KACHEL W.
Front-end developer with 6 years of experience. Iām passionate about accessibility, design systems, and user joy.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Front-End Developer @ NFI (National Freight Industries) | April 2019 ā September 2025
- Designed and prototyped web components in Figma and then implemented 1:1 in production code
- Collaborated with designers and engineers on design system UI upgrades to transportation management software
- Led workshops with product and engineering teams to translate design decisions and improve buy-in across multiple stakeholders
- Successfully implemented WGAG 2.1 accessibility standards in design system components
- Collaborated daily on maintaining resilient event-driven system architecture
- Reduced the total number of UI colors from 56 hex coded colors to 19 semantically named variable colors
Exports Lead / Business Development Coordinator @ Trade Associates Group | May 2016 ā September 2017
- Automated 50% of job responsibilities with a process for generating product catalogs and trained sales department on usage
- Managed partnership and sales liaisons as international trade show lead
- Oversaw international business relations: their claims and disputes, purchase orders, and back orders to ensure customer satisfaction
- Synthesized monthly sales data as graphs and reports for quarterly board review
SKILLS
Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, JavaScript, Node, Vite, HTML, CSS, Figma, Git, AI-assisted code generation
AWARDS / CERTIFICATES
- Women Who Code Bootcamp Scholarship 2018
- Project Alloy Grantee 2017, 2018
- RubyConf Scholar 2018
- Dribbble, Scaling Design Systems Certificate 2023
- DeQue University Disabilities, Guidelines, and Laws Certificate 2024
- General License Amateur Radio ARRL (KD9KUU)
EDUCATION
- Flatiron School | Ruby on Rails and JavaScript online program 2019
- Kalamazoo College | International Studies, Chinese (Mandarin) September 2007 - March 2012