Jason Buck Boyer, Front-End Web Developer

I make clean, accessible websites.

I have been doing freelance and full-time web development and design since 2008. A family member needed a website, so I bought a book, took a class, and have been learning ever since.

I am currently the team lead for the global front-end development team at Ancestry where I’ve lead the front-end efforts of implementing responsive web design, standardizing cross-team web components, and defining the company’s accessibility requirements.

Full-time work is wonderful, but selectively-chosen freelance projects continue to stretch my creativity.

I code for fun.

Trying out random ideas on the web is one of my favorite things. These ideas come to me from work, browsing the web, and right before falling asleep.

I don’t recall how I came up with this idea, but to date, it is one of my favorites. CSS-only animated eyeballs? Why not, right?

This idea was completed in pure HTML & CSS—no JS. I previously hadn’t used many 3D transforms, so this was good practice with that. It also ended up being a good application of CSS calc()—which is extremely useful. I have yet to find a practical application for such a project, but it sure was fun to make!

CSS3 3d test to create eyeball spheres that follow your mouse

I’ve had excellent career experiences.

Senior Staff Software Engineer - GoFundMe

Feb 2024 to Today
  • Led the architectural design and collaboration required to cache extremely dynamic key pages resulting in a 96% decrease in downtime, a 37% decrease in server costs, and an average 77% improvement to page load time
  • Implemented a new data analytics platform (mParticle) helping reduce thousands of inconsistent and unused events and making new events easy to implement and query
  • Stabilized and sped up our CI/CD flow's minimum-time-to-deploy by 15 minutes (20% improvement)

Staff Software Engineer

Dec 2021 to Jan 2024
  • Transitioned key site functionality from a legacy PHP + React setup to a new Next.js architecture
  • Drove the collaboration between multiple teams regarding API design, cutover plans, incremental deliverables, and more on a new international payout feature
  • Provided video tutorials, impromptu trainings, new feature audits, and one-on-one mentoring on topics such as accessibility, testing best practices, interviewing, and more

Staff Software Engineer - Ancestry

Mar 2019 to Nov 2021
  • Built out a React-based record merge flow handling complex family relationships
  • Architected multiple NodeJS applications leveraging RESTful api design
  • Increased unit and integration testing coverage to 100% on new applications
  • Mentored team members through pair coding, presentations, and pull-requests

Senior Development Manager

Jan 2017 to Feb 2019
  • Built the team up to 9 members by helping leadership see our value to the company
  • Convinced senior leadership to perform and address a site-wide accessibility audit
  • Improved page load times by as much as 30% by helping multiple UI teams properly leverage HTTP/2 and caching approaches

Development Manager

Jan 2016 to Dec 2016
  • Built out a simplified UI for Ancestry's shared header decreasing its static file size by 70%
  • Offloaded 99.9% of all static content requests by modernizing our CDN architecture
  • Led the effort to transition shared jQuery components to vanilla JS with React wrappers

Principal Front-End Web Developer

Jan 2015 to Dec 2015
  • Enabled a major design update to occur by architecting a user-based, "opt in" solution
  • Presented on accessibility best practices at Ancestry's yearly Product & Technology conference
  • Researched and implemented accessibility enhancements including proper application of semantic markup and ARIA attributes

Senior Front-End Web Developer

Jan 2013 to Dec 2014
  • Coded an entire design system for an emerging business on narrative-based family histories
  • Lead the Web UI team in the creation and implementation of the dozens of shared UI components
  • Frequently volunteered to help other teams update their applications to latest shared standards

Front-End Web Developer

Apr 2012 to Jan 2013
  • Lead the company-wide effort to incorporate responsive web development best practices
  • Identified, created, and documented shared design patterns and jQuery plugins
  • Regularly gave trainings at company "brown bags" on various Front-End related topics

Front-End Web Developer & Scrummaster - SelfHealthNetwork

2011 to 2012
  • Revamped company development process to include local, testing, staging, and live environments
  • Was a constant driving force for implementing Agile-based changes such as daily scrum meetings, weekly roadmaps, incremental improvements, and pair programming
  • Converted PSDs into cross-browser compatible, interactive websites

Front-End Web Developer - MyExpertSolution

2010 to 2011
  • Restructured and optimized XHTML and CSS of the company site to follow W3C web standards
  • Assisted in the design of all user interface elements pushing for simplicity and standards
  • Bridged the gap between back-end engineers and creative designers

Brigham Young University Graduate

August 2010
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Technology & Engineering Education
  • Attended on Academic Scholarships: GPA 3.93

Freelance Web Designer & Developer

2008 to 2016
  • Designed and programmed dozens of sites for small to medium sized companies creating custom Wordpress themes as well as hand-coded PHP MVC frameworks
  • Worked one-on-one with clients making their general ideas into solid products
  • Created wireframes and mockups for sophisticated e-learning and online fitness programs
  • Implemented onsite SEO strategies such as internal link building, keyword-based naming conventions, relevant title tags, 301 redirects, and site map usage

My Tool Kit - toolkit

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • JS / jQuery
  • Site Planning
  • Adobe Suite
  • Agile Practices
  • WordPress
  • PHP
  • SEO
  • Git
  • Sketch

...and I’m open to freelance.

www.JasonBuckBoyer.com | Utah, USA
www.JasonBuckBoyer.com
jasonbuckboyer@gmail.com
Utah, USA