Nile Livingston

UI Engineer with 8+ years of professional experience. Applies strong programming fundamentals, attention to detail, and active collaboration to deliver exceptional web experiences.

Experience & Education

Salesloft

Atlanta, GA

Senior User Interface Engineer

September ’22 to present
  • Serve as a member of the Front-End Platform Team, RnB.
  • Maintain and contribute to the Salesloft 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.
    • Maintain the Starlight Documentation Website.
    • Consult with other delivery teams regarding the usage of Starlight components.
  • Participate in regular peer code reviews.
  • Conduct technical and peer interviews.
  • Participate in and occasionally lead Agile ceremonies:
    • Standup: assess task status for each team member
    • Discovery: conduct open-ended discussions about current or forthcoming initiatives
    • Backlog grooming: identify and refine Jira cards for future sprints.
    • Retrospective: discuss achievements and challenges of the current sprint.
    • Sprint planning: identify tasks for forthcoming sprints.

Nebo Agency

Atlanta, GA

Associate Director, Front-End Engineering

June ’21 to September ’22
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

June ’16 to September ’22
  • 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

Atlanta, GA

Front-End Developer

June ’15 to June ’16
  • 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

Williamstown, MA

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

August ’11 to June ’15
  • Magna Cum Laude (top 15%)
  • Dean’s List (All Semesters)
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.83 / 4.0
  • Major GPA: 3.77 / 4.0

Skills

Front-End


  • React
  • Styled Components
  • TypeScript
  • React Testing Library
  • Playwright
  • Next.js
  • WCAG (accessibility)

Back-End


  • Server-side languages
    • PHP
    • Ruby on Rails
  • CMS
    • WordPress
    • Magento
    • Nebo CMS 3 – 5
  • Database Systems
    • MySQL
    • Postgres

Utilities


  • bash
  • git
  • VS Code
  • Figma
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace

Soft Skills


  • Problem solving
  • API Design
  • Personnel & performance management
  • Designing and improving processes
  • Conducting interviews
  • Writing documentation