I'm an experienced front-end web developer with both full-stack and UX skills. I've specialised as a Design Engineer and build and implement Design Systems in concert with Design teams. I can help offload the burden of true front-end and UI development from your team, while improving your web application's (or site's) performance and accessibility.…

Shaun O'Connell

I'm an experienced front-end web developer with both full-stack and UX skills. I've specialised as a Design Engineer and build and implement Design Systems in concert with Design teams. I can help offload the burden of true front-end and UI development from your team, while improving your web application's (or site's) performance and accessibility.…

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I’m an experienced front-end web developer with both full-stack and UX skills. I’ve specialised as a Design Engineer and build and implement Design Systems in concert with Design teams.

I can help offload the burden of true front-end and UI development from your team, while improving your web application’s (or site’s) performance and accessibility.

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Skills

Experience Level

CSS
Expert
HTML5
Expert
API
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
Github
Expert
Django
Intermediate
Node.js
Intermediate
Ruby on Rails
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
Afrikaans
Advanced

Work Experience

Freelance/Contract front-end web development specialist at Self-employed (tactile.co.za)
January 1, 2007 - Present
Consulting as a Design Engineer (building Design Systems and Component Libraries), front-of-the-front-end web development, and general web development. I also volunteer as a web development mentor and tutor.
Senior Front-end Developer & Interaction Designer at Various New Zealand organisations
September 30, 2014 - August 1, 2024
Worked for vairous NZ organsiations such as Flick Electric Co., Abletech, Ackama.com, mainly within the Ruby on Rails community, and doing primarily front-end web development.
Front-end developer and Interaction Designer at Various South African organisations
January 1, 1999 - August 31, 2014
Worked for various SA organisations such as Dimension Data, Consology, Siebel, Oracle, Kalahari.com, CareerJunction, Yola.com, and more.

Education

Matriculation (with University exemption) at Bryanston High School
January 1, 1992 - December 31, 1997
One distinction
Certificate in COBOL programming at Van Zyl & Pritchard
August 1, 1998 - December 31, 1998

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Education
    paper Flick Electric Co. Design System

    Together with another developer and two product designers, we designed, implemented, and built components in the Flick Electric Co. Design System.
    It was written in Middleman, and implemented in a blog, public site, and several Ruby on Rails applications.

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