Thomas Brushel
Hello, I'm

Thomas Brushel.

A Creative Front-End Engineer

I have 9 years of experience building responsive, accessible, high-performance web interfaces.

About Me
A seasoned Front-End Developer with nearly a decade of experience in high-impact UI/UX design and implementation. I excel at transforming complex business requirements into clean, efficient, and user-friendly digital experiences. My career, spanning demanding advertising and fast-paced e-commerce environments, has equipped me to handle the full project lifecycle—from initial concept through to final deployment. I specialize in developing essential customer-facing features, and comprehensive site optimizations, with a consistent focus on elevating performance, accessibility, and code quality. I thrive on collaborative problem-solving to deliver pixel-perfect results.
When I’m not coding, you’ll usually find me spending time with my girlfriend and our Australian Shepherd, or out at the beach surfing. 🌊 🏄‍♂️

Experience

Frontend Developer Undercover Tourist

  • 01Owned the front-end for marketing experiences, creating responsive landing pages, emails, and site components with a strong focus on accessibility and UI consistency.
  • 02Spearheaded the migration from Foundation to Tailwind, refactoring 100+ pages to eliminate legacy technical debt and significantly improve runtime performance.
  • 03Built and maintained a shared component library and style guide in partnership with design, speeding up feature development and standardizing UI.
  • 04Optimized frontend performance by auditing and refactoring the JavaScript, eliminating redundant code and streamlining logic to improve load times and runtime efficiency.
  • 05Partnered with cross-functional teams to ship brand-aligned digital experiences, maintaining a strict focus on usability and accessibility across all project lifecycles.

Front-End Developer Wantable

  • 01Developed performant, cross-browser web interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks and tooling, including React and TypeScript, while maintaining legacy AngularJS, CoffeeScript, HAML, and SCSS codebases.
  • 02Built scalable, reusable UI components and refactored older patterns to improve maintainability, performance, and developer experience.
  • 03Resolved complex browser compatibility issues—especially in Internet Explorer—using targeted CSS strategies and progressive enhancement techniques.
  • 04Collaborated closely with designers and backend engineers to deliver features on schedule and align UI implementation with product requirements.

Front-End Developer Trivera Interactive

  • 01Contributed to information architecture and site structure planning to improve user flow and clarity across large website projects.
  • 02Designed high-fidelity wireframes and converted them into responsive, production-ready UI layouts.
  • 03Delivered scalable, mobile-friendly web experiences for agency clients by developing custom themes and landing pages in Wordpress, Concrete5 and Magento.
  • 04Built custom HTML email templates for marketing campaigns, optimizing for cross-client compatibility and improved deliverability.
Tools & Tech Stack
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript ES6+
react
React.js
Node.js
Python/Django
Figma
Github
Testimonials
Graham N.

I had the opportunity to work closely with Thomas at Wantable Inc. Thomas is a talented front-end engineer with with a knack for developing solutions that are beautiful, functional, and user centric. I would highly recommend Thomas in an any development capacity.

Joseph M.

If there’s anything I look for when considering a candidate for a position it’s their curiosity. I find that curiosity is one of the most important traits in frontend development because of how rapidly the field changes within a few years. Thomas has that spark that keeps him learning in and out of work because I saw that when he worked at Wantable; that he truly enjoyed what he did for a living. That meant that Thomas was able to accelerate quickly and became a crucial part of the frontend team. I was able to rely on him heavily for various tasks. He always had an amazing attitude and always accepted any type of work I gave him with open arms. That was one of the reasons that Thomas was able to get promoted so quickly from being a junior frontend developer. Even when Thomas went from working in the office every day to working remote in Austin, Texas there was was no drop in the quality of his work. He’s an honest and genuine person and he is a pleasure to work with.

Jessica R.

I had the pleasure of working with Thomas for a year at Wantable, and speak honestly when I say that would highly recommend him in any frontend development capacity. Thomas not only has the development chops to make UIs shine and UX function properly, but he also has a keen eye for design and the small tweaks it can take to make a screen/view really stand out. During the year we spent on the same team, Thomas never faltered at any task, and was always willing and looking to take on bigger and more challenging projects. Any team that is lucky enough to have the opportunity to hire Thomas should jump on the chance; they will not be disappointed.

Omelio H.

Thomas and I worked together with professional, but also have plans someday to work on some side projects together. He is always learning and staying up-to-date with frontend frameworks and best practices. Whenever I am in need help outside of work with anything Front-end related, He's the first person I reach out too.

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Contact

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