Summary
Kirsty Forrester is a Frontend Developer with eight years of professional experience building user-first eCommerce and web applications, currently leading frontend development on a React/Redux and Laravel platform that drove a 30% increase in web sales. She has a strong track record of shipping fast, pragmatic solutions—most notably delivering a custom eCommerce system during the 2020 lockdown to enable direct-to-patient veterinary medication fulfilment. Comfortable across the stack, Kirsty integrates third-party APIs (eBay, Zendesk, Mailchimp, Worldpay, HSBC Open Payments and logistics partners) and has built custom WordPress, BigCommerce and WooCommerce sites for international clients. Her background includes API work with Symfony and JWT auth, and she has a history of turning side projects into useful tools, from a social platform for crafters to a React/canvas bead pattern maker. Based in the Borough of Fylde, she blends creative design sensibility with engineering rigor—an approach recognised by multiple internal awards including Employee of the Year.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego