Summary
Aaron Ladage is a Kansas City–based Senior Staff Engineer specializing in frontend architecture and Contentful-driven, headless JAMstack solutions, with 11 years of experience building scalable omnichannel digital experiences. He blends hands-on component-driven development (React, Next.js, Storybook) with platform strategy—helping enterprises adopt API-first content models and curated stacks. Aaron has led platform architecture at agencies and enterprise consultancies, runs a web design studio, and currently shapes Contentful integrations at Matterport. A regular speaker and writer for venues like SXSW and Smashing Magazine, he translates complex content modeling and DX tradeoffs into practical developer-friendly patterns. Notably, his career spans both product-grade platform work and grassroots web education—teaching college courses while maintaining a client-facing studio—so he bridges academic, agency, and enterprise perspectives.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Wapsie Valley High School
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts at Iowa State University