Laura Bunea
Frontend engineer. Kid wrangler. Crafter.
Over 6 years professional experience in frontend engineering and product delivery. Passionate about design systems and component libraries within companies.
Over the last 4 years I’ve been fortunate enough to take some time off to travel the world with my young family. I’ve loved taking time off but I also love web development, and I am eager to be part of a team again to build beautiful web experiences.
Professional skills
- Strong design system background (pattern libraries, style guides and reusable components).
- Excellent grasp of CSS architecture at scale (BEM, ITCSS).
- Enjoy working as part of a team, particularly in agile environments.
- Clear communicator with teams, stakeholders and customers.
Frameworks & Tools
Tools: Jira, Github, Miro, Photoshop, Figma, Trello, GSuite, Design Systems (Storybook)
Technologies: HTML, SCSS/CSS, Tailwind, ES6 JavaScript, React, Jquery, Django, Twig, NPM, Webpack
Employment history
Stay at home mum & personal projects ( Dec 2017 - Present )
I've been fortunate enough to spend the last 4 years with my 2 beautiful daughters. In this time I've been doing some side projects in order to maintain skills and learn new technologies.
http://bowsandcollars.co.nz - I've built an online store for my kids clothing / accessory business.
http://flykids.nz - Currently under development; an online marketplace for trading branded kids clothing. Developed using React, TailwindCSS and Storybook.
Frontend Engineer, Springload, Wellington ( Nov 2012 - Nov 2017 )
I built frontend code for responsive websites and applications, helped our frontend team write scalable, maintainable CSS, and ensured that websites were built in an accessible and progressively enhanced manner. Key projects included Xero's internal Customer Support Platform, NZTA, NZ on Air and the Kiwibank public site, all of which were built with pattern libraries I spearheaded.
Frontend Engineer, Zing Design, Wellington ( Jan 2012 - Nov 2012 )
Responsible for building responsive websites, email templates, and WordPress sites. We were a very small team so it was important for me to be on top of new technologies and ideas as the industry developed. This helped me collaborate with our designer to provide better project design concepts.
Education
Diploma of Web Development ( Natcoll Design Technology, 2011-2012 )
Double Diploma in Architectural Draughting ( Otago Polytech, 2004-2006 )
References available on request