Headshot of Drew Loomer
My name is Drew.

I’m a front-end craftsman focused on making software that matters and creating tools that empower users.

Let’s build something together.

My approach

I’ve worn many hats in my 20+ years as a software engineer, leader, and consultant. While my knowledge and experience cover a wide-range of topics, I strive to embody the “t-shaped” developer. I consider myself a specialist in several areas:

  • Team leadership and transformation
  • Full-stack Javascript development
  • Design systems
  • Service-oriented architecture
  • CI/CD and automation

Tools I Use

Solid foundations in vanilla Javascript, semantic HTML and scalable CSS have enabled me to successfully lead teams using a variety of front-end technologies, as well as role up my sleeves and ship lots of code myself.

Here are some tools I’ve been using recently:

And here are some others that either accentuate the gray in my beard or aren't glamorous enough to merit an icon:

My Experience

If you’re interested in my formal resume, here it is as a .pdf or .docx.

Company
Curology
Location
San Francisco, California
Duration
- Present

Staff Engineer

  • Partnered with UX to define, design, and build a robust design system backed by React components and reusable Tailwind CSS design tokens, providing engineers with a single source of truth for building UIs
  • Pioneered new methodologies for building RESTful APIs with Express.js while creating a system for business partners to manage product details, reducing time to market for new products
  • Architected new company-wide approach for building UIs with Next.js inside a monorepo, enabling faster development and better end-user performance and SEO
  • Provided mentorship and code review for developers of all levels, helping to grow the team and improve the quality of our codebase
  • Advocated for and implemented new tools and processes to improve developer experience, including migrating parts of the CI/CD pipeline to GitHub Actions, and adopting Playwright for integration testing
Company
Olo
Location
New York, New York
Duration

Staff Engineer

  • Lead development of hybrid mobile app using CapacitorJS, replacing legacy mobile apps and saving over $2MM in estimated engineering costs
  • Pioneered new methodologies for effective end-to-end testing of complex customer workflows, leveraging Playwright to reduce time to deploy new tests
Company
Olo
Location
New York, New York
Duration

Engineering Manager

  • Managed multiple teams and projects, successfully stewarding company-wide engineering initiatives and collaborating with Product and Design cross-functionals to deliver new ordering features to end-users
  • Played active role in adoption of Agile at Olo, creating training materials and promoting organization-wide improvements by example
Company
projekt202
Location
Addison, Texas
Duration

Director of Technology

  • Lead development efforts on over $5MM of development work, delivering successful, on-time outcomes for multiple clients
  • Developed standardized role definitions and a performance evaluation tool to align internal stakeholders to well-defined career paths
  • Created new tool for estimating work to ensure accurate planning and messaging during the sales and delivery processes
  • Coordinated staffing of developers and architects across all projects and clients, with a focus on proactively combating "burn out"
Company
Capital One
Location
Plano, Texas
Duration

Manager, Design Technology

  • Spearheaded information architecture and UI component library creation for the expansion of dealer platform handling over $500MM in loan originations
  • Trained team of backend developers in modern front-end practices with Angular 4, Redux and Sass during full re-architecture of foundational sales tool
  • Constructed high-fidelity prototypes of new dealer tools to validate functionality enhancements with actual users, reducing cost and time to market for new features
  • Championed Agile methodologies to foster collaboration and transparency between design, development and product teams
Company
projekt202
Location
Addison, Texas
Duration

Managing Architect

  • Architected design system for multi-billion dollar enterprise client, providing a roadmap for user interface unification across a diverse product suite
  • Collaborated with business development team to build new client relationships and estimate scopes of work, helping to successfully secure many new projects
  • Evaluated potential team members' cultural fit, technical proficiency and consulting skills to grow development team
  • Effectively managed team of developers across multiple projects, with a focus on growth of consulting and technical skills
Company
Drewloomer.com LLC
Location
Bloomington, Indiana
Duration

Freelance Front-End Architect

  • Successfully positioned development capabilities and industry expertise to seek and win new business opportunities and secure long-term retainer contracts
  • Developed mobile-first web quiz for the Australian national government to promote national organ and tissue donation initiative
  • Partnered with the University of Michigan Health System to develop interactive Facebook applications, increasing visibility of online community
Company
Hook Studios
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Duration

Senior Web Developer

  • Constructed award-winning applications in partnership with Google Creative Lab to generate interest in and drive trial of the Chromecast source development kit
  • Developed branded online experience to publish pre-scheduled content in support of Oreo's "Cookie vs. Creme" Super Bowl campaign, increasing impact of ad buy
  • Integrated real-time fundraising with branded materials for Toyota's "Tundra Endeavour" campaign, generating over $400,000 in gifts to the California Science Center
  • Conceptualized and developed cutting edge mobile advertising experiences for Target's "Summer Up" campaign to differentiate brand from competitive retailers
  • Evangelized next-generation development practices using tools like gulp.js, Browserify, Ember and npm to improve internal efficiency and collaboration
Company
Perich Advertising + Design
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Duration

Lead Web Developer

  • Managed web development team's production of concurrent client website builds and advertisement deployments to effectively address tight timelines and budgets
  • Advised clients and internal creative team on digital best practices to better conceptualize promotions, campaigns and digital materials
  • Developed social media application for regional bank client, resulting in record growth earnings, national press coverage and over 500% increase in Facebook following
  • Restructured and maintained internal servers, development environments and procedures to improve asset security and reduce agency downtime
Company
West Bloomfield Township Public Library
Location
West Bloomfield, Michigan
Duration

Website Specialist

Company
Drewloomer.com LLC
Location
Michigan
Duration

Freelance Web Developer

Brands I’ve worked with

I consider the ability to rapidly assimilate industry context one of my greatest strengths. From healthcare to banking, airlines to consumer goods, I’ve plied my craft for a variety of companies.

Here are just a few:

About Me

I’m a hands-on front-end architect with full-stack experience and a passion for leadership. I love exploring new technologies and know how to balance them with battle-tested alternatives, seeing both the big picture and fine details. I pride myself on solving the business problems of today without sacrificing the scalability and testability tomorrow will need.

I’ve lead teams of designers and developers in delivering over $25MM in complex software. I work closely with product owners and UX partners to translate business requirements into clear development tasks. I leverage my project management experience to keep teams focused on solving real user and business problems, translating designs into code and minimizing technical debt. I can lead by example, or step back to provide technical oversight and mentorship.

I’m a remote worker, beard wearer, record collector and dad.

  • Drew with his wife
    Husband
  • Drew's daughters
    Dad
  • Drew playing Burgertime
    Nerd
  • Drew as Ned Flanders for Halloween
    Flanders

Contact me

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