Open to senior frontend roles · South Lake Tahoe, CA
I build accessible interfaces for high-stakes work.
Frontend engineer focused on performance, accessibility, and interfaces that hold up under real use. Currently building the claims status tool on VA.gov at Coa Solutions.
Becoming a VA-accredited representative ran through a paper Form 21A and a growing application backlog, slowing how quickly qualified people could start helping Veterans with their claims.
As frontend project lead, I digitized Form 21A in React and the VA Design System, building an interface that screens for qualified candidates and holds up to the program's legal requirements. I also helped build a representative-facing portal that widens access to VA.gov, working across React and Ruby on Rails.
React
VA Design System
Ruby on Rails
Section 508
Frontend project lead · Office of the CTO · Jan 2023–present
E-commerce performance & security platform
Webscale Networks
E-commerce teams needed prescriptive analytics, performance tuning, and edge security surfaced in an interface they could act on.
I partnered with stakeholders, authored requirements, and translated designs into frontend implementations with TypeScript and Svelte, building data-dense product UI that stayed legible under load.
On VA.gov, accessibility is a legal requirement and a moral one. The people using it are often older, sometimes on assistive tech, and frequently doing something that affects their income. So I design for it from the first component: semantic markup, full keyboard paths, correct screen-reader semantics, and sufficient color contrast. This whole site is built the same way, so try tabbing through it.
Before I wrote software, I was a certified sommelier, buying and managing a wine shop in Boulder. Wine taught me what I value most as an engineer: that skill is mostly disciplined attention to fundamentals. Structure, balance, and understanding why something works before adding complexity.
I studied World Literature, retrained at the Turing School, and have been building for the web ever since: first on a high-traffic e-commerce platform at Webscale, now on public-service software at Coa Solutions. I build interfaces that are fast, legible, accessible, and that behave the way people expect.
I'm open to senior frontend roles. If you're building something that has to work for everyone, get in touch.
William Phelps · South Lake Tahoe, CA
Stack
What I reach for.
Languages
TypeScript
JavaScript
HTML5
CSS3
Python
Ruby
Frameworks
React
Next.js
Svelte
Angular
Rails
FastAPI
Platform & data
AWS
GraphQL
Git / GitHub
Quality & craft
Cypress
Jest
Storybook
Accessibility
Figma
Tailwind
SASS
Contact
I'd like to hear what you're building.
Whether it's a senior frontend role or a hard interface problem, email is the fastest way to reach me.
