About Me
Hi, nice to meet you! I'm a Senior Frontend Engineer at Udemy (now part of Coursera). I have 8+ years of experience building scalable web products and platform infrastructure, with a focus on TypeScript, React, and Next.js. My work tends to live at the intersection of product and platform — I've shipped features on high-traffic consumer surfaces while also owning shared component libraries and developer tooling that other engineers depend on day to day.
I also spent two years as the lead instructor at one of the country's top software engineering bootcamps, which helped me build the skills needed to speak about complex topics with anyone and provide mentorship to junior engineers. Collaborating with people who are excited about building cool things is what I enjoy. I am passionate about learning new technologies and always looking for opportunities to expand and hone my skills. Some of my personal and professional projects can be seen below.
Portfolio
Professional Experience
I was the lead engineer working on the redesign of the login page for Spredfast's marketing platform, eventually the marketing half of the Khoros product suite. In doing so, we upgraded all project dependencies, maintained a focus on accessibility, and added the convenience of 4 multi-factor authentication options.
As the technical lead for the Shared UI project at Khoros, I oversaw the conception, design, and implementation of a brand new reusable React component library for use by developers across the Khoros product suite. This project maintained accessibility as top priority by enforcing WCAG compliance.
While working on the UI/UX team at Kapsch TrafficCom, I led an initiative to build a new toll road management application from the ground up using Angular to replace a legacy application built in jQuery. This app is currently used by clients to manage and monitor toll roads and express lanes across the United States.
Personal Projects
patrickdaly.us
The website you're looking at right now! Developed using only HTML and CSS. Super efficient and fully responsive. Perfect Google Lighthouse scores for Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO. It's also self-hosted in a Docker container on my home server behind an nginx reverse proxy and secured with SSL.
Both Sides
A news aggregator that puts bias control in the user's hands. A political bias slider lets readers tune their feed anywhere from Far Left to Far Right, surfacing articles from outlets matched to that position. Built with React and a Node/Express backend.
Pokédex
A game-aware Pokédex inspired by Bulbapedia. Select your game from the header and all data across the site — Pokémon availability, move learnsets, items, and more — automatically filters to match that game's content. Built with React.
corporate-quarters.com
Website for a luxury real estate developer in Houston, TX. Developed using React 18, bundled with Webpack 5, hosted through AWS. Continuous integration and continuous deployment configured through AWS Amplify.
greenbelter.io
Access useful information about the Barton Creek Greenbelt. View real-time water flow depth data from the USGS Water Services API at multiple locations on the greenbelt. Additionally, obtain directions to each swimming hole. Developed using React, Node/Express, and deployed on AWS.
