Ryan Bruns
Sr. Frontend Engineer at BrightAI
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Bruns is a Denver-based Senior Frontend Engineer with 11 years of experience delivering scalable, maintainable web applications and leading cross-functional engineering initiatives. He specializes in React-driven architectures, monorepos, and reusable component libraries, having reduced duplication and load times through pragmatic tooling and training. At Ware2Go and Mira he drove migrations, CI/CD improvements, and adoption of testing tooling (Jest, Playwright, Cypress) that measurably improved performance and coverage. He mentors engineers and runs workshops on architectural patterns, turning team knowledge into repeatable practices that speed delivery. An active open-source contributor, Ryan has improved the popular Bootstrap slider component by removing jQuery dependencies, fixing memory leaks, and adding usability features like tick tooltips. His background spans full-stack work, developer productivity tooling, and production search integrations, giving him a rare blend of hands-on implementation and team-level architecture leadership.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Saginaw Valley State UniversityDelta CollegeBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Michigan State University
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
bootstra10
bootstrap10
testing9
jscript9
css8
html8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
seiyria/bootstrap-slider
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
A slider control for Bootstrap 3 & 4.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 13 days
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and usability of the Bootstrap slider component. Their contributions include adding features like tooltips for tick values and ensuring proper event handling for the slider. They also addressed code formatting issues and removed jQuery dependencies to optimize the codebase. Furthermore, the user worked on fixing memory leaks and performed testing, adding and validating correct behavior, demonstrating a focus on improving overall component quality.
bootstrapsliderjavascript
snurby7/insights
Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
React application that uses the YNAB API to get more data insights into spending
Contributions:154 commits, 65 PRs, 152 pushes in 7 months
reactexpressmongoynab
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