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Brent Ogden

Front-End Developer & React Specialist

Front-End Engineer | React · Tailwind · Python

I build fast, modern web experiencesprioritizing React & Tailwind while focusing on perfomance and usability.

I’m a tech-driven problem solver who thrives in fast-paced environments, whether working independently or collaborating with a team to reach shared goals. I take pride in learning new skills quickly and delivering efficient, accurate results. I’m always looking for opportunities to improve processes and workflows—and I’m not afraid to dive into new tools or technologies to make that happen.

Open to remote & Denver-area roles12+ years experience · React · JS · Tailwind

Profiles & Resume

What I'm great at:

Turning messy requirements into clear front-end experiences, tightening up performance and accessibility, and building reusable components that make the next project faster.

Featured Projects

A quick snapshot of work where I owned the front-end experience.

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Denver Socials website project preview

Denver Socials

2025

Landing page for a local non-profit that hosts networking events and meetups with the proceeds going to local causes. Built in React using Tailwind CSS.

ReactTailwind CSSNetlify
B Squared Solutions website project preview

B Squared Solutions

2025

A polished business and consulting site built with React and Tailwind CSS, featuring parallax visuals, smooth animations, reusable components, and a modern section-based layout.

ReactTailwind CSSFramer Motion
Mile High Mashup website project preview

Mile High Mashup

2022

Site built in React utilizing Tailwind CSS and consuming APIs for scores, news, and videos relating to various Denver pro sports.

ReactTailwind CSSREST APIs

My Story

For more than a decade, I’ve worked across startups, agencies, and long-term client relationships, creating front-end experiences that balance speed, maintainability, and business impact. I thrive in both IC and team-driven roles, and I care deeply about thoughtful UX, clean code, and predictable workflows.

I adapt quickly to new technologies, connect APIs with ease, and automate repetitive tasks so teams can move faster. From content-driven marketing sites to robust React dashboards, I focus on building solutions that scale.

I’m currently based just outside Denver, CO and am open to both remote opportunities and in-office work.

Quick snapshot

  • • 12+ years in frontend and backend development
  • • Skilled in React, JS, Tailwind, Node, Python and much more
  • • Focused on UI, UX, and performance
  • • Vast experience with agencies, designers & product teams

How I like to work

Defining clear requirements from the start, collaborating throughout, and architecting production-ready applications from the first deploy. If it doesn't work, it doesn't ship!

Experience

A timeline of roles where I shipped meaningful features, supported team development, and improved workflows across the organization.

  • Design and deliver responsive front-end applications and marketing sites using React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with a focus on usability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Develop custom Shopify components, templates, landing pages, collection pages, and reusable content sections to support merchandising and conversion goals.
  • Implement CMS-driven pages and reusable UI components, reducing future development effort by 30%.
  • Training large AI language models for the largest stakeholders, bridging gaps in effectiveness and output to improve AI responses.
  • Construct and analyze complex prompts to test LLM effectiveness and understanding, rating and optimizing outputs to achieve optimum results
  • Collaborate directly with stakeholders to translate business goals and content requirements into scalable front-end solutions.
  • Designed and delivered Python-based automation and machine learning workflows using OCR and language models, reducing manual processing effort by 50%.
  • Improved internal system response times by approximately 15% through workflow optimization and targeted refactoring.
  • Mentored junior engineers, improved processes, and facilitated contract management by configuring contract types and templates for end-users.
  • Built internal tooling that increased legal and operations team throughput while reducing error rates.
  • Earned a Quarterly Innovation Award for delivering high-impact automation solutions.
  • Partnered with legal, product, and engineering teams to deploy scalable internal tools aligned to business operations.
  • Deployed a Python-based desktop application for MacOS and Windows, leveraging OCR, scripting, UI and ML to process and rename hundreds of legal documents at once optimizing Legal team organizational efficiency by 80%
  • Served as primary SME for our configuration software supporting 15-20 concurrent client initiatives.
  • Developed 30+ Python automation scripts that reduced configuration workflow man hours by 25-50%.
  • Led adoption and optimization of the team’s Airtable workflows, improving team visibility and reducing handoff delays by 30%.
  • Refactored 60+ marketing pages to support enterprise rebranding with zero production regressions.
  • Primary point of contact for all cross-functional teams – including Business Analysts, Service Delivery Managers, clients, and system architects and principal trainer for Airtable and configuration software
  • Configured and deployed 100+ marketing components across 30+ client programs.
  • Reduced campaign setup errors by 20% through improved validation practices and process documentation.
  • Built an internal training website, reducing onboarding time for new team members by 30%.
  • Designed and developed responsive landing pages, email templates and promotional items for our large portfolio of clients.
  • Developed and maintained hundreds of CMS-driven websites using HTML5, Handlebars, Bootstrap, PHP, Sass, and Adobe Experience Manager.
  • Reduced average page load times by approximately 30% through asset optimization, code cleanup, and front-end refactoring.
  • Migrated legacy PHP sites to a static AWS-hosted architecture, lowering maintenance overhead and improving scalability.
  • Supported localization and content delivery for 30+ international markets.
  • Worked cross-functionally across various departments including Creative, Vendors, Hosting, DevOps and directly with the client to architect and deploy pixel-perfect web applications and maintain brand visibility and authenticity.
  • Administered BoldChat integrations across hundreds of enterprise websites and supported web operations for marketing teams.
  • Managed Brightcove video content supporting dozens of marketing campaigns annually.
  • Served as Workfront administrator, reducing ad-hoc requests by 25% through improved intake and workflow structure.
  • Assisted the Web Team in the creation and deployment of partner landing pages across our WordPress, AEM and static site portfolio
  • Led QA for 7 websites, 2 mobile applications, and a SharePoint platform, implementing regression testing processes that reduced production defects by approximately 30%.
  • Managed production workflows for 300-800 advertising assets per week and built MS Access reporting tools used by leadership to track operational throughput.
  • Audited and prioritized bug reports, application logs, and App Store feedback to improve and expand application and website functionality, accessibility and performance

Skills & Experience

The creative and technical edge behind every project.

Python

4+ years · Intermediate

Python

4+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

HTML5

14+ years · Advanced / Expert

HTML5

14+ years experience · Proficiency: Advanced / Expert

Javascript

14+ years · Intermediate

Javascript

14+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

React

4+ years · Intermediate

React

4+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

NodeJS

8+ years · Intermediate

NodeJS

8+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

PHP

4+ years · Intermediate

PHP

4+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

GitHub

10+ years · Intermediate

GitHub

10+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

CSS3

14+ years · Advanced / Expert

CSS3

14+ years experience · Proficiency: Advanced / Expert

TailwindCSS

2+ years · Intermediate / Advanced

TailwindCSS

2+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate / Advanced

Wordpress

5+ years · Intermediate

Wordpress

5+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

JQuery

10+ years · Intermediate

JQuery

10+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

Photoshop

14+ years · Advanced

Photoshop

14+ years experience · Proficiency: Advanced

NPM

10+ years · Intermediate

NPM

10+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate

Vite

6+ years · Intermediate / Advanced

Vite

6+ years experience · Proficiency: Intermediate / Advanced

Bootstrap

14+ years · Advanced

Bootstrap

14+ years experience · Proficiency: Advanced

Shopify

2+ years · Novice

Shopify

2+ years experience · Proficiency: Novice

Let's connect

Interested in working together—or just want to chat about a front-end challenge you're facing? Send me a note with a bit of context, and I'll get back to you.