAlliance
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