# Will Podbela > Frontend Engineer | React, TypeScript, Design Systems | Building Fast, Reliable Interfaces for Enterprise and Startup Products Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/willpodbela I am a Frontend Engineer who builds scalable, intuitive, and high-performance interfaces that make complex data and workflows easy for users to understand and navigate. I work primarily with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and modern UI frameworks, and I focus on delivering frontend systems that are fast, reliable, and designed for long-term maintainability. My experience ranges from enterprise-level trading platforms at MarketAxess to startup products like EngineEars and The Rotation. Across every environment, I focus on turning complexity into clarity. I design reusable component systems, optimize UI performance, and collaborate closely with designers and backend teams to ship features that improve user workflow, reduce friction, and support real business goals. At MarketAxess, I delivered core UI features and performance improvements for X-Pro, the next-generation fixed-income trading platform handling billions in daily trading activity. I built shared component libraries used across multiple product teams, created data-driven dashboards for outlier detection, and shipped new trade types and analytics tools that helped traders understand and act on massive datasets in real time. In earlier roles at Bank of America, EngineEars, and The Rotation, I contributed to product-driven development, prototyping, mobile responsiveness, and end-to-end feature ownership. Working across both enterprise and early-stage environments taught me how to balance performance, design precision, and system scalability, especially when collaborating with UX, backend, and product teams. I thrive in roles where frontend engineering requires deep product thinking, close cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to translate complex requirements into clean, maintainable code. I am currently seeking frontend engineer roles where I can build user-first, data-rich interfaces that scale across large product surfaces. ## Work Experience ### Frontend Engineer @ MarketAxess Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | 55 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001 • Built and optimized the front-end architecture for X-Pro, MarketAxess’s enterprise trading platform processing over 85 percent of portfolio trading volume and over 1.4B in average daily volume by Q1 2025. • Developed shared React component systems adopted across multiple trading workflow teams, improving code consistency and accelerating new feature development. • Delivered end-to-end UI for Portfolio Trading workflows including dynamic dealer blocks, performance badges, and interactive analytics grids to visualize bond performance in real time. • Engineered the Outliers Analysis dashboard for filtering and ranking bonds by performance, recognized at a global tech town hall for improving trading decision workflows. • Led front-end development of Benchmark Portfolio Trading, integrating benchmark pricing views, API refactors, and pre-submission workflows under rapid delivery timelines. • Built and shipped new RFQ trade types, including modal-based Direct Trades and multi-dealer Process Trades with redesigned right-hand panels and auto-populated quote fields. • Refactored grid formatting logic to support protocol-aware and currency-aware value formatting, reducing repetitive code and improving reliability of high-volume trading grids. • Supported production stability during record trading activity by diagnosing and resolving front-end issues, strengthening platform reliability for global users. • Collaborated closely with designers and backend teams in Agile workflows to iterate quickly, improve UI responsiveness, and deliver continuously evolving features. ### Frontend Developer @ Bank of America Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038 • Built and deployed mobile web tools using Ionic and Angular to help internal IT staff manage service requests, improving responsiveness and workflow efficiency. • Delivered frontend features from design to release, collaborating with UX and product teams to ensure accessibility, consistency, and usability across enterprise tools. • Diagnosed and resolved UI and logic defects during QA cycles, reducing post-production issues and improving long-term stability. • Contributed to Agile, sprint-based workflows and provided technical updates in stand-ups, retrospectives, and planning sessions. ### Frontend Web Developer @ ENGINEEARS Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Built React + Material UI features for the EngineEars booking platform, improving usability and interaction for music professionals and clients. • Developed a real-time messaging system for provider-client communication, increasing platform engagement and retention. • Implemented interactive service listings with filtering and cart functionality, streamlining the booking process. • Collaborated with designers to ensure responsive, accessible, brand-consistent UI. ### Lead Web Developer @ The Rotation Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 • Joined as the second employee at an early-stage clothing rental startup, owning front-end development and product execution. • Built a React SPA to replace the legacy Ruby on Rails interface, achieving full feature parity with the iOS app. • Implemented core customer flows including browsing, reservations, and account management. • Refactored Rails API endpoints to integrate new UI components and support seamless data exchange. • Translated Figma prototypes into polished, responsive React components aligned with brand goals. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science Boston College Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Web Development Immersive General Assembly Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ### Friends Academy Jan 2002 – Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/will-podbela --- Source: https://flows.cv/willpodbela JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/willpodbela/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01