Brett Jankord
Lead Software Engineer at Garmin
Olathe, Kansas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrett Jankord is a Lead Software Engineer based in Olathe, Kansas with 14 years of front-end experience focused on design systems, accessibility, responsive web design, CSS, React and Vue. At Garmin he has progressed from Software Engineer to lead roles, shaping UI component libraries and bringing production polish to large-scale applications. He is an active open-source contributor—his work on component-driven projects like terra-core and a public style-guide boilerplate emphasizes maintainable design systems, theming, and testable UI patterns. With a BFA in Digital Arts, he blends visual sensibility with engineering rigor, often tackling the visual and accessibility edge cases teams overlook.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Digital Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Digital Arts at Kansas State University
Github Skills (15)
html10
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
web-components10
frontend10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
web-frontend10
react10
ui-components10
testing9
accessibility9
css-modules8
component-kit7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bjankord/Style-Guide-Boilerplate
Mar 2013 - Nov 2021
⚡️🎨 A starting point for crafting living style guides.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 1 review, 156 commits in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Brett primarily worked on the front-end aspects of the project, focusing on building out a style guide. They implemented various HTML elements and incorporated CSS styling to showcase different components and patterns. Significant effort was put into refining the layout, navigation, and overall presentation of the style guide, improving its usability and accessibility. The user also refactored some aspects of the project, including the layout and navigation.
starting-pointcsspointcraftingstyle-guides
cerner/terra-core
Sep 2016 - Oct 2019
Terra offers a set of configurable React components designed to help build scalable and modular application UIs. This UI library was created to solve real-world issues in projects we work on day to day.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:37 releases, 762 commits, 1085 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Brett primarily focused on updating and implementing components within the `terra-core` repository, which is a UI library built with React. Their work involved updates from theming validation, adding validation updates, documentation, and configuring the monorepo. Their contributions primarily involved changes to the visual aspects of button components and the creation of tests. The user demonstrated a focus on UI development and component maintenance within the React framework.
dayterrareact-componentsreactjsmodular
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