Summary
Joe Widener is a UI/UX developer with 11 years of experience designing and building web interfaces that prioritize usability and visual polish. Based in Baltimore, he has shipped production React and TypeScript front-ends at companies like Riot Games and Allegis Group, and currently works on UI/UX for the Maryland Department of Human Services while freelancing on Next.js dashboards and multi-framework projects. He pairs a design background (BA in Visual Arts/Graphic Design) with strong front-end engineering skills—HTML, Sass, JavaScript/Node, React—and a track record of improving developer workflows, documentation (Storybook/Docusaurus), and release stability. Joe often bridges product, design, and DevOps, handling complex merges, repository management, and custom Salesforce front-end tooling that materially boosted user efficiency. He’s motivated by turning complex business logic into intuitive interfaces and continually upskills across React, Angular, and Vue to adapt to diverse stacks.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
UMBC