Summary
Sanford Gifford is a Principal Software Engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience specializing in front-end development and a background in graphic design, animation, and education. He has built customer-facing UIs from scratch at startups like Clickety and delivered production-grade front-end work at Bloomberg and Reclaim.ai, blending strong JavaScript/HTML/CSS skills with C-style languages and Java/Android experience. Sanford’s work often spans web standards, XSLT/XML, and occasional backend or C# integrations, enabling him to bridge design intent and engineering constraints. He brings an educator’s mindset to teams—having taught animation workshops—and a designer’s eye for polished interfaces, which helps turn complex requirements into usable, visually coherent products.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Sarah Lawrence College