Rob Knecht
Software Architect - Design Systems at Autodesk
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolRob Knecht is a design-focused software architect with 10+ years building scalable design systems and full-stack web applications across enterprise and startup environments. Currently shaping design systems at Autodesk after leading similar efforts at Cloudflare and Target, he combines front-end expertise in React, Angular, and Vue with Node and PHP back ends to deliver production-ready libraries used widely across organizations. He has a rare blend of graphic design training (BFA, University of Michigan) and deep engineering practice, which helps him bridge UX vision and technical implementation. At Target he led an internal UI library that supported 500+ initiatives, and he’s repeatedly driven migrations and tooling upgrades to modernize frontend stacks. Known for mentoring engineers, establishing CI/CD and inner-source practices, and translating complex stakeholder needs into practical roadmaps, he thrives where product design and engineering meet. Based in Minneapolis, he brings a pragmatic, creative approach to making consistent, reusable UI systems at scale.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design at University of Michigan
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Github Skills (29)
javascript10
react-native10
testing10
vite10
web-components10
webpack10
vue10
html10
svelte10
react10
documentation10
angular10
storybook9
ui-components9
typescript9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
surprisehighway/generator-surprise
Jul 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:4 releases, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 1 year 5 months
highwayyeomanyeoman-generatorsurprisetypescript
surprisehighway/craft-upsshippingrates
Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 12 commits, 8 pushes in 1 month
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