Summary
Dana Cartright is a Lead Frontend Developer with 9 years of experience building accessible, high-quality React and Next.js applications for enterprise eCommerce and intelligence tooling. Currently leading frontend efforts at Ulta Beauty, she combines hands-on coding in TypeScript, GraphQL, and modern testing (Storybook, Jest, Cypress) with team leadership and delivery ownership. Previously she managed and mentored engineering teams at Formidable, driving onboarding, sprint planning, and performance reviews while still contributing to feature development and documentation. Dana has a strong background in reusable component design, accessibility audits, and integrating CMS solutions like Sanity, bringing UX-first thinking from collaboration with designers. Her career began in government web development, where scaling and maintaining 200+ internal sites forged a pragmatic approach to cross-team collaboration and maintainability. She pairs technical depth with organizational discipline—balancing code quality, testing, and clear Confluence documentation to keep complex projects on track.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Information Technology, Master's Degree, Information Technology at Towson University
Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology at University of Phoenix
Associate's Degree, Computer Science, Associate's Degree, Computer Science at Anne Arundel Community College