Jacob Tarr
Self Employed
Greater Phoenix Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Tarr is a senior frontend and CMS developer with 11 years of experience building accessible, high-performance websites for agencies and mission-driven organizations. He specializes in Craft CMS and WordPress (custom themes, ACF, Gutenberg), and pairs PHP and API integrations with modern frontend stacks like React, Next.js, Twig, Alpine.js, and Tailwind to translate complex design systems into maintainable component architectures. Comfortable working as an independent contractor or within agency sprints, he’s led client-facing projects, mentored junior developers, and implemented design systems with Storybook and Atomic Design principles. Based in the Greater Phoenix Area, he brings a journalism background and a master’s in computer science—an uncommon mix that sharpens his communication and attention to user-focused detail.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at Gannon University
English
Github Skills (9)
bootstrap5
wordpress4
robust4
php3
static-site3
nunjucks3
underscores2
bundler2
statamic1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jacobtarr/lemur
Oct 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:20 commits, 1 push in 6 months
jacobtarr/jacobtarr.github.io
May 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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