- Reply rate:
- -
- Availability:
- Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
- Location:
- New Jersey, New Jersey, United States
- Experience:
- 6 years
Sahith Reddy- ❖ +1 - ❖ New Jersey (open to relocating)
Portfolio|GitHub|LinkedIn
SUMMARY
Front-end Developer with a Master’s in Human-Centered Design and over 5 years of experience buildingmodern, user-centricweb
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applicationsfor product-based organizations. I leverageadvanced React expertise, cutting-edge JavaScript, and aholistic UX approachto
deliver innovative, intuitive interfaces that align with both user needs and business goals.
React, Redux, React Query, JavaScript, TypeScript, Figma, TailwindCSS, HTML/CSS, Next.js
WORK EXPERIENCE
Lepal.AI —Frontend Developer
Oct 2024 – Present
• Led the development of Lepal.AI’s new web application to mirror the functionality of its existing mobile product, ensuring a unified
cross-platform experience.
• Authored reusable component library (buttons, chat bubbles, shop components, theme tokens) with accessibility coverage and
Storybook support.
• Implemented Redux and Tanstack Query for streamlined state management across client and server, ensuring data-sync across
devices.
• Improved animations and micro-interactions created through CSS transitions and animations to enhance feedback and overall UX.
• Collaborated with a 5‑person squad through daily stand‑ups, and ran bi‑weekly demos for product team and stakeholders.
The HCD Experience —Frontend Developer
May 2023 - Nov 2023 (6m)
• Re‑imagined a legacy Bootstrap UI as a typed React component library cutting feature lead‑time by 30 %.
• Advanced mid-fidelity prototypes to fully functional, API-compatible HTML iterations, accelerating prototype-to-production
handoffs by 30%.
• Performed a comprehensive accessibility audit with Google Lighthouse, refactoring components with semantic HTML, ARIA
attributes, keyboard‑only navigation, and compliant color contrasts—raising the accessibility score from 72 % to 98 %.
LinkApp —UX Designer
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022 (11m)
• Served as the sole designer in an early-stage startup environment, taking the product from concept (0) to MVP launch (1).
• Designed and documented a comprehensive design system (colors, typography, iconography, spacing) exported to Figma tokens.
• Conducted preliminary user research with over a dozen small-scale shop owners, identifying 3 unique user archetypes that shaped
the product’s core features.
• Oversaw the design of key user flows and interactive prototypes, enabling a successful initial beta launch to 50 early adopters.
ADP —Front-End Developer
May 2019 - Aug 2021 (2y 3m)
• Contributed to the development of ADP WorkForceNow andADP Time, which over 50,000 hourly employees in the USA use to
track and manage their work hours efficiently for both web and mobile platforms.
• Developed interfaces for Pay Management and Time Punch features using React and Redux stateful component framework.
• Successfully integrated biometric authentication into next-gen kiosk devices, enhancing employee punch efficiency by 22%.
• Improved real-time data synchronization via WebSockets(Socket.IO), reducing incorrect punch entries by 30% and enhancing
overall timesheet accuracy across web and mobile platforms.
• Conducted unit testing and code reviews through Cypress to ensure high code quality and improving overall software stability.
CarrotBox Technologies —UI Developer
Dec 2018 - May 2019 (6m)
• Designed and developed user onboarding, homepage, and checkout pages using the Flutter platform for a cross-platform
e-commerce mobile app.
PROJECTS
Darkskies.co
• Developed a single-page stargazing planner using Next.js, React (TypeScript), TailwindCSS, and shadcn/ui library.
• Integrated Astronomy and Google Places APIs to provide real-time sky conditions and location-based stargazing spots.
• Implemented secure user authentication and data storage via Supabase, allowing seamless retrieval and updates of app data.
• Maintained code in a GitHub master branch using an efficient Git workflow, with automatic deployments on Vercel—also
leveraging performance metrics and user analytics through Google Analytics.
Coffee Quality Analysis
• Analyzed a coffee quality dataset containing 1190 rows to examine the factors affecting coffee quality and production.
• Communicated insights through various visualizations created using matplotlib, seaborn Python libraries, and Tableau.
• Developed a linear regression model with a prediction accuracy of 91.3% to evaluate coffee quality.
LATEST EDUCATION
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Masters in Human-Centered Design —(3.91 GPA)
May 2024
Baltimore, MD
SKILLS AND TOOLS
• UI Development:JavaScript Frameworks(React, Next.JS), CSS Frameworks(SCSS, TailwindCSS, Bootstrap), Component
Architecture, Responsive Design, State Management, API Integration, Version Control
• UX Design:Figma, User Interviews, Visual Design, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Accessible Design (WCAG), Dev-Handoff
Optimization
• Interests:Running, Pickleball, Formula 1, and home-brewing Coffee.
