Shawn O'connor
Frontend Software Engineer at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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RockstarShawn O'connor is a Frontend Software Engineer based in Chicago with nine years of professional experience building polished, accessible web interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He currently crafts user-facing applications for the University of Chicago and has a long history of frontend work from Sears Holdings to independent freelance projects dating back to 2005. Comfortable in both institutional and freelance settings, he blends steady production experience with a knack for practical tooling—evidenced early in his career by building a PHP-backed usage statistics system at WTTW. Shawn’s focus on front-end craftsmanship is matched by a curiosity for small-scale systems and continuous side projects that keep his skills sharp and adaptable.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (64)
react-native10
typescript10
metadata10
mantine10
portal10
uikit10
react10
windmill10
react-components9
authentication9
travis-ci9
authz9
jwt9
risk-assessment9
tushare9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
uc-cdis/vpodc-data-commons
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
VPODC Data Commons using Gen3.2
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 23 PRs in 6 months
uc-cdis/vadc-data-commons
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
VADC Gen3 Data Commons repository for gen3 frontend framework
Contributions:4 reviews, 30 PRs, 45 pushes in 3 months
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