Brent Ertz is a Frontend Architect with 11+ years building pragmatic, design-driven web applications and infrastructure from green-field prototypes to legacy modernizations. Based in Boulder and open to remote work, he blends hands-on development, product sensibility, and leadership to guide global teams on front-end architecture, component libraries, and design systems. At Broadcom he created and open-sourced the Mineral UI React component library while driving modernization of Rally/CA Agile Central and internal design systems. Technically fluent in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Next.js, GraphQL, and tooling like Webpack and Docker, he champions accessible semantic HTML and CSS craftsmanship. His background bridges scientific training (MS/BS summa cum laude in geosciences) with two decades of shipping production software across startups, research labs, and enterprise. He’s known for pragmatic prototyping and a collaborative approach that tightens the loop between design, product, and engineering.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Earth Science, Summa Cum Laude, 3.93 QPA, BS, Earth Science, Summa Cum Laude, 3.93 QPA at Clarion University of Pennsylvania
MS, Geoenvironmental Studies, Summa Cum Laude, 4.0 QPA, MS, Geoenvironmental Studies, Summa Cum Laude, 4.0 QPA at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
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