Sam Hermes
Senior UX Developer at Alley
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Hermes is a Senior UX Developer with 11 years of experience designing and building accessible, high-performance web experiences across higher education, retail, and digital agencies. Currently at Alley after a multi-year tenure leading web development at Washington University, he focuses on longevity and inclusive design practices that scale across large organizations. A self-described "CSS aficionado," Sam pairs deep front-end craftsmanship with pragmatic leadership—having moved from hands-on development into director-level responsibilities and back into senior UX roles. Based in St. Louis, he blends academic rigor from a BS in Computer Management and Information Systems with a long history of freelance and institutional work, often prioritizing durable solutions that reduce future maintenance overhead.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Management and Information Systems, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Management and Information Systems at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Github Skills (15)
wordpress10
gutenberg10
wordpress-plugin10
seo8
git6
typescript6
wordpress-shortcode6
github5
electron5
eleventy5
mantle5
wordpress-themes4
github-desktop2
advanced-custom-fields1
web-components1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
samhermes/alexander
Mar 2021 - Mar 2026
Front-end starter kit
Contributions:5 releases, 5 PRs, 94 pushes in 5 years 1 month
development-toolsreactsasscssfrontend
samhermes/stlmetro.link
Dec 2014 - Feb 2017
Contributions:53 commits, 6 PRs, 81 pushes in 2 years 2 months
metrolinkst-louisschedule
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