Nile Livingston

UI Engineer with 9+ years of professional experience. Applies empathy, attention to detail, and active collaboration to deliver exceptional web experiences.

Salesloft

2 years, 1 month
Atlanta, GA

Senior User Interface Engineer

Sep 2022 to present
  • Individual contributor and team lead for Salesloft‘s front-end platform team.
  • Maintain and improve Salesloft‘s Starlight Design System
    • Implement and update components built with React, Styled Components, & TypeScript.
    • Design and update APIs to optimize developer experience, maintainability, and reliability.
    • Write and maintain integration & end-to-end test suites.
    • Write and maintain documentation hosted on the Starlight docs site.
    • Communicate changes to users via migration guides and messages sent following PR merges
    • Consult with other delivery teams regarding the integration of Starlight components.
  • Maintain over 100 code packages that support UI development in Salesloft‘s web application, such as:
    • Global navigation platform, including rendering, search, and registries for quick actions and menu items
    • Localization infrastructure supporting 5+ languages
    • Analytics infrastructure
    • UI kits for settings pages, modals, notification banners, and more
  • Conduct regular peer code reviews.
  • Test pull requests according to acceptance criteria.
  • Conduct technical and peer interviews.
  • Lead and participate in Agile ceremonies: standup, discovery, backlog grooming, retrospective, and sprint planning.

Nebo Agency

6 years, 3 months
Atlanta, GA

Associate Director, Front-End Engineering

Jun 2021 to Sep 2022
Personnel Management
  • Conduct weekly one-on-ones with 5 direct reports.
  • Help direct reports to identify and explore areas for growth.
  • Design and apply growth plans to improve performance.
  • Host weekly Office Hours for mentoring junior engineers.
Hiring
  • Review applications to the front-end engineering team.
  • Conduct interviews with candidates to assess experience level, culture fit, and career goals.
  • Discuss with engineering leadership to identify the best candidate for the team.
Engineering Leadership
  • Work with engineering leadership to define and execute team goals.
  • Design & implement processes to improve engineering quality & velocity.
  • Host biweekly Show and Tell meetings to celebrate and share engineering accomplishments.

Front-End Engineer

Jun 2016 to Sep 2022
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients to deliver exceptional web experiences across a variety of browsers and devices.
  • Implement, test, and refactor code across numerous codebases to ensure modularity, maintainability, and performance.
  • Maintain and expand Nebo's Front-End Component Library.
  • Onboard new engineers through shadowing and other training exercises

Mutualism Design

1 year
Atlanta, GA

Front-End Developer

Jun 2015 to Jun 2016
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients to deliver exceptional web experiences across a variety of browsers and devices.
  • Draft, revise, and publish original blog content to promote company visibility and thought leadership.

Williams College

3 years, 10 months
Williamstown, MA

B.A. in Computer Science, Concentration in Cognitive Science

Aug 2011 to Jun 2015
  • Magna Cum Laude (top 15%)
  • Dean’s List (all semesters)
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.83 / 4.0
  • Major GPA: 3.77 / 4.0

Technologies

  • React
  • Styled Components
  • TypeScript
  • React Testing Library
  • Playwright
  • Next.js
  • WCAG
  • PHP
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Wordpress
  • Magento
  • bash / zsh
  • git
  • VS Code
  • Figma
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace

Skills

  • Problem solving
  • API design
  • Personnel & performance management
  • Designing and improving processes
  • Conducting interviews
  • Breaking down work
  • Writing documentation

Hobbies

  • Video & board games
  • Music
  • Hiking
  • Cooking
  • Reading