Aaron Mullan
Senior Engineer, Web Applications
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Mullan is a Senior Web Applications Engineer based in Portland with six years of professional software experience, currently focused on Next.js, React, Tailwind, and GraphQL. He brings a designer’s sensitivity and road-tested calm from a prior career as an audio engineer and tour roadie, which informs his collaborative, deadline-driven approach to building polished front-end experiences. Aaron has led teams at Avalore, shipping CMS-driven static sites and a reusable React component library, and contributed front-end work to high-profile open projects like The COVID Tracking Project. He pairs pragmatic engineering—TDD, Git-based workflows, and component-driven design—with a curiosity for backend tools like Supabase and emerging AI integrations. Colleagues note his steady presence under pressure and knack for elegant, timely code solutions that improve UX and developer velocity. He balances a deep craft background in music and archival work with modern web engineering, making him skilled at both storytelling through UI and maintaining robust production systems.
6 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate: Full Stack Development, Certificate: Full Stack Development at Alchemy Code LabBachelor of Arts - BA Music Musicology, Bachelor of Arts - BA Music Musicology at Hampshire College
Github Skills (9)
javascript10
visualization10
d3js10
visualizations10
front-end-development10
react10
css8
html8
gatsby7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
COVID19Tracking/website
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
The COVID Tracking Project website
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 26 PRs, 60 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily focused on front-end development within the COVID-19 tracking website. Their contributions included implementing and refining UI components, enhancing map visualizations using libraries such as D3.js, and improving the overall user experience through features like state-specific data linking and interactive elements. Additionally, the user made changes to the dashboard layout and integrated chart components to present data effectively. These changes involved modifying existing components and incorporating new features for better data visualization.
project-websitecovid-trackingproductiontracking
AaronMullan/fastertodo
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:12 PRs, 12 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 7 months
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