Nick Bristow
Web Developer at Skylight Digital LLC
Burke, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Bristow is a seasoned web developer with 12 years of experience building full-stack, accessible government applications using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, and AWS. He blends hands-on engineering with product leadership and agile team management, having served as an accessibility subject matter expert ensuring 508 compliance across federal projects. Nick has contributed front-end accessibility improvements to prominent open-source government software (Login.gov identity provider), demonstrating attention to UX details like ARIA attributes and error handling. His background spans QA leadership, multimedia e-learning systems, and operational IT support, giving him a practical edge in translating policy and accessibility requirements into reliable, user-friendly software.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems and Operational Management with a Film and Media Studies, Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems and Operational Management with a Film and Media Studies at George Mason UniversityPoquoson High School
English
Github Skills (8)
html10
accessibility10
javascript10
rails9
ruby-rails9
identity-provider6
identity6
oid5
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
18F/identity-idp
Jun 2017 - Feb 2018
Login.gov Core App: Identity Provider (IdP)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:55 commits, 68 PRs, 273 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily focused on front-end development tasks, specifically related to improving the user interface and accessibility of the application. Their contributions included adding `aria-hidden` attributes to accordions to improve screen reader compatibility and updating success and "come back later" messages. They also addressed issues related to displaying error messages and phone number verification, enhancing the overall user experience.
govoidcprovideridpcivic-tech
department-of-veterans-affairs/va-api-scorecard
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
A site for tracking the status of VA's API development.
Contributions:281 commits in 1 month
apiapi-sstatustrackingapi-development
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