Senior Front-End Engineer

I'm Ryan Amarit. I build high-performance, interactive marketing websites with 8+ years of experience. Expert in Vue.js and React, specializing in scalable component systems, headless CMS integration, SEO, accessibility, and experimentation frameworks.

Work Experience

Company
8am (formerly AffiniPay)
Role
Senior Web Developer
Date
2021 - Present
  • Led front-end architecture for a multi-brand Astro.js + Vue marketing platform, improving page performance and reducing time-to-launch for new pages by 40%.
  • Built a Tailwind + Storybook component system used across 5 brands, improving code reuse, standardizing patterns and increasing design-to-dev consistency.
  • Implemented accessibility and performance standards (WCAG 2.1 AA, Lighthouse 95+), reducing regressions and improving SEO across high-traffic surfaces.
  • Partnered with design, brand, and content to ship interactive, story-driven experiences that improved trial sign-ups and increased engagement on core surfaces.
  • Migrated the marketing stack into a modern Astro.js monorepo, enabling rapid A/B test implementation with CRO partners and experimentation that increased trial sign-ups and conversions.
  • Defined front-end best practices across teams, improving code quality, documentation, and reusability.
Company
Freelance Web Developer
Role
Self-Employed
Date
2019 - Present
  • Built custom marketing sites and landing pages using Vue.js, Gatsby, and other modern front-end frameworks, integrating with CMSs like Contentful and Webflow.
  • Improved site performance and Core Web Vitals through Lighthouse audits, code cleanup, and optimized asset delivery.
  • Implemented SEO best practices, including metadata, structured content, and accessibility improvements.
Company
Balcom Agency
Role
Web Developer
Date
2018 - 2021
  • • Delivered 3–4 new client websites per year in Drupal 8, building custom themes and responsive designs that improved usability and client satisfaction.
  • Led project implementation for multiple clients, coordinating with design, account, and strategy teams to ensure timely delivery and alignment with brand goals.
  • • Managed a portfolio of 55+ Drupal and WordPress sites, providing proactive maintenance and training that reduced client support requests and increased CMS adoption by non-technical staff.
Company
Fluke Corporation
Role
Front End Web Developer
Date
2017 - 2018
  • • Developed landing pages, forms, emails, and micro-sites that supported marketing campaigns, increased lead capture, and ensured consistent cross-platform performance.
  • • Automated content migration from multiple CMS sites to a new Drupal 7 instance using Python, improving data accuracy by 90% and reducing manual migration time by several days per project.
  • • Assisted in creating automated test scripts with Selenium and Python, boosting testing efficiency and reducing release defects, contributing to higher product quality.
  • • Trained content managers on Git workflows, enabling faster, error-free content updates and reducing developer intervention for routine changes.

Awards & Achievements

Award
2022 Best of Interactive
Organization
Local American Advertising Awards
Location
Fort Worth, TX