# Rebecca Alpert > Frontend Engineer Location: Merrimac, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rebeccaalpert I'm a front-end developer (specializing in React.js, with experience in Next.js). I have experience with open source development, internationalization, pattern libraries, UX, marketing, and email development. I've given talks and run workshops on Red Hat UXD's PatternFly project at Boston University, DevConf.US, and TechTogether, Boston's largest all-female, femme, and non-binary hackathon. PatternFly is an open source pattern library available in React.js and CSS/HTML. I have also presented on internationalization during Red Hat's Summit @ Sites internal conference program and written for PatternFly's Medium publication and the OpenShift product blog. I won the Red Hat CY21Q1 Exceed Program Quintessential Collaboration award as part of a small team for OpenShift 4.7 internationalization and localization. You can see the code I've written for open-source repositories at github.com/rebeccaalpert. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Red Hat Jan 2022 – Present • Currently working on @patternfly/chatbot, an open-source library for building AI chatbots • Previously led development of Red Hat product information tool as part of master data management (MDM) effort with React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, PatternFly, and React Testing Library • Iteratively created UI based on designs from user experience designer • Wrote tests in React Testing Library to ensure good code quality • Set up GitLab runner on OpenShift and created CI/CD pipeline in GitLab to enable good software development practices like automated testing and linting • Added SonarQube and OWASP dependency-check to CI/CD pipeline • Added user authentication to application with NextAuth.js and company SSO • Set up Docker/Podman build for application so we could run it locally and on OpenShift • Requested and configured certificates for Route in OpenShift so Red Hatters could access staging and production environments • Organized and participated in user research calls with user researcher • Responded to and addressed Red Hatter feedback on the tool as we moved into a soft release • Added new features and improvements for Ecosystem Intelligence tool and created frontend for customer information tool ### Frontend Engineer II @ Zola.com Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 • Contributed to Zola marketplace and pattern library with React.js, TypeScript, Next.js, LESS, Emotion, and React Testing Library • Worked closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers on new features from end to end, including Next.JS listicles, landing pages, and search and inquiry flow updates; our work increased the number of couple inquiries on the Zola vendor platform • Worked with backend engineers on API specs and gave feedback after integrating with front-end code • Reduced tech debt, increased test coverage, and converted files from Javascript to TypeScript and LESS to LESS modules or Emotion • Made accessibility improvements to marketplace search tools • Performed cross-browser and cross-device testing using SauceLabs, the XCode iOS simulator, etc. ### Software Engineer @ Red Hat Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Greater Boston Area • Contributed code to Red Hat OpenShift and PatternFly React • Led project to internationalize Red Hat OpenShift • Won CY21Q1 Exceed Program Quintessential Collaboration award for OCP 4.7 internationalization and localization • Wrote enhancement proposal for localizing Red Hat OpenShift using the react-i18next framework • Configured react-i18next plugins for monorepo and wrote scripts to automate generation, maintenance, and conversion of i18n files in OpenShift • Wrote scripts to automate file transfer with translation team via Memsource • Internationalized OpenShift common components • Added internationalization to UXD department microframeworks POC • Wrote articles on internationalization for PatternFly's Medium publication and OpenShift product blog and gave a talk at internal Summit @ Sites conference ### Associate UXD Front-end Developer @ Red Hat Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Boston Area • Contributed code to Red Hat OpenShift and PatternFly React • Created the react-catalog-view-extension for PatternFly React and integrated it into OpenShift as part of a small team • Created two PatternFly React tutorials on the Katacoda platform • Gave talks and ran workshops about PatternFly at Boston University, DevConf.US, and TechTogether • Wrote article on the react-catalog-view-extension for the PatternFly Medium publication ### UI Front End Developer Intern @ Red Hat Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Boston Area • Implemented and updated user interface components for Red Hat OpenShift, an open-source, Kubernetes-based container management platform, with React.js, TypeScript, and Sass • Added features, fixed bugs, and implemented accessibility improvements in PatternFly React, part of Red Hat's open-source pattern library, with React and TypeScript • Wrote unit and integration tests with Enzyme, Jest, Jasmine, Protractor, and Cypress ### Solutions Engineering Intern @ Evergage Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Somerville, MA • Created pop-ups, inline webpage elements, and more on the Evergage platform for sales demos with HTML/CSS • Utilized front-end skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and RESTful APIs to integrate websites’ full item catalogs into the Evergage platform ### Email Developer @ athenahealth (via Creative Circle) Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Watertown, MA • Worked with designers, copywriters, and stakeholders to deliver 80+ email marketing projects promoting athenahealth products • Developed responsive emails with HTML/CSS on a weekly basis • Tested emails in Litmus to ensure they display properly across all email clients • Cropped images in Photoshop and adjusted colors of icons in Illustrator for use in email projects ### Communications and Marketing Coordinator @ Tufts University Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Medford, MA • Wireframed, prototyped, and developed a landing page for Tufts Summer MiniSession, a schedule of events for Alumni Weekend, and a landing page for the Tufts Online Community with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript • Developed online, form-based data processing tool used to speed up updates during #GivingTuesday with HTML, CSS, and JQuery • Designed, developed, and tested HTML emails, including event invitations and fundraising and stewardship pieces • Created email banners and edited images in Photoshop for email and the web • Produced HTML email newsletters, such as the monthly alumni e-newsletter and bi-weekly Athletics e-newsletter • Made updates to TuftsAlumni.org and Giving.Tufts.edu • Provided site management, QA testing, and user support for Drupal-based department intranet website • Did bookkeeping for $800K department budget ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science Tufts University Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 ### Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction Tufts University Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology Tufts University Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rebeccaalpert --- Source: https://flows.cv/rebeccaalpert JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rebeccaalpert/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22