# Adam Roberts > Lead / Architect Design Technologist : Front-End Engineer Location: Fremont, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/adamroberts 20 years of web design/development experience, with 15 years focusing on web development utilizing core technologies like JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3. I've built solutions with React, Vanilla JS, and Vue - I'm open to working with any framework or no framework. I've successfully built solutions from 0 to 1 as well as coming in and contributing to existing solutions. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer II, Front-End React @ Nautilus Biotechnology Jan 2024 – Present | San Carlos, California, United States ### Software Development Engineer, Lead/Architect @ Automation Anywhere Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States Maintained, iterated and rebranded FortressIQ React Design System and web apps after being acquired. React. CSS-in-JS. Visualizations. Design System creation, ideation, maintanence and management. Proof of concept ideation around web architecture and package solutions. Utilizing the latest technologies. ### Senior Design Technologist @ FortressIQ Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Senior Frontend Engineer @ FortressIQ Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California Joined to create, ideate and maintain a React Design System to bring all UI components into one place. When I joined, there were 13 different buttons in the product source code. Built a myriad of prototypes that ended up being ported into the product or design system. Focusing on solutions at scale, with thousands of data points. Create and maintain design systems for React web apps. Maintain product UI and improve UX. ### Senior Frontend Developer @ AKQA Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale, California On-site in Sunnyvale with Apple. Developed production Direct Marketing Emails for Apple. Worked with senior Apple employees to devise a solution that allowed anyone in the vertical of Direct Marketing to contribute to a source file which when exported produced production-ready HTML/CSS for sending. I helped with the development of releases on apple.com during product release periods. Senior Front End Developer - HTML, SASS, CSS, JavaScript (Vue, Node, Gulp, React), Handlebars, YAML, Markdown. ### Front End Engineer @ Nimble Collective, Inc Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, California Joined to aid with front-end development. My first task was to convert an Ember.js prototype into a React and iterate from prototype to production. Built and designed a web-based interface for cloud services centred around the production of professional quality animated content for Movies, Television, etc. HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ReactJS / jQuery / EmberJS), Animation, SVG. Web Design, Web Development, User Experience, Interaction design and implementation. ### Senior Web Developer @ WD, a Western Digital company Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, CA Utilizing Javascript, HTML5 & and CSS3 helped create a cloud, web-based file reader that was akin to Dropbox. Rewriting code into componentized javascript/jQuery plugins for consumption in multiple environments and products. Create a fluid solution that utilized CSS Media Queries to ensure that the web app was usable in as many viewport sizes as possible. Helped create a mobile web app version that was severely streamlined. Utilizing SVG for retina assets and cutting down the complexity of DOM structures to alleviate some of the strain on lower-end devices. Helped drive the User Interface and User Experience to be a product of continuous improvement by providing feedback both coming from a design and a development background. ### Web Engineer @ WD, a Western Digital company Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Mountain View, CA Update existing code bases with new features and multiple iterations on completely disparate UI treatments. Clean, optimize and update CSS and images used on multiple solutions. Optimizing CSS selectors and ensuring natural cascade where possible. Work with our design team to create adaptive, cross-browser solutions that maintained the overall design guide. ### Prototype Web Developer @ Apple Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cupertino, CA Rapidly prototype utilizing HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript to create functional, stand-alone prototypes to test user interaction and iterate accordingly. Creating Prototypes from bleeding edge technologies and implementation of alpha/beta libraries and plugins for experimentation and potential use/idea generation for future possible implementation on production environments. Working closely with Art and Business Intelligence to quickly flesh out proposed features for real-world testing and iteration with feedback from all parties concerned. ### UI Designer / Developer / Engineer @ eBay Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | San Jose, CA Control all front-end decisions from the overall design to rapid implementation based on various sources such as customer requirements and utilizing the medium in which they are created and expected use cases. Design and Develop front-end interfaces for internal monitoring tools. Create highly adaptive, highly configurable front-end solutions for internal alerting tools. Leveraging the latest advances in HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery. Design, implement and maintain the next generation of internal tools. Rapidly prototype solutions using in-browser design techniques. Utilize CSS pre-processors, including SASS (my personal preference) and LESS (what I had originally started out using). ### HTML5 / CSS3 Developer @ Moblyng Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Redwood City, CA Creating HTML & CSS for HTML5 games for iPad, iPhone, Android and Facebook. Worked heavily on HTML & CSS3 (majority of UI elements are using CSS3) Poker and a Word Game for iOS, Android and Desktop. Created advanced CSS3 Animations and Interfaces utilizing the latest vendor-specific CSS3 for the mobile web and gradual deprecation to support non-CSS3 browsers. Work seamlessly on mobile and desktop versions of the same codebase - utilizing native advantages but also supporting deprecated browsers such as older versions of Internet Explorer (where possible). Created a simple, fast, responsive corporate website. Based on WordPress and makes use of jQuery, CSS Media Queries and CSS3. ### Web Producer @ Dun and Bradstreet Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Lead developer on D&B's mobile solution http://m.dnb.com, supporting iPhone and Android specifically with support for other devices as a secondary focus. Working on POC/Prototypes for the use of HTML5, CSS3 and other emerging technologies. Redesign of Hoover's currently in testing created in HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery with support for all browsers including IE6. ### Web Producer @ Dun and Bradstreet Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Worked with teams across the country to create better products and websites. Worked on creating better-optimized pages for Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization - using Google Analytics and Google Website Optimizer. Improved site performance on Allbusiness.com by optimizing images for the web, and decreasing file sizes without losing quality. Worked with an engineering team on optimizing a user's lead generation form experience - from the redesign of form elements to the application of new technology. Supervised the creation of a manual for an in-house Content Management System, which included extensive rewrites in order for content to reach a broader audience who may not be completely comfortable in a modern computer environment. ### Lead Web Designer & Developer @ DeskDemon Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | San Carlos, CA As of May 2008 completed a second redesigned of DeskDemon's website to update the the look, feel, and navigational ease as well as optimize the html to the current standards. Worked on special projects as they came up, some of the project included database set up, creating new sections on the website, redesigning different areas and correcting html as needed. ### Web Designer / Admin @ DeskDemon Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 | Shepperton, England Redesigned DeskDemon's website to optimize the HTML to the current standards. Maintained the website with daily updates. Improved search engine optimization, bringing the placement to the first page of the major search engines. ### Owner / Designer / Developer @ Skaidon.co.uk Jan 2002 – Jan 2008 | Shepperton, England My web presence for Freelance work was conducted between 2002 to 2008. The website continues to exist merely as the articles present are still read frequently. During this time I was involved in the following: - Designer and developer of numerous freelance projects and forum templates. - Designer and developer of numerous freelance projects and forum templates. - Continued to grow as a designer and developer. Beginning in the realm of table-based HTML to massively iterative, adaptive solutions built simultaneously for both desktop web and mobile web. ### Quality Assurance Tester @ Electronic Arts Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 | Chertsey, England Assured that all software released/developed or distributed by Electronic Arts was of the highest standard possible. ### Quality Assurance Tester @ Electronic Arts Jan 2003 – Jan 2003 | Chertsey, England Assured that all software released/developed or distributed by Electronic Arts was of the highest standard possible. ## Education ### A level in Business, IT, Multi-Media, Graphics Strode's College ### Thamesmead School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/skaidon --- Source: https://flows.cv/adamroberts JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/adamroberts/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01