Derek Dinsmore
Staff Software Engineer at Bitly
Mesa, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Dinsmore is a Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of front-end experience building accessible, scalable UIs across education, fintech, and SaaS, currently leading product and technical direction at Bitly where he drives the ad platform, AI Insights, and Bitly Pages. He combines hands-on engineering—shipping React and React Native apps and scaling component libraries—with product-minded leadership, mentoring engineers and shaping cross-functional roadmaps. Derek has a track record of improving quality and delivery through testing transformations that cut bugs by over 30% and by championing accessibility and developer experience. His background in graphic design and district-wide accessibility initiatives gives him a strong UX sensibility and a knack for translating vague requirements into polished, usable products. Based in Mesa, Arizona, he thrives on pragmatic ownership and working with smart teams to build products people love.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Graphic Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Graphic Information Technology at Arizona State UniversityRio Salado College
English
Stackoverflow
289reputation
40kreached
3answers
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Github Skills (88)
javascript9
vuex-orm9
switch9
buefy9
vue9
versioning8
input-mask8
datepicker8
directive8
flexbox8
validation8
bulma8
nvm8
form-validation8
masking8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DinsmoreDesign/DinsmoreDesign.github.io
Oct 2016 - May 2022
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
DinsmoreDesign/color-room-jekyll
Sep 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 57 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
jekyllroom
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