# M K. > Sr Frontend Developer | UI, design systems, a11y | React | looking for product-minded engineering roles Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/m Systems thinker specializing in accessible, production-quality front-end development. Designing + exploring the intersection of systems, futures, and technology Created and earned CWRU's first product design minor. Interested in technology as it relates to systems, sustainability, and the future of food. Domain experience in bioinformatics/crystallography, healthcare device design, and cryptocurrencies. I run a weekly newsletter on tech, design, and innovation called the FinkedIn Dispatch. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Thrive Jan 2022 – Present As one of the founding members of the UX engineering team, I support and maintain our design system based on Material UI (MUI). As Thrive's accessibility lead, I specialize in juggling accessibility (WCAG 2.0) requirements with usability and velocity. I ensure that our components meet the requirements of our users, as well as internationalization/localization (i18n/i10n) and UX best practices. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Thrive Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 At Thrive, I was a frontend platform / design systems engineer who designed, refactored, documented, and deployed customer-facing and internal UI components using React Typescript and MUI. There, I - Expanded design system to empower developer velocity following best practices in internationalization, accessibility, and scalability - Introduced improved developer/designer handoff processes using Figma to reduce common issues and visual regressions - Spearheaded company-wide accessibility initiatives including automated tooling cross-organizationally to decrease a11y violations by 47% ### User Interface Engineer @ Target Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Minneapolis I completed the Technology Leadership Program (TLP) with two rotations: Praxis and Inventory Management Application. With Praxis, our internal starter app framework team, I worked to increase framework adoption and create documentation. With IMA, a supply chain tool team, I converted pages of our enterprise application from Angular to React. I also worked on the Digital Creative Visualization team creating user interfaces for innovative web experiences in React Typescript. I work closely with our accessibility and design systems teams to deliver thoughtful componentry for our two key products: Room Planner and Virtual Beauty Try-on. Here, I shipped production code using a design system, addressed customer feedback and feature requests, and evaluated designs for feasibility. It was exciting to develop accessible and usable components for these new experiences! ### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Case Western Reserve University Prepared and analyzed crystal trays for x-ray crystallography. In addition, I've helped carry out a variety of membrane protein purification protocols, especially those specific to aquaporins. Outside of wet lab, I used a Python module called BioPython to write a script for calculating distances between water molecules with given PDB files. I completed my senior capstone during my junior year. Over the course of the semester, I refined crystallography data to produce a 1.03 A model of the leupeptin-trypsin complex (the highest resolution currently available!). ### Software Engineer Intern (AdWords for Video) @ YouTube Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 I implemented a feature in AdWords using Angular Dart. ### Frontend Designer and Developer Intern @ Apple Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 I built an internal website for the Marketing and Communications division using tools such as Omnigraffle and PHP. I met with teams to determine their needs, then created a website that adhered to Apple brand guidelines. Throughout, I created wireframes of varying fidelities. ### Software Engineering/Social Media Intern @ Spantree Technology Group, LLC Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Chicago, IL Launched a social media plan incorporating Twitter and Periscope to boost online presence. Introduced new sections to website to improve content management. Wrote Node.js script to populate video blog through Vimeo API as well as documentation for website updates . ### Web Content Assistant @ Student Affairs IT Group Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Case Western Reserve University As a web content assistant, I wrote, managed, and designed content according to branding guidelines for students.case.edu. In addition, I created forms and documentation for existing functions of the website. In this role, I redesigned a campus-wide poster campaign addressing sexual assualt awareness. ### Web Development/Design Intern @ Networking Research Group Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 I created websites and wrote case studies for several startups, as well as created other marketing materials. ### Science Teacher @ Russian School of Mathematics Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Lead a summer camp teaching elementary age children hands-on science. ### Volunteer Research Assistant @ Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 I researched the expression of free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFAR2) using methods such as PCR, Western blotting, and gel electrophresis. I have presented my research at multiple conferences, including an oral and poster presentation at the student-wide IMSAloquium, NCSSSMST symposium, and the Japan Super Science Fair. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree (BS) in Systems Biology Case Western Reserve University ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science Case Western Reserve University ### High School in - Illinois Math and Science Academy ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mxkuznetsov - Website: https://mxkuznetsov.github.io/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/m JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/m/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22