Robert Aird
Software Engineer at Shift Interactive
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Aird is a versatile Software Engineer based in Chicago with eight years of experience building full-stack JavaScript and TypeScript applications, specializing in accessible UX and maintainable, well-tested code. He has shipped features across startups and scale-stage companies—working front-to-back with React, Node, PostgreSQL and NoSQL—while contributing to product design, data modeling, and developer workflows. At mumms® he helped standardize the development environment and onboard engineers, and at Forager he shaped freight marketplace tooling from data design through launch. Currently at Shift Interactive after senior engineering work at Tandem, he combines a designer’s sensibility (BFA in Animation/Interactive Tech) with practical engineering discipline from Operation Spark, making him adept at bridging product, UX, and engineering realities.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Operation SparkBachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Animation Interactive Technology Video Graphics and Special Effects, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Animation Interactive Technology Video Graphics and Special Effects at College for Creative Studies
Github Skills (62)
react-boilerplate10
scaffolding10
redux-saga10
styled-components10
forms10
redux10
json-form10
immer10
react-router10
foundation9
json9
minecraft9
vue9
react9
angular9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
robertaird/photoAtlas
Dec 2017 - Sep 2020
Contributions:16 PRs, 15 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 8 months
robertaird/github-user-search
Sep 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 14 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 8 months
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