Summary
Stephen Messiah is a UI/UX Engineer Developer III with nine years of front-end experience building responsive, user-centered web applications for major companies including United Airlines, Klarna, John Deere Financial, and Tribune Publishing. He specializes in modern React ecosystems—Next.js, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, Storybook—and has a track record of revitalizing legacy apps and contributing to internal design systems and observability-led solutions. Comfortable in both contract and product teams, Stephen moves quickly from prototyping to production, delivering components and pages that improve conversion and reliability. Based in Chicago, he combines formal full‑stack training from Northwestern with real-world experience shipping at scale across travel, fintech, healthcare, and media. Notably, he’s been entrusted with short, high-impact contracts to finish design-system work under tight deadlines, demonstrating strong delivery focus under pressure.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Full-Stack Web Development, Full-Stack Web Development at Northwestern University School of Professional Studies