Tanner Villarete
Senior Software Engineer Frontend at Brex
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolTanner Villarete is a Senior Frontend Software Engineer in Seattle with nine years of experience designing and shipping delightful, user-centric web and mobile interfaces. Currently at Brex, he helped found and scale the Brex Travel frontend using React, React Native, TypeScript and GraphQL, and previously drove reusable component libraries and performance-first UX at Convoy and iFixit. He blends product-minded design sensibilities with pragmatic engineering—examples include client-side PDF rendering to replace server work and a polished Apple Music–style streaming UI and iPod Classic simulator in his open-source projects. Known for clean, animated, and responsive interfaces (including custom scroll-wheel and scrubber components), he focuses on features that make complex workflows feel simple and enjoyable.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
English
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Github Skills (11)
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javascript10
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front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
responsive9
html9
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tvillarete/ipod-classic-js
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023
An iPod Classic simulator that connects to Apple Music and Spotify. Built with React & Styled Components
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:37 reviews, 167 commits, 83 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Tanner's primary focus was on developing and implementing the user interface of an iPod Classic simulator. They built a scroll wheel component from an older version of the project, and then refactored and refitted the UI components to utilize a MusicKit JS integration. The user demonstrated proficiency in React and styled-components, implementing features such as a volume bar, scrubber, and a now playing view. They also set up various views to provide a complete and functional application.
reactbuilt-with-reactemulatoripodipod-classic
tvillarete/apple-music-js
Jul 2018 - Sep 2021
A music streaming service built from the ground up using React & Redux
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 77 commits, 41 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Tanner primarily focused on implementing and refining UI components for an Apple Music-like streaming service. They enhanced the visual aspects of the application, including adding animations, lazy loading of images, and mobile responsiveness. Significant changes were made to the header, album, and playlist views. The user also added features like an options menu and time scrubbing to improve the user experience.
reactstreaming-servicestreamingmusic-streamingreact-redux
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