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I’m Kathleen Burkhardt, a Senior Frontend Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-scale Angular applications and reusable component libraries for Fortune 500 organizations. I specialize in Angular (v14–18+), TypeScript, RxJS, and component-based architectures, with a strong track record of improving performance, ensuring WCAG-compliant accessibility, integrating RESTful APIs, and driving quality through comprehensive testing and CI/CD best practices. I collaborate closely with UX designers, backend engineers, and cross-functional Agile teams to ship reliable, high-performing, accessible web apps. My work emphasizes maintainable code, scalable design systems, and user-centered experiences, including leading AI-assisted workflows and modern cloud-native delivery.…I’m Kathleen Burkhardt, a Senior Frontend Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-scale Angular applications and reusable component libraries for Fortune 500 organizations. I specialize in Angular (v14–18+), TypeScript, RxJS, and component-based architectures, with a strong track record of improving performance, ensuring WCAG-compliant accessibility, integrating RESTful APIs, and driving quality through comprehensive testing and CI/CD best practices. I collaborate closely with UX designers, backend engineers, and cross-functional Agile teams to ship reliable, high-performing, accessible web apps. My work emphasizes maintainable code, scalable design systems, and user-centered experiences, including leading AI-assisted workflows and modern cloud-native delivery.

Kathleen Burkhardt

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I’m Kathleen Burkhardt, a Senior Frontend Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-scale Angular applications and reusable component libraries for Fortune 500 organizations. I specialize in Angular (v14–18+), TypeScript, RxJS, and component-based architectures, with a strong track record of improving performance, ensuring WCAG-compliant accessibility, integrating RESTful APIs, and driving quality through comprehensive testing and CI/CD best practices. I collaborate closely with UX designers, backend engineers, and cross-functional Agile teams to ship reliable, high-performing, accessible web apps. My work emphasizes maintainable code, scalable design systems, and user-centered experiences, including leading AI-assisted workflows and modern cloud-native delivery.…I’m Kathleen Burkhardt, a Senior Frontend Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-scale Angular applications and reusable component libraries for Fortune 500 organizations. I specialize in Angular (v14–18+), TypeScript, RxJS, and component-based architectures, with a strong track record of improving performance, ensuring WCAG-compliant accessibility, integrating RESTful APIs, and driving quality through comprehensive testing and CI/CD best practices. I collaborate closely with UX designers, backend engineers, and cross-functional Agile teams to ship reliable, high-performing, accessible web apps. My work emphasizes maintainable code, scalable design systems, and user-centered experiences, including leading AI-assisted workflows and modern cloud-native delivery.

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I’m Kathleen Burkhardt, a Senior Frontend Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-scale Angular applications and reusable component libraries for Fortune 500 organizations. I specialize in Angular (v14–18+), TypeScript, RxJS, and component-based architectures, with a strong track record of improving performance, ensuring WCAG-compliant accessibility, integrating RESTful APIs, and driving quality through comprehensive testing and CI/CD best practices.

I collaborate closely with UX designers, backend engineers, and cross-functional Agile teams to ship reliable, high-performing, accessible web apps. My work emphasizes maintainable code, scalable design systems, and user-centered experiences, including leading AI-assisted workflows and modern cloud-native delivery.

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Software Engineer II/III at Rocket Mortgage

March 1, 2025 - April 1, 2026

Designed and developed enterprise-scale Angular UI within a large Nx monorepo, improving interaction latency by ~30% and stabilizing complex multi-step financial workflows. Built modular, reusable Angular components and services with strong separation of concerns, predictable RxJS-based state management, and adherence to routing, lazy loading, and security best practices. Integrated NestJS/Node.js RESTful APIs in close collaboration with backend teams, ensuring consistent data contracts, error handling, and seamless application functionality. Delivered clean, cross-browser HTML5/CSS3/SCSS aligned with UX design specifications and accessibility standards. Introduced Playwright E2E test suites and expanded Jest unit coverage, reducing production regressions by 25%. Performed JavaScript profiling and front-end optimization, reducing largest-contentful-paint by up to 30% in large workflows. Modernized CI/CD pipelines by streamlining Nx and ESLint configurations and enforcing Module Federat

Software Engineer II/III at BlackRock

January 1, 2022 - March 1, 2025

Architected and scaled a cross-framework enterprise design system with reusable Angular, React, and Stencil.js components deployed across dozens of enterprise applications. Designed predictable reusable component APIs, consistent interaction patterns, and inclusive UI frameworks adhering to WCAG 2.1/2.2 accessibility standards. Led remediation of high-impact accessibility issues and integrated automated WCAG testing directly into CI/CD pipelines. Containerized Cypress E2E suites using Docker to run parallel Chrome tests in CI, dramatically reducing test suite execution time while validating keyboard navigation, forced-colors mode, and visual regression across browsers. Collaborated with UX/UI designers using Figma Dev Mode to translate high-fidelity prototypes into production-ready interfaces. Integrated protobuf-based telemetry to enhance observability and structured data handling across UI surfaces. Presented at external technology conference on advanced accessibility testing using C

Software Engineer I at BlackRock

February 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021

Built Angular/React applications and modular Web Components using Stencil.js to modernize internal platforms, delivering end-to-end from requirement gathering to production. Transitioned to the cross-framework design systems team, beginning a focus on accessibility, design systems, and inclusive product development.