Robert Abby

Product Engineer

About

I have 15 years of experience building performant, user-centered web applications across B2B and B2C domains in agile software development teams. I specialize in React frameworks and excel at translating complex technical requirements into scalable UI systems. I bring deep experience with design systems, component architecture, refactoring and cross-functional collaboration—and I'm seeking frontend software engineering roles where thoughtful code meets innovation.

Skills

Languages & Frameworks

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsVue.jsNode.jsHTML5CSS3SassTailwindGraphQLREST APIsReact QueryApollo ClientStorybookReact Testing LibraryWebpackViteES6+BabelSWCJestEnzymeCypress

Leadership

CoachingMentorshipPair ProgrammingCross-functional CollaborationAgile MethodologiesTeam BuildingUser-Centered DesignDesign ThinkingKnowledge SharingTechnical Writing

Platforms & Tools

AWSECRECSS3CloudWatchRoute 53Living Design SystemsDockerFigmaGit & GithubCI/CDVS CodeClaude CodeChrome DevToolsPostmanJiraConfluenceSlackZoom

Experience

IT Manager

VIMSIA2025 - PRESENT

Managing IT for a private Montessori & International Baccalaureate school with a combined headcount of 350 people including faculty and students.

Staff Frontend Engineer

PartySlate2018 - 2024

PartySlate (B2C) is a photo-rich platform & dual-sided marketplace that connects people planning events with leading vendors and venues.

Senior UX Engineer

project442018 - 2018

project44 (B2B) is the leading Decision Intelligence Platform for supply chains, powered by the world's largest transportation data network.

Senior Product Developer

Savo2013 - 2018

SAVO (B2B) was an industry leader in the sales enablement space, providing SaaS software used by some of the largest companies in the world (Disney, American Express, Google, UPS, etc.). I worked within Agile and Lean UX methodologies taking projects from discovery to implementation.

Web Developer

Web2Carz2011 - 2013

Web2Carz (B2C) is a used car marketplace and editorial platform. I was hired as the first developer and worked directly with the founders to implement a major redesign of the Web2Carz aging site, implement a new editorial segment, and develop an adaptive mobile solution.

Projects

AI Art Gallery

A smattering of AI-generated art pieces created using various tools including Midjourney, DALL·E 3, and Stable Diffusion. Showcased in a sleek, responsive Next.js application (this site).

Nextjsradix-uiMidjourneyDALL-EFlux.1Invoke UI

Github Link

ai-chatbot

[09/26/2025] Site loads, but chat responses currently not working. Debugging...

ChatGPT/Grok clone built with Next.js, TailwindCSS, Grok and OpenAI API. Features include conversation history, user authentication, and a sleek, responsive design.

Nextjsshadcn/uiradix-uiOpenAI APIGrok APITypeScriptVercel Chat SDK

Github Link

tldr-bot

A Discord bot written in Python that leverages OpenAI's GPT-5 API to generate sarcastic summaries of recent messages in a channel. Will also generate memes based on message contents.

PythonDiscord.pyOpenAI GPT-5 API

Github Link

LinkedIn GitHub Email