Available for work

Sean
McQuaid

Building performant, accessible interfaces with meticulous attention to craft. Deep focus on frontend architecture, design systems, and developer experience.

Sean McQuaid
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Building software
that feels right.

Accomplished and solution-oriented software engineer with substantial experience in designing, developing, and maintaining frontend and backend systems. Instrumental in formulating, testing, and executing full-stack solutions using modern web technologies.

I've increased revenue up to 20% through performance optimization, spearheaded reusable component libraries that doubled feature delivery speed, and built open source packages used by hundreds of developers. Proven expertise in resolving complex bugs, identifying refactoring opportunities, and mentoring engineering teams.


Core Stack

TypeScript React Svelte Vue Node.js Tailwind CSS AWS Docker
36
Repositories

Open source tools, themes, and starter kits on GitHub

1,656
Contributions

Commits, PRs, and reviews in the last year

140+
Stars earned

Across published packages and developer tools

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Featured work.

JavaScript

69

shopify-rich-text-renderer

Converts Shopify's Storefront API rich text schema to an HTML string. Used across multiple production Shopify storefronts.

Shopify Storefront API NPM

JavaScript

46

shopify-bare

Shopify starter theme with JS modules, tree-shaking, live reloading / HMR, Tailwind CSS, and minified builds.

Gulp Shopify Tailwind CSS

JSON

13

schwifty

VS Code dark theme based on Atom One Dark with a distinctive purple twist. Custom palette tuned for readability.

VS Code Theme Purple
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Experience & expertise.

01
Senior Software Engineer

The Beyond Group

Increased revenue up to 20% through feature development & Core Web Vitals optimization

Spearheaded reusable component libraries and design systems — 2× faster feature delivery

Built and published NPM packages including shopify-rich-text-renderer (69★)

02
Software Engineer

E-Commerce & Agency

Boosted sales 15% by building an analytics SPA for the marketing team

Improved site performance up to 1,000% via Core Web Vitals optimization

Led development of internal OOP frameworks and custom A/B testing tools

B.S.
Computer Science California State University, San Marcos
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Let's connect.

Have a project in mind, want to collaborate, or just want to say hello? I'd love to hear from you.

I typically respond within 24 hours.

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Direct

Location

California, USA

Availability

Open to work

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Built with Svelte 5 · Tailwind CSS v4 · Outfit · JetBrains Mono