Summary
June Kato is a Senior Front End Developer with 10+ years of experience building responsive, production-grade web interfaces using HTML5, CSS3/SASS, and modern JavaScript (React/Redux, Vanilla JS, Node.js), and a long history with frameworks like Backbone and Angular. Based in Culver City, he pairs strong UI/UX collaboration skills with visual design expertise—proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator and SVG optimization—allowing him to translate complex designs into performant, accessible code. His career spans agency and in-house roles for clients such as Edmunds, YP, Fandango and major brands, and he’s comfortable in both legacy ecosystems (Flash/ActionScript) and current toolchains (GitLab, NPM/Yarn, Docker). Fluent in English and Japanese, he also brings an uncommon creative edge from decades as a professional musician and recording engineer, which informs his attention to audio-visual detail and cross-disciplinary problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music, Commercial Music, Bachelor of Music, Commercial Music at Belmont University
Seinan Gakuin Highschool
Japanese