Melissa Gattoni

Web developer and UI designer / Accessibility Tester at Gattoni Web Development, Independent

Designed interactive high-fidelity prototypes and an accessible component library in Figma for Tickets Rave; built an accessible headless Shopify store for Brushella; created low/high-fidelity mockups with rapid prototyping; deployed SEO-optimised product pages via Gatsby Node API, Gatsby SSG, and Shopify APIs; achieved 100% Lighthouse accessibility score and worked toward WCAG 2.1 AA by 2026; built an online catalogue with admin backend for a Chilean safety equipment retailer; migrated a legacy app to NextJS/React with Prisma on Vercel, boosting product management efficiency by 40%; produced three WCAG-EM reports, resolving 30+ issues and improving Lighthouse from 10% to 90% in under a month.

Frontend Engineer at PlayHQ

Delivered features in the Participant and Admin Portals used by 16,000+ organisations; developed Admin Portal UI integration with Mailchimp API within a schema-first GraphQL workflow; led an Agile accessibility initiative focusing on WCAG 2.1 Level A compliance for over 1 million users.

Frontend Developer / Accessibility Tester (Contractor) at Factor5, Curriculum Platform

Delivered WCAG 2.1 AA-compliant Handbook 2.0 platform for Monash, Macquarie, UNSW, Murdoch Universities (100,000+ students); led component-based Design System development with StorybookJS and accessible theming; implemented automated testing with Jest and Cypress; promoted TDD; conducted pair programming to adopt frontend Best Practices; established Git strategy to improve code reviews; automated CD/CI with Bitbucket Pipelines; led Agile accessibility initiatives with cross-functional teams; produced detailed Jira tickets from external audit reports to fix accessibility issues efficiently.

Frontend Developer / Accessibility Tester at University of Melbourne, DOC Team

Developed and rigorously tested reusable Vue.js components for the University Study Hub portal and Design System; ensured WCAG 2.1 AA compliance reaching 10,000+ students daily; led unit testing to improve maintainability and reduce accessibility issues by over 20%; collaborated with UX and accessibility leads to ensure 100% adherence to standards in core modules; translated user needs into technical specifications for collaboration with a 3rd-party agency to ensure WCAG 2.1 compliance and test coverage.

User Interface Engineer at Paddl Co, e-Learning

Developed reusable React components for web apps and landing pages; built a Foundation for Emails-based mailing system for ~2,000 users; integrated Instagram API to display dynamic feed images; led web accessibility alignment across brand visuals and content; collaborated with backend to maintain Ruby REST API for the ReactJS mobile-first application.

Frontend Developer (Contractor) at Bourne Digital / SAP UX Agency

Coded user interfaces using the SAP Fiori UI framework from design mockups in collaboration with UI/UX designers.

Frontend Developer at Everperform / Performance app

Implemented components for version 2.0 of the platform in React JS, migrating from Ember JS; reviewed mobile app UI to ensure brand consistency with the web app.