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Weston Blair Ross

Hello 👋, I'm a Senior Software Engineer with a passion for developing A.I. powered web applications and crafting pleasant user experiences.

About

Working atFreelance
Developing applications for9+ years
Living inPhoenix, AZ
Info last updated at 7/2/2026

Skills and Technologies

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • UI/UX Design
  • Complex State MGMT
  • Node
  • REST
  • GraphQL
  • PWAs
  • Accessibility
  • E2E/Unit testing
  • CI/CD

Languages & Core Web Technologies

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript (ES6+)
  • HTML5
  • CSS3

Front-End Engineering

  • React
  • React Hooks
  • React Router
  • Single-Page Applications (SPA)
  • Progressive Web Apps (PWA)
  • Responsive Design
  • Performance Optimization

State & Data Fetching

  • TanStack Query
  • Zustand
  • Redux
  • Apollo Client
  • Complex State Management

UI Systems, Styling & Design

  • Tailwind CSS
  • shadcn/ui
  • UI Component Systems
  • Shared Component Libraries
  • UI/UX Design
  • Figma

Back-End & Data

  • Node.js
  • Bun
  • Deno
  • NestJS
  • Supabase
  • MongoDB

APIs & Integration

  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL
  • OpenAPI / Swagger
  • Kubb
  • API Client Generation

AI & LLM Engineering

  • LLM Integration
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Agent Workflows
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • LangChain
  • Claude
  • AI-Assisted Development
  • Knowledge Extraction
  • Document Processing

Architecture, Tooling & Delivery

  • Application Architecture
  • Monorepos
  • Vite
  • Developer Tooling
  • Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

Testing & Quality

  • Vitest
  • Jest
  • Testing Library
  • Cypress
  • Automated Testing

Accessibility & Compliance

  • Accessibility
  • ADA Compliance
  • FDA Compliance

Experience

Secure-IT · Aug 2024 - Mar 2026

Senior Front-End Engineer

  • Led front-end engineering across multiple AI-powered products - driving application architecture, technical direction, code quality standards, merge-request reviews, and collaboration with an offshore engineering team...
  • Architected and developed Sentinel and Ask-Sentinel, AI-powered platforms connecting commercial property managers with vetted service providers to streamline repair and maintenance workflows.
  • Built a large-scale React application for service request management alongside a companion Progressive Web App supporting both requesters and service providers.
  • Designed and established a shared TypeScript monorepo using React, Vite, React Router, TanStack Query, and Vitest, enabling code reuse across multiple products.
  • Built and maintained a reusable design system and component library using Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui, ensuring consistency across web and mobile applications.
  • Architected the front-end foundation for Birdcall, an AI voice-agent platform, establishing project structure, routing, shared components, API integration patterns, and developer workflows.
  • Implemented automated API client generation with Kubb from OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, improving type safety, reducing manual maintenance, and accelerating feature development.
  • Contributed to NestJS backend development by extending DTOs and supporting full-stack feature delivery.
  • Coordinated with product, design, backend, QA, and business stakeholders across time zones to translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Equinix · Jan 2023 - Nov 2023

Senior Front-End Engineer

  • Improved application performance, reduced technical debt, and helped establish stronger engineering standards across the front-end codebase...
  • Developed complex, highly dynamic forms using TypeScript, React Hook Form, and Zod.
  • Built GraphQL queries, mutations, and subscriptions using Apollo Client.
  • Designed reusable custom React hooks and shared utilities that improved maintainability and reduced duplication across multiple projects.
  • Expanded automated test coverage using Jest and Testing Library, increasing confidence in production releases.
  • Led the migration of a legacy Create React App JavaScript application to a modern TypeScript, Vite, and CI/CD workflow, significantly improving build performance and developer experience.

Bank of America · Aug 2017 - Apr 2022

Front-End Engineer

  • Designed and developed multiple enterprise React applications supporting internal operations, reporting, compliance, and security initiatives...
  • Led architecture and development of a Control Health Monitoring and Reporting dashboard featuring CRUD workflows, reporting capabilities, and strict ADA compliance requirements.
  • Built data-intensive business applications including administrative CMS tools, real-time operational dashboards, reporting platforms, anti-phishing interfaces, NLP chatbot user interfaces, and vulnerability visualization prototypes.
  • Collaborated closely with product owners, business stakeholders, UX designers, backend engineers, and QA teams to deliver secure, production-ready software.

Tandem Diabetes Care · Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

User Experience Designer

  • Designed user interfaces and interaction models for FDA-regulated handheld medical devices, balancing usability, accessibility, and regulatory requirements...
  • Created high-fidelity prototypes using Sketch and InVision to support usability testing and stakeholder validation.
  • Built browser-based JavaScript prototypes to evaluate interactions, animations, and product workflows prior to implementation.

Cask, LLC · Oct 2016 - Feb 2017

Front-End Engineer

  • Designed and developed responsive ServiceNow interfaces aligned with customer branding and business requirements...
  • Delivered cross-browser-compatible user interfaces focused on usability and maintainability.

Socialite Labs · Jul 2015 - Jan 2016

UI/UX Designer / Developer

  • Designed product branding, visual identities, marketing assets, and responsive web experiences for multiple clients...
  • Established reusable design systems including typography, color palettes, and interface components to improve consistency across projects.

US Navy · Jul 2010 - Jul 2015

Aviation Electronics Technician

  • Maintained and repaired mission-critical avionics systems aboard E-2 Hawkeye and C-2A Greyhound aircraft, including radar, surveillance, navigation, SATCOM, and communication systems...
  • Served as Avionics Shift Supervisor, Collateral Duty Inspector, and Electronic Key Management System Petty Officer while forward deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve.
  • Supervised, trained, and mentored junior avionics technicians while ensuring operational readiness and adherence to rigorous maintenance standards.
  • Held Secret Security Clearance.

Side Projects

AI Assessment Generation Platform

LLM Assessment Pipeline

  • Architecting a TypeScript-based AI pipeline that transforms source content into exam-style assessments using structured LLM workflows, multi-stage generation, and automated quality review...
  • Designing reusable tooling for concept extraction, question generation, answer validation, and psychometric-style quality controls to improve consistency, relevance, and assessment quality.

Autonomous Strategy Optimization Agent

Agentic Backtesting Loop

  • Building an agentic loop that autonomously edits trading strategy code, drives a desktop platform via GUI automation to compile and backtest, then parses results to iteratively improve performance...
  • Engineering cross-platform orchestration across a macOS controller and a Windows VM using a file-based task queue and vision-based UI automation, enabling hands-off code-test-refine cycles.

Education

Skill Distillery · Feb 2016 - Jul 2016

Full Stack Code Bootcamp

  • Completed an intensive full-stack software development program focused on Java, Spring, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, object-oriented programming, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and AngularJS.

Saint Leo University · 2012 - 2013

General Studies

U.S. Naval Air Technical Training Center · 2010 - 2011

Aviation Electronics