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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