Jack Sharkey

About Jack Sharkey

Hi! My name is Jack Sharkey and I care about all things related to Web Accessibility and Web Development/Engineering. Let\'s make the internet a more inclusive and accessible space for everyone together!I\'m a passionate technologist with a background in Web Accessibility, Full Stack & Front End Engineering, Engineering Management, Web Design, and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). • Staff Engineer @ Red Ventures• Member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals from 20••••22• Owner of https://accessibilityhub.org/(currently in development)• Author of \"css-init\" NPM package (https://css-init.com)• Graduate of Questrom School of Business 2012Key Skills / Experience:• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)• Assistive Technologies and Screen Reader Testing (VoiceOver, JAWS, & NVDA)• TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, SCSS, CSS• React/JS-based frameworks - Next.js, React.js, Vue.js, Angular.js• AI-enabled agentic tooling and chat agents - VS Code/GitHub Copilot, Windsurf/Cascade, Chat GPT, Gemini• UX/UI design tools - Figma, Sketch, InVision, Adobe XD• CSS libraries/UI Kits - Tailwind CSS, Material UI/MUI, Bootstrap• Node.js and NPM• Git and Git branching strategy• Build system tooling - Webpack.js, Gulp.js, Rollup.js, Vite, PostCSS, node-sass, CSS Modules• CI/CD automation tools - GitHub Actions, Circle CI, Travis CI• Testing frameworks/tools - Cypress, Selenium/Webdriver, Playwright, Jest, Mocha, Chai• Code quality/linting and code formatting tools - ESLint, Stylelint, EditorConfig, Prettier, Husky• Vulnerability management platforms/tools - Cycode, Wiz, Snyk, Dependabot• Page speed analysis tools - Google Core Web Vitals (CWV), PageSpeed Insights, WebPageTest• Observability platforms/tools - New Relic, Log Rocket, Fullstory• AWS tooling - Lambda Edge Functions, Cloudfront, Cloudwatch, S3• Hosted CMS platforms - Storyblok, Contentful, Pantheon, WP Engine

Experience

1. Staff Engineer

   Red Ventures

   Dec 2023 — Present · Asheville, NC, US

   Key Responsibilities• Architect strategic technical solutions to solve complex business problems.• Lead the implementation of frontend best practices and standards.• Continuously improve engineering processes, systems, and tools by diagnosing and removing bottlenecks.• Proactively identify opportunity areas for increased productivity and velocity.• Ensure all web applications owned by immediate business team meet security, performance, and accessibility standards.• Develop and mentor engineering talent by conducting detailed peer reviews and extensive pair programming sessions; continuously evolve and improve team’s peer review process.• Assess and execute on trade-off decisions between performance, scalability, and maintainability of team\'s technology portfolio - with broad business and cost implication awareness.• Contribute to strategic discussions and organizational planning- Accomplishments• Partnered with design team and other business functional groups to create a scalable design system to be used across our business’ user-facing web applications.• Led the creation and implementation of a standardized, modern frontend tech stack utilizing Next.js (TypeScript + app router) and a TailwindCSS-based design system.• Continued ownership of internal Web Accessibility reporting and tooling and acting as the broader organization’s lead subject matter expect - consulting with teams/businesses across the org where needed.

Education

• Questrom School of Business, Boston University

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration - Concentration in Marketing

  2009 — 2012

Skills

• Web Development
• Html
• Css
• Digital Marketing
• Web Design
• Photoshop
• SEO
• Social Media Marketing
• Wordpress
• Html Emails
• Git
• Javascript
• Jquery
• Social Media
• Cause Marketing
• Microsoft Office
• Branding & Identity
• Shopify
• Domain Registration
• Domain Management
• Dns Management
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Illustrator
• Sem
• Product Design