Hi there 👋 My name is Rico Kahler (he/him) and I build consumer-facing websites and apps as well as developer-facing tools. I care deeply about UX, DX, performance, a11y, and SEO.

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2023 — 2025SanitySenior Software Engineer

2023 — 2025

Chicago, Illinois, United States

2022 — 2023AmazonSenior Front End Engineer

2022 — 2023

Detroit, Michigan, United States

2021 — 2022Sanity.ioSenior Frontend Developer

2021 — 2022

Remote

2019 — 2021BloomscapeSenior Frontend Developer

2019 — 2021

Detroit, Michigan

2018 — 2019SiftSoftware Developer 2

2018 — 2019

Greater Detroit Area

Engineered an interactive Org Chart with React, D3, and SVGs

Architected and built a configurable user profile

Created a hooks-based data-fetching and state management library for internal team members: https://resift.org

Mentored other team members in React and TypeScript

Education

2014 — 2018

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Bachelor of Science - BS

2014 — 2018

Experience+

Education

Bachelor of Science - BS