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Introduction

Bree Payton

I've built APIs, design systems, and products for companies of all sizes.

Fullstack EngineerSt. Charles, MO, USA@breethedev
Quick start

Working with me

A quick reference for how I operate and what I bring to a team.

~/about/aria-vanceshell
$ whoami
bree-paytonfullstack engineer

$ cat focus.txt
accessible, performant, well-documented interfaces

$ echo $AVAILABILITY
available for new projects
Principles

How I build

Accessibility first

Semantic markup and keyboard parity of course, but I'm also a neurodivergence advocate so a page that's easy on the brain is vital.

Clarity is Core

Defining the problem well before starting solutions to save product teams unnecessary changes.

Design systems

Tokens, primitives, and documented patterns that scale across teams and products.

Performance discipline

Doing it right the first time saves the most time. Proper testing up front creates the best experience before and after deployment.

Timeline

Experience

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  1. 2025 — 2026

    Senior Software Engineer · Honeycomb.io

    Built out a new product, Pipeline Builder which gave access to non-engineers to build out complex data pipelines without code.

    ReactTypeScriptDesign SystemsGo
  2. 2022 — 2025

    Software Engineer · AutoZone

    A team lead on the modernization of AutoZone Pro, an enterprise, public-facing product. Responsible for driving the development of a component library and design system for internal and external applications, decreasing UI time to release by 30%.

    Next.jsReactPerformanceTypescriptDesign SystemsJSP
  3. 2021 — 2022

    Senior Frontend Engineer · AT&T

    Lead the modernization of multiple internal applications while also training Pearl engineers on how to use React.

    MigrationAPI DevelopmentReact
Reference

Tech stack

Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptHTMLCSSPython
Frameworks
ReactNext.jsRemixAstro
Styling
TailwindCSS ModulesRadixFramer Motion
Tooling
TurbopackPlaywrightStorybookLeft HookPlop
Contact

Get in touch

Have a role, a project, or a tricky interface problem? I read every message.

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