Brian Staruk

• Leading feature development on server-side rendered websites with TypeScript, Next.js, Storybook, and Tailwind CSS, targeting 90% WCAG AA compliance with Siteimprove and Silktide.
• Transforming traditional sales processes into Salesforce-integrated web apps with Vite, TypeScript, React, Redux Toolkit, and Redux Saga, enhancing sales team KPIs for corporations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield and BVI Medical.
• Integrating front-end solutions with headless CMSs such as Sitecore Headless (JSS), Adobe Experience Manager, and Contentful, providing content authors with complete control over the user experience.
• Implementing CI/CD strategies with testing, linting, pre-commit hooks, and GitHub actions to maintain stable environments and a consistent developer experience across projects.
• Collaborating with designers to create pixel-perfect pattern libraries of atomic components using Figma and Storybook, reducing project timelines by enabling rapid production of high-quality deliverables.
• Managing direct reports, performing code reviews, and mentoring developers, contributing to the agency's growth from 200 to 1,000 employees in 5 years.
• Serving as a cross-functional scrum team member on over a dozen successful projects for brands including University of Connecticut (UConn), TriHealth, Transamerica, and Supernus. Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) since 2023.

• Empowered the front-end team to rapidly create atomic pattern libraries of dependency-free components by implementing a proprietary development system using Webpack, Babel, PostCSS, and React server-side rendering.
• Developed front-end solutions for Sitecore and Magento e-commerce websites for brands such as Columbia Sportswear, Geisinger Health System, and Everence Bank.
• Increased user engagement for banks and credit unions by creating micro frontends, including financial calculators and reporting presentations, seamlessly integrated with established enterprise websites.
• Architected a dynamic print-to-PDF service using Docker, Node, Express, and Puppeteer, enabling customized downloadable materials for users of our micro frontends.
• Designed and implemented RESTful APIs with Docker, Node, and Express to support interfacing between our PDF generation service and data sources including Salesforce instances, MongoDB, and Postgres databases.

• Increased productivity for organizations leveraging big data by creating performant single-page applications with React and Angular. Notable projects include a career portal for Amazon Robotics, a construction equipment sourcing program for Caterpillar, and a server farm hardware monitoring system for SevOne.
• Generated significant exposure for brands such as IBM and ARM through innovative experiential microsites, including the creation of IBM's SecurityIntelligence.com, which won the 2015 MITX award for Best B2B Marketing Website.
• Developed and maintained a proprietary WordPress development boilerplate powered by Webpack, Babel, and PostCSS, saving weeks of ramp-up time and providing a consistent developer experience across agency projects.
• Provisioned and managed Linux VPS environments for the agency's portfolio of WordPress websites, reducing costs by over 70% compared to mainstream WP hosting providers.

• Established an online presence and provided custom content management systems for several prominent local businesses. Notable projects include an inventory management portal for Austin Liquors, digital showrooms for Patrick Motor Group, online ordering for Baba Sushi, and a centralized menu editor for restaurants operated by Niche Hospitality Group.
• Increased the consistency and efficiency of our digital offering as the sole in-house developer by creating a boilerplate for websites and administration panels using Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.

Front-End:

• TypeScript
• Modern JavaScript
• React
• Redux Toolkit
• RTK Query
• Redux Saga
• Redux Thunk
• Next.js
• NPM
• Vite
• Build System Architecture
• Webpack
• Module Federation
• Micro Frontends
• Progressive Web Apps
• Storybook
• Pattern Libraries
• Atomic Design Methodology
• Semantic HTML
• WCAG 2.1
• WAI-ARIA
• Internationalization
• SEO & Schema
• Tailwind CSS
• PostCSS
• Sass
• CSS-in-JS (Styled Components)
• BEM
• Framer Motion
• GSAP
• Jest
• Enzyme
• Testing Library

Back-End / Full-Stack:

• Node.js
• Express
• NestJS
• API Design
• Puppeteer
• Linux CLI (Ubuntu, Debian)
• AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda)
• Jamstack (Vercel, Netlify)
• Microsoft Azure
• CI/CD
• Gitflow
• Docker
• Nginx
• Apache
• Web Server Hardening
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• MongoDB
• PHP
• WordPress