Summary
Shawn Rhodes is a senior front-end engineer in Austin with nine years of experience blending design sensibility and engineering to build responsive websites and progressive web apps. He has led teams of up to seven developers, chaired design system development, and mentored interns while shipping products that diversified revenue and reduced session lengths. Proficient in React, Next.js, TypeScript, Redux, GraphQL, and Sass, he also drives developer experience improvements through tooling like Storybook, ESLint, and Zeroheight. Shawn has delivered measurable business impact—supporting an app with 3,000 monthly users and cutting annual external vendor costs by over $500,000. His background in art and technology informs a pragmatic UI-focused approach that balances aesthetics with scalable front-end architecture. Outside of full-time roles he’s kept skills sharp through certifications and independent contracting, demonstrating strong autonomy and operational discipline.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Grow With Google Scholarship, Front End Web Development, Grow With Google Scholarship, Front End Web Development at Udacity
Fine/Studio Arts, General, Fine/Studio Arts, General at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Front End Development Certificate, Computer Science, Front End Development Certificate, Computer Science at freeCodeCamp
Associate of Applied Science, Automotive Design, Color, and Refinishing, Associate of Applied Science, Automotive Design, Color, and Refinishing at University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Art and Technology, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Art and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas