Michael Gilbertson

Professional Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building and maintaining websites and web applications. Extensive knowledge of accessibility, usability, UI/UX, and web technologies (JS/TS, HTML, CSS).

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Grassroots Analytics

Full-time•August 2025 - Present

• Built multi-tenant dashboard in Next.js app for analyzing fundraising trends for politicians and non-profits
• Implemented custom data visualizations and data filters using React, shadcn/ui, and Tailwind
• Led automated testing effort by designing and implementing Playwright automated tests
• Created CI/CD pipeline for automating testing, linting, and deployments using GitHub Actions

Skills

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSS🎨shadcn/ui🎭PlaywrightGitHub Actions

Senior Software Engineer

College Board

Full-time•March 2020 - July 2025

• Led development of College, Career, and Scholarship Search sites on bigfuture.collegeboard.org
• Built BigFuture's Career Quiz which has been taken over 2 million times with 85% completion rate
• Managed 7 separate React.js applications concurrently with multiple teams
• Transitioned single page React applications to Next.js with SSR for better SEO and performance
• Developed accessible UI component libraries built using React, styled-components, and SCSS
• Implemented server-side business logic using AWS Lambdas and the Serverless framework

Skills

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptAWS Lambda⚡Serverless💅styled-componentsSCSS

Work Samples

BigFuture College Search

College search and exploration platform

BigFuture Career Quiz

Interactive career assessment tool with 2M+ users

Software Engineer

Level Access

Full-time•November 2017 - March 2020

• Developed existing Continuum browser extension used for detecting and fixing accessibility issues
• Maintained existing accessibility auditing and remediation web apps using jQuery and PHP
• Built accessible components from designed mockups using React, TypeScript, and custom CSS/SASS
• Focused on improving usability and accessibility of software products

Skills

ReactTypeScriptjQueryPHPSass🔌Browser Extensions♿Web Accessibility

Software Engineer

Accenture Federal Services

Full-time•June 2015 - November 2017

• Developed complex single-page applications using Angular.js and Bootstrap
• Tested and remediated accessibility issues as a DHS Section 508 Certified Trusted Tester
• Implemented system of microservices built with Java, Spring Boot, and Oracle SQL databases
• Communicated and planned project roadmap with the product owner and team

Skills

Angular.jsBootstrapJavaSpring BootOracle SQL♿Section 508

Education

Technical Skills

Languages

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

Java

PHP

Frameworks

React.js

Next.js

Angular.js

Spring

Libraries

React Router

TanStack Query

💅Styled Components

Apollo Client

Redux

Sass

jQuery

Tools

Node.js

AWS

Webpack

Vite

Rollup

GraphQL

Babel

ESLint

Stylelint

Prettier

Testing

Vitest

Jest

React Testing Library

Mocha

🍵Chai

🔬Sinon

Tech

🧩Web Components

🔌Web Extensions

🏗️Module Federation

📦Micro Front-ends