Thoughtful interfaces. Lasting impact.
A senior front-end engineer turning complex ideas into intuitive digital experiences. Based in San Francisco, building with care.
Good people. Meaningful products.
Selected work
Products shaped around real constraints: complicated workflows, production data, multiple stakeholders, and the need to keep shipping.
01 / React + TypeScript
A recruiter workspace for turning job requirements into focused candidate searches, with intelligent filters, real-time suggestions, and reusable search management.
Built the React and TypeScript interface, custom hooks, service integrations, and the interaction model around search and filtering.
02 / Next.js + TypeScript
A production storefront for collectible releases and rare finds, covering the path from product discovery through authentication, checkout, and operations.
Designed and built the end-to-end web platform with a modern Next.js stack, payments, account flows, data modeling, and cloud infrastructure.
03 / Next.js + i18n
A responsive home for community stories, events, and church information in English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.
Created the information structure and responsive Next.js experience with accessible navigation, multilingual content, and search-friendly foundations.
Additional work
Smaller projects for exploring new stacks, interaction patterns, and AI-assisted product ideas.
Experience & impact
Across recruiting, commerce, food delivery, education, and content platforms, I stay close to both the user problem and the engineering system behind it.
The journey so far
2023 — Present
Senior Front-End Software Engineer
Building AI-assisted recruiting products, commerce systems, loyalty experiences, and internal operations tools.
Position 12021 — 2022
Senior Front-End Software Engineer
Delivered food-delivery operations software, contributed shared infrastructure, and mentored front-end engineers.
Position 22020 — 2021
Senior Front-End Software Engineer
Led education product work and rebuilt cross-platform SDKs for smaller bundles and more predictable integration.
Position 32017 — 2020
Front-End Software Engineer
Created a CMS and a Vue component system that supported nontechnical editors and hundreds of product pages.
Position 4How I contribute
The tools change. The job stays the same: understand the problem, make good tradeoffs, and ship something dependable.
01
I turn complicated workflows into calm, legible UI—without hiding the power users need.
Search, commerce, operations, permissions, and multilingual experiences.
02
I build component and application architecture that stays understandable as the product changes.
React, Next.js, TypeScript, design systems, state, and service integration.
03
I measure the expensive parts, simplify the path to production, and keep business outcomes in view.
Performance budgets, accessibility, platform tooling, mentoring, and iteration.
Working toolkit
About
I'm a senior front-end engineer who enjoys the point where product judgment, interaction design, and software architecture meet.
My strongest work starts with an ambiguous workflow and ends with something people can understand quickly—and other engineers can extend confidently. That means asking good questions, choosing the right level of abstraction, and measuring what matters once the work ships.
I also care about the team around the code: mentoring engineers, sharing context early, and making quality a repeatable habit instead of a final pass.
Start a conversation
If you're building a product where front-end depth and product judgment both matter, send the context, constraints, and timeline.
magicchewl@gmail.com
