I’m Shandley, an Engineering Manager and Frontend Architect based in San Diego, CA, working remotely. I have 15+ years building and leading frontend SaaS products, balancing people leadership with hands-on technical contribution, architecture design, shared tooling, and customer-facing apps. I excel at leading distributed teams, collaborating with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable software solutions. I’m known for pragmatic decision-making, clear communication, and growing high-performing engineering teams, establishing frontend best practices, design system patterns, and driving API-driven integrations.

Shandley K. Phillips

I’m Shandley, an Engineering Manager and Frontend Architect based in San Diego, CA, working remotely. I have 15+ years building and leading frontend SaaS products, balancing people leadership with hands-on technical contribution, architecture design, shared tooling, and customer-facing apps. I excel at leading distributed teams, collaborating with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable software solutions. I’m known for pragmatic decision-making, clear communication, and growing high-performing engineering teams, establishing frontend best practices, design system patterns, and driving API-driven integrations.

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I’m Shandley, an Engineering Manager and Frontend Architect based in San Diego, CA, working remotely. I have 15+ years building and leading frontend SaaS products, balancing people leadership with hands-on technical contribution, architecture design, shared tooling, and customer-facing apps.

I excel at leading distributed teams, collaborating with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable software solutions. I’m known for pragmatic decision-making, clear communication, and growing high-performing engineering teams, establishing frontend best practices, design system patterns, and driving API-driven integrations.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Engineering Manager (Hands-On) / Frontend Architect at Apptricity Corporation
January 1, 2018 - Present
Lead and mentor a distributed engineering team responsible for multiple customer-facing web applications, fostering ownership, psychological safety, and continuous improvement. Design and implement the technical architecture for a suite of React-based apps, including a map-pinning platform, city request portal, and vehicle telematics dashboard. Architect and maintain a monorepo with shared libraries and tooling to enable code reuse, consistency, and improved development velocity. Stay hands-on in code while guiding delivery timelines, architectural decisions, and tradeoffs. Partner closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable software solutions. Guide teams in balancing performance, security, scalability, and maintainability while avoiding unnecessary complexity. Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, and release coordination in an Agile environment. Drive improvements in team execution, predictability, and
Founder / Engineer at AllWomensFootball.com
January 1, 2024 - Present
Designed and built a React-based web platform focused on women’s football, emphasizing content discovery, presentation, and user experience. Architected the frontend application and supporting data flows, applying the same standards used in production SaaS environments. Iterated on layout, performance, and information architecture to support exploratory, content-rich user journeys. Used the project as a testbed for modern frontend patterns, component reuse, and UX experimentation.
Technical Lead / Senior Frontend Web Developer at Sharp Health Care
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018
Served as technical lead for medium to large-scale web initiatives, guiding architecture, implementation, and delivery. Collaborated with marketing, business stakeholders, and UX partners to ensure technical solutions aligned with organizational goals. Evaluated and introduced modern frontend frameworks, including AngularJS, and migrated legacy applications to modern frontend architectures to improve maintainability and scalability. Analyzed performance and conversion metrics to inform technical and UX improvements. Recognized with the C.O.R.E. Award for work on sharp.com and scmg.com (2016–2017).
Project Manager / Senior Frontend Web Developer at Deal Current Network
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2013
Acted as a bridge between executive leadership, clients, and engineering teams to deliver customer-facing SaaS products. Led frontend development for consumer sites, client admin tools, and internal platforms supporting millions of monthly users. Designed and delivered responsive, mobile-first experiences using HTML, CSS3, JavaScript, and JSON-based APIs. Refined product launch processes, reducing time-to-launch from months to weeks.

Education

Bachelor of Science – Economics at San Diego State University
January 11, 2030 - January 7, 2026

Qualifications

US Soccer D License
January 11, 2030 - January 7, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services