# Jesse Wagstaff

> Creating systems to fight wildfires @ Seneca

Location: Larkspur, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jessewagstaff

As a senior front-end web development engineer with over 16 years of experience, I'm passionate about building engaging, accessible, and performant user experiences. Driven by a love of continuous learning in the ever-evolving web landscape, I excel at collaborating with designers and developers to bring user interfaces to life. I have a strong foundation in front-end technologies, including extensive experience with frameworks like Vue and Nuxt, modern JavaScript, semantic HTML, and CSS. I'm a proponent of user experience and progressive enhancement through clean, maintainable code. I effectively communicate and collaborate across teams, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders. I'm a highly motivated and results-oriented individual with a proven track record of success in delivering high-quality work.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Seneca
Jan 2025 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ Grove Collaborative
Jan 2018 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California
- Implemented e-commerce features, account management, internal tools, and educational experiences on a continuously evolving Vue / Django platform.
- Performed clientside upgrades, architecting the migration from Backbone Marionette to Vue 2, Vue 3/pre-rendered Nuxt.js, and finally a replatforming to Shopify's theme framework utilizing Liquid and componentized reactive modules.
- Consistently ensured support for business KPIs, marketing campaigns, and maintained a library of shared components using Storybook and Typescript which was closely integrated with Figma designs.
- Streamlined operations by transitioning search, merchandising tools, and catalog management from Django APIs to Constructor.io, a third-party search and product discovery platform and documented content management features for future reference.
- Championed the adoption of the Vue Composition API to separate logic from presentational components and synchronize application state with Django Rest API and other endpoints.
- Improved code reusability, separation of concerns within unit tests, page performance, and reduced bundle sizes.
- Built reusable, responsive, and accessible UI components, including product carousels, modals, dynamic SVGs, styled form elements, and others used in core user flows.
- Transformed Figma designs into responsive, accessible, and performant experiences.
- Designed REST API integration and components for an impact tracker that displayed plastic saved per customer, a custom VIP experience with a gift picker, customer-specific pricing, quizzes, and CMS-driven segmented content.
- Defined technical strategies, conducted code reviews, mentored engineers, and advocated optimization techniques.

### Lead Web Developer @ Telltale Games
Jan 2011 – Jan 2018 | San Rafael, CA
Developed and evolved the front-end for Telltale’s online presence as well as implemented both internal and customer facing APIs to power it. Worked closely with marketing and creative teams to design and develop responsive high performance websites, interactive campaigns, a vibrant community portal, experimental features, and an online store to market and sell unique story driven episodic games. Implemented features that spanned across websites, games, and internal tools. Worked with a dedicated team of designers, engineers, game developers, and marketing professionals within the company.

### Web Developer / Designer @ Ursa Minor Arts & Media
Jan 2006 – Jan 2009
Worked with a team of designers creating expressive sites for our clients as the company's head web developer. Provided expertise in front-end development technologies to enhance interactivity, user interfaces, and modules. Provided additional support maintaining the audio mastering studio, Linux servers, client support, and video editing suites at the company.

### Web Developer @ Riverdeep
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005
Assisted in the launch of the company portal site adapting new and existing content to the portal format and design. Outlined style guidelines and created tutorials for others to continue updating content through the portal system.


## Education
### BA in Digital Media Studies
University of Denver

### Digital Animation
San Francisco State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jessewagstaff
- Website: http://jessewagstaff.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-05