Summary
Kelly Barber is a Full Stack Developer with nine years of experience building interactive web applications and production systems, currently contributing to Structura Biotechnology from Old Toronto. Proficient across modern JavaScript ecosystems—React, Svelte, Vue—and Node.js backends, Kelly blends front-end polish (GSAP, CSS transitions, Electron) with server-side and DevOps know-how learned through roles spanning Laravel/PHP, Ruby on Rails, and Linux administration. Comfortable in lean and agile teams, they’ve shipped features with Redux/MongoDB stacks, practiced TDD in mobile contexts, and implemented analytics and growth tooling for product insights. A bootcamp-trained full-stack engineer with a BA in Political Science and Urban Planning, Kelly brings an interdisciplinary perspective that helps translate user and business context into intuitive interfaces and pragmatic backend designs. Notably, their career shows a pattern of pivoting between product-facing UI craftsmanship and infrastructure-level responsibilities, making them effective at bridging design, development, and operations.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Urban Planning, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Urban Planning at University of King's College
Web Development Bootcamp, Full-Stack Development, Web Development Bootcamp, Full-Stack Development at Lighthouse Labs