Summary
Andrew Appleby is a Senior Software Engineer and front-end specialist with 11 years of experience building accessible, high-quality UI/UX across React, Next.js, TypeScript and legacy stacks. He has led web engineering efforts at Weedmaps and Robots and Pencils, designing component libraries, breaking down complex features into scalable tickets, and driving data-informed A/B experiments and accessibility improvements. Comfortable bridging product, design and backend teams, he mentors engineers, champions test coverage, and has delivered reusable design systems for both enterprise and ed-tech clients. A self-taught web developer since age 11 who formalized his skills after music studies, he brings rare discipline from a parallel career as a Drum Sergeant—where he led and taught performance ensembles—to his collaborative leadership style. Based in Victoria, BC, Andrew pairs a pragmatic engineering mindset with a creative background, and he’s as likely to debug a tricky API as he is to perform in a competitive pipeband.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bootcamp Certification Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Bootcamp Certification Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at General Assembly Canada
High School, High School at Fredericton High School
Bachelor's degree Music (Classical Percussion) Performance minor in Marketing, Bachelor's degree Music (Classical Percussion) Performance minor in Marketing at McGill University
French, English