Ken Snyder
Principal Engineer at Shoreline
West Jordan, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKen Snyder is a Principal Engineer with 15 years building web applications and architecting React and TypeScript systems, currently driving platform work at Shoreline. A self-described Software Craftsman and co-founder of UtahJS, he blends hands-on front-end development with engineering leadership—previously leading the Sharpr Insights platform through acquisition and scaling it at Dynata. His open-source work, including enhancements to a Quill image-resize module, highlights a focus on polished UX and responsive UI behavior in real-world editors. Based in West Jordan, Utah, he pairs practical product-driven engineering with community education, often favoring pragmatic solutions that improve developer and user experience.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
General Studies, General Studies at Arizona State UniversityBS Business Management, BS Business Management at Brigham Young University
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Github Skills (15)
quill10
javascript10
user-interface10
image-resizing10
image-resizer10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
human-interface10
html9
css9
mailto6
firefox6
php6
google-chrome6
firefox-addon6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
kensnyder/quill-image-resize-module
Mar 2017 - Jul 2018
A module for Quill rich text editor to allow images to be resized.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 6 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Ken primarily focused on enhancing the image resizing module for the Quill rich text editor. Their work included implementing features like a display to show image dimensions, a toolbar for image alignment options, and handling image deletion events. They also addressed UI/UX considerations such as blurring the editor when an image is selected and positioning the size display correctly in various floating scenarios. The user's commits demonstrate a strong emphasis on user interface improvements and responsiveness within the context of image manipulation.
contenteditabletext-editingquillwysiwygrich-text-editor
RightIntel/api-client
Mar 2020 - Feb 2023
JavaScript api client for use in React and Node
Contributions:4 releases, 6 PRs, 44 pushes in 3 years
api-clientapireactjavascriptnodejs
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