Summary
Alan Kendall is a Senior Software Engineer and front-end architect with over two decades of experience designing scalable, high-performance UI systems across enterprise and growth-stage environments. He specializes in React and TypeScript, leading modernization efforts that reduce technical debt, shrink bundles, and embed accessibility and testing standards into reusable component platforms. Alan has a track record of scaling teams while staying hands-on—shaping CI/CD, testing practices, and front-end governance that enable rapid, reliable delivery. He’s delivered mission-critical systems for large user bases and built long-lived internal platforms, including multitenant front-end resources and role-based SaaS interfaces. Based in Chicago, he combines a craftsman’s attention to interaction detail with pragmatic architecture decisions that prioritize maintainability and evolution. Quietly obsessive about polished UX, he pairs performance tuning with subtle interaction refinements that make complex workflows feel intuitive.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Northwestern University