Kaiden Riley

Frontend Engineer

I build pixel perfect, scalable frontend products with a great user experience.

About

In 2022, I decided to dive into programming and web development while studying German at VICTORIA University. After working my way through countless freeCodeCamp courses, a Codecademy subscription and the Northcoders bootcamp, I quickly realized that Software Engineering was the thing I'd been looking for in a career.

My main goal right now is to provide as much value as possible to the company and for our customers at Pleo. I enjoy learning and am currently looking to expand my knowledge, so that everything I build looks as good as possible, but is also built well under the hood.

When I'm not at my desk, you can find me playing competitive FPS games, trying new food, hanging out with friends, or working on side projects with friends that are looking to work in the same field.

Experience

  1. 2024 — Present

    Build and maintain components used to construct Pleo’s frontend. Work closely with remote teams, including developers, designers, and product managers, to implement best practices in web accessibility.

    • JavaScript
    • TypeScript
    • HTML & CSS
    • React
    • Next.js
    • React Native
    • Node.js
  2. 2023 — 2024

    Learn fundamentals of web development, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React. Build projects utilizing Test Driven Development (TDD) and paired programming.

    • JavaScript
    • HTML & CSS
    • React
    • Express
    • Node.js
    • RESTful API
    • Node.js
    • PostgreSQL
  3. 2023 — 2023

    Learn and solidify understanding of fundamentals of responsive web development, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Certification providied by FreeCodeCamp.

    • JavaScript
    • HTML & CSS

Projects

  • NC News

    Front-end project to visualise the data served by the NC News API. Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Vercel.

    NC News
  • NC News API v2

    Rewrite of my NC News API using TypeScript and HonoJS with a PostgreSQL database via Neon.

    NC News API v2
  • Congregate

    A user-focused event management and finding platform built with Next.js and Supabase.

    Congregate
  • KokoBot

    A Valorant custom games discord bot for creating and managing custom game lobbies. Built with JavaScript, discord.js, and MongoDB.

    KokoBot
  • Jobi CLI

    Jobi is a Command Line Interface (CLI) tool designed to help you manage your job applications efficiently. With this tool, you can add, update, delete, and view all job applications stored in a MongoDB database.

    Jobi CLI