Steven Hauser / Frontend engineer

Background

  • A decade of remote experience
  • BA in Visual Communication Design
    May 2010, Magna Cum Laude
  • Minor in Web Design and Development
  • Dean's list, Honors College alumnus

Core skills

  • HTML, CSS, JS/TS, and React expertise
  • Strong sense of UX, design, and accessibility
  • Experience with backend frameworks like Next, Rails, and Django
  • Productive both independently and on teams
  • Dedicated to growing own skills and helping others grow theirs

Experience

Zapier

January 2016 – September 2021 Remote

Senior frontend engineer

  • Led development of Zapier's design system, working closely with designers to build highly reusable, flexible, and accessible components, as well as global site navigation
  • Architected multi-user account functionality, transforming Zapier from a single-user to a multi-user product
  • Continually improved codebase by introducing flexible patterns and promoting simplified solutions
  • Mentored other engineers and provided detail-oriented feedback during code review and pair programming sessions

Articulate

June 2012 – December 2015 Remote

Interaction developer

  • Built numerous applications for authoring and consuming e-learning content
  • Engineered application to play back desktop-authored media presentations in a web interface
  • Wrote modular CSS for various web applications
  • Mentored teammates and helped grow their skillsets
  • Integrated apps with Rails and Node backends

SyncShow Interactive

June 2011 – March 2012 Rocky River, Ohio

Interaction developer

  • Led development of HTML5-based eLearning multimedia app for college orientation program
  • Pioneered company's first mobile app
  • Built front end of several client websites

Rosetta Marketing Group

October 2010 – June 2011 Cleveland, Ohio

Interaction developer

  • Wrote HTML, CSS, and JS for large client websites
  • Co-engineered templates for multisite project
  • Worked closely with clients and project managers

Abison, Inc.

January 2010 – October 2010 Kent, Ohio

Web designer + developer

  • Redesigned Abison's website
  • Crafted front end of e-commerce websites for clients
  • Overhauled front end code of company’s CMS
  • Redesigned CMS’s administrative tools web application