Robin Dykema
Staff Software Engineer
Austin, TX · Remote-friendly
Product engineer with 9 years of experience building accessible, scalable web systems at companies like Indeed and Shopify. I bring a product mindset to frontend architecture — specializing in React, TypeScript, and design systems.
Skills
ReactTypeScriptJavaScriptHTMLCSSNext.jsDesign SystemsAccessibility (a11y)Internationalization (i18n)React Testing LibraryPlaywrightStorybookTailwind CSSGraphQLGitNode.js
Certification
IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS)
Experience
Sep 2022 – Present
Remote
Staff Software Engineer · previously Senior UX Developer
- Built a custom Next.js page builder with Contentstack CMS, enabling marketing to launch pages across 90+ locales without engineering support
- Built a design system with 30+ components powering 100+ live pages globally
- Migrated a legacy JavaScript system to React with TypeScript, achieving full WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance
- Influenced Contentstack's product roadmap through direct advocacy at their headquarters
- Set up CI/CD pipelines with Chromatic, Storybook, and automated testing
- Built custom CLI tooling for CMS content management
- Led the indeed.design rebrand including SEO and performance improvements
Jan 2022 – Aug 2022
Remote
Senior Developer
- Built React components for the shopify.com homepage redesign using TypeScript, Tailwind, and GraphQL
- Implemented WCAG 2.1 accessibility and internationalization
Dec 2018 – Jan 2022
Austin, TX
Senior UI Engineer · previously UI Engineer
- Built React components with REST API integrations
- Built and maintained a 30-component React library used across multiple product teams
- Led accessibility initiative from zero to WCAG compliance
- Migrated i18n system to i18next
- Led migration from Mocha/Enzyme to Jest and React Testing Library, achieving >80% code coverage
Mar 2017 – Dec 2018
Austin, TX
UI Engineer
- Built security dashboard visualizations for a threat detection platform
- Migrated legacy Django templates to React and Ember components
Education
2010
Grand Valley State University
B.A. Spanish, Secondary Education