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Kai Nakamura

Junior Frontend Developer
Portland, OR, United States

Professional Summary

Junior frontend developer with 2 years building accessible React apps for consumer SaaS. Comfortable with TypeScript, design systems, and shipping small features end-to-end with designers and PMs. Focused on clear UI, tested critical paths, and WCAG-minded markup that marketing and product teams can ship together.

Employment History

Junior Frontend Developer
Cascade Apps · Portland, OR
Jun, 2024 · Present
Shipped UI for onboarding and billing flows in React and TypeScript, cutting support tickets about 18% on those screens. Built reusable form components in the shared design system used across 4 product surfaces. Improved Lighthouse accessibility scores from the mid-70s to 90+ on key marketing pages. Pair with designers on Figma handoff and write Jest and React Testing Library tests for critical paths.
Frontend Intern
River North Digital · Portland, OR
Jan, 2024 · May, 2024
Implemented marketing landing sections in Next.js and Tailwind from Figma specs. Fixed cross-browser layout bugs and documented component usage for the team wiki. Assisted A/B test instrumentation for CTA variants.
Web Assistant (part-time)
Pacific Grove Café · Portland, OR
Aug, 2022 · Dec, 2023
Maintained the WordPress site with menu updates, seasonal banners, and basic SEO meta. Reduced page load issues by compressing images and cleaning unused plugins.

Education

B.S. Computer Science
Portland State University · Portland, OR
2020 · 2024
Relevant coursework: Web Development, Human-Computer Interaction, and Data Structures. Capstone work included a small React interface with keyboard-accessible components.

Skills

React, TypeScript, Next.js, HTML/CSS, Tailwind, Jest, React Testing Library, Git, Figma, Accessibility (WCAG), REST APIs