Michael Feola

About

Front-end engineer with strong browser UI and accessibility instincts, including ownership of a complex responsive color/style picker for a major paint brand and foundational theming work for a SaaS CMS. Particularly notable for combining progressive enhancement, cross-browser rigor, and accessibility leadership to make polished interfaces work reliably across devices and user needs.

Key Strengths

• Built a sophisticated responsive browser UI with dynamic accordion behavior across 1-5 column layouts
• Strong front-end architecture for progressive enhancement and graceful degradation without JavaScript
• Deep cross-browser QA discipline using BrowserStack and extensive local testing
• Designed scalable theming foundations using SCSS variables and inheritance for white-label/rebrand use cases
• Accessibility leadership and practical expertise in keyboard navigation, color accessibility, and screen reader considerations
• Able to bridge design and accessibility trade-offs with consistent interaction standards
• Comfortable with TypeScript and React for large-scale applications
• end-to-end web product ownership in ecommerce SaaS
• cross-functional collaboration with design and overseas teams
• building reusable CMS widgets and scalable UI systems
• rapid adoption of unfamiliar frontend frameworks
• early driver of migration from Marionette to React
• improving developer workflow with Storybook and Jest
• performance-minded state management with Redux caching
• strong code quality practices through reviews and reusable architecture
• accessibility and compliance expertise including VPAT and WCAG AA/AAA
• pragmatic UX problem-solving for assistive technology users
• structured execution planning using Agile/Scrum-style checkpoints
• Balances short-term delivery with long-term maintainability (hardcoded now, designed for later conversion)
• Proactively influences product/process improvements (created wireframes and advocated for admin-configurable widget)
• Builds practical internal tools to solve workflow constraints (import/publish via CMS dashboard widget)
• Data integrity focus in migrations (verification dashboard, reset/delete on failure)
• Uses LLM tools to accelerate development and automation
• Demonstrated large efficiency gain via automation (from ~30 min per shape to ~40 shapes in same time)

Reference Highlights

• lead developer ownership
• accessibility expertise
• usability focus
• strong product architecture
• adaptability with new libraries
• quick ramp-up
• technical problem-solving
• mastery of browser fundamentals
• strong team player
• improves poor user experiences
• balances accessibility and modern polish
• attention to performance and responsiveness
• strict typing discipline
• thoughtful module boundaries
• issue prevention before production
• clean separation of logic and presentation

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