Brian Carstensen
Software Engineer IV at Apple
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolBrian Carstensen is a seasoned front-end software engineer with 15 years building user-focused web experiences, now at Apple after senior roles at ISeeChange, RedShelf, and Crowdpac. Trained as a graphic designer (BFA, Columbia College Chicago), he brings a designer’s eye to engineering, frequently bridging product, UX, and implementation. His career spans cultural and research institutions to startups, delivering polished, accessible front-end systems and mentoring teams on pragmatic front-end architecture. Based in Chicago, he blends visual craftsmanship with modern engineering practices and a track record of shipping production-ready interfaces at scale.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Graphic design, BFA Graphic design at Columbia College Chicago
Github Skills (58)
frontend10
touch-event10
javascript9
utility9
vue9
homebrew8
surface7
api7
go7
docker7
html6
nodejs6
static-site6
css6
ruby6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
zooniverse/planktonportal
Feb 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:215 commits in 9 months
zooniverse/penguinwatch
Mar 2014 - Dec 2014
Deprecated - moved to www.zooniverse.org/projects/penguintom79/penguin-watch
Contributions:101 commits, 5 comments, 1 issue in 8 months
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