Derek Demaria
Lead Front-End Engineer at Nike
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Demaria is a Lead Front-End Engineer based in Portland, Oregon with nine years of experience building thoughtful, user-centered web applications. After transitioning from a design career, he leverages a strong visual communications and UX design background to craft polished, accessible front-end experiences at scale for Nike. He has progressed through roles from teaching React to hands-on implementation and now leads front-end efforts, blending mentorship with delivery. Derek’s work reflects a hybrid designer-developer perspective that shortens feedback loops between product, design, and engineering. Comfortable in both agency and in-house settings, he has experience establishing processes and tackling backlogs to improve documentation and product quality. He brings a knack for turning design intent into resilient interfaces while coaching teams to adopt modern front-end patterns.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
L&S, Design, Visual Communications, L&S, Design, Visual Communications at University of California, DavisUser Experience Design, UX Design, User Experience Design, UX Design at General AssemblyHack Oregon
Github Skills (15)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dsdemaria/dnd
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:33 pushes, 12 branches, 4 issues in 1 month
dsdemaria/housing-frontend
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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