Hi, I'm Aaron Neville
Front End Developer
I build fast, accessible, and well-crafted web applications. I love working across the full stack—from designing intuitive UIs to architecting reliable back-end services. When I'm not coding, you'll find me exploring new technologies and reading Le Guin right now.
Expertise
Skills & Tech Stack
The tools and technologies I work with day-to-day.
Languages
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Java
- C#
- SQL
Frontend
- React
- Vue
- Angular
- TanStack Router / Start
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Vite
- Webpack
- Gulp
Backend
- Node.js
- Express
- GraphQL
- Java Spring Boot
- REST
Databases
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Mongo
DevOps & Cloud
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
- AWS
- Azure
- Jenkins
Tools
- Git
- VS Code
- Figma
- DBeaver
- Postman
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
Career
Work Experience
Where I've worked and what I've accomplished.
- Milestone
Senior Engineer
Code Stuff Company
Remote
Sub-contract with Department of Defense Health Agency to enhance Electronic Grants System (EGS) applications with new and legacy technologies: AngularJS, React, Groovy, and Java Spring Boot. Continuously partner with stakeholders, developers, and quality assurance to deliver primarily front end features and stories. Overall focus of project is to rebuild legacy AngularJS apps as micro front ends with emphasis upon WCAG and user experience standards.
- Migrated the legacy Angular codebase to React + TypeScript, creating a friendlier environment for users as well as developers
- Owned development for contact address book for medical grants system
- Greenfield new micro front end and replacement for extJS
- Milestone
Senior Engineer II
American Express
Hybrid Remote/Phoenix, AZ
Build internal web apps for new Digital Banking department at American Express. Coordinate with designers and stakeholders; lead developers in some projects; document and design stories from requirements; implement the design language system (Amex DLS -- CSS/React), REST services (One Data -- Java Spring Boot), and micro frontend system (One App -- React).
- Built and maintained the core front end modules (and many others) for "Control Tower" application, the primary observation tool for American Express' Digital Banking experience.
- Mentoring junior developers and seeing them succeed and elevate their own positions at Amex
- Milestone
Web Developer II
Panasonic Avionics
Remote/Irvine, CA
Lead front-end developer for a .NET development team for IT department. Supported all departments with various internal applications. Each project incorporated different technologies: Company Marketing site, Vue, Wordpress; Intranet, .NET, jQuery, SCSS/CSS; Company SDK commerce site, .NET, React; Onboarding, Angular 4; etc.
- Working closely with user interface designers to build the best user experiences
- Learning to work in .Net environment mainly as a front end devloper
- Built front end for company wide intranet based upon Sitefinity and hosting various apps
- Coordinating with junior front end developer to build ecommerce based site for PA's software development kits
- Milestone
Front End Developer
Album
San Clemente, CA
Partnered with designers and business clients to create web-based marketing sites and advertisements utilizing PHP, JS, SCSS/CSS. Primarily developed and deployed WordPress sites, themes, and minor plugin work.
- Partership with health provider for Apple, Facebook to design health system for iPhone
- Began to focus on Javascript for greater interactive work
- Milestone
Web Developer
Heilbrice
Irvine, CA
Responsible for building interactive online ads with Adobe Flash and HTML5 and custom marketing websites and microsites using HTML, JS, SCSS/CSS, and WordPress for clients of the firm.
- Attending basketball games and marketing partership with Los Angeles Clippers
- Learned a lot about motion graphics and animation in Flash and Javascript