Brook
Jordan
I’m Brook. I won’t… can’t! rest at “enough” when it comes to
understanding my instruments; I explore every tuning. With Web
Development as my stage, I play HTML until srcsets
won’t budge, layer in CSS until
animation-timeline peaks, and harmonize it all with
JavaScript to produce scores nigh-on indistinguishable from
native.
This yields tools that invite anyone to be the maestro of their own performance — breathing excitement, driving exploration, and inspiring growth in: stakeholders; developers; and ultimately… the audience.
A builder with contagious enthusiasm for modern tools and thoughtful craft. Skilled in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, I create fast, scalable, native-feeling experiences. My background in design and the arts sharpens my ability to communicate reasoning across teams — from execs to product to engineering to stakeholders.
This blend of technical fluency and creative insight helps me build teams that ship intuitive tools quickly, foster excitement, and drive meaningful growth for users and collaborators alike.
Skills
Proficiencies
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CSS: Modern Vanilla, SCSS
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JavaScript & TypeScript: Modern Vanilla, React, Ember, Vue, Node.js
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HTML: Semantic, accessible, testable
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Git: CLI, GitHub, GitLab
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SQL: PostgreSQL, MySQL
Abilities
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Front-end architecture: Modular design, scalability, maintainability
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Communication: Demos, cross-domain meetings, documentation
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Influencing change: overcoming resistance, uniting teams, and proving bold ideas through fast, focused prototyping
Influencing change: navigating resistance, building cross-functional alignment, and validating high-impact ideas via rapid prototyping
Employment
Motional was nuTonomy, then Hyundai/Aptiv joint-venture
Senior Software Engineer
Frameworks: Vite (Typescript React, Vue), in-house design system,
MapBox, Three.js
Data: TanStack Query (custom to work with in-house swagger types),
Zustand, Redux
Styling: SASS (BEM styled components), LESS, Tailwind
Communication: garnering excitement, mentoring, running demos,
leading cross-team conversations Tools: AWS, GitLab
First-and foremost: I am the front-end lead of the Command Center web application, which unifies all live aspects of the company under a single web UI: vehicles; locations; even people.
Leading by example, I would rapidly prototype and get buy-in across the company, regularly pushing boundaries, gaining traction on controversial concepts which become integral to daily workflows. These reshaped not just how people work, but how the company operates.
There was an application users were resentful to use due to inaccurate data, poor design, and the long time it took to develop features. This required new API systems, and an in-house design system & component library intuitive enough that anyone could quickly begin working quickly. This was built from the ground-up in tandem with the old system and hot-swapped upon exceeding feature parity, with users now commening it as the best in-house tool they’ve used.
This tool was still unknown. So I gained notoriety by holding global demos. I would also take control of various code-bases, getting features seamlessly integrated, mentoring and exciting each team I worked with to continually bring things to the next level.
Ensuring communication was fluid also required working cross-team. This required spit-balling out-side of the meetings with back-end on systems design, and with product on roadmaps & design systems, and then leading conversations between teams, sharing
I lead building the web-app unifing all live-aspects of the company: vehicles; locations; people.
Rebuilt in tandem with the old app’s growth, ground-up, including: an in-house design and component system; and overhauled data system. Hot-swapped it in.
Took control of various code-bases; held global demos; taught, mentored, and excited cross-team… bringing this unknown app into the spotlight.
Led cross-team communications at all levels: exec; product & design; back-end. Rapid prototyped new concepts. Regularly gained buy-in for tools that changed how the company worked.
TradeGecko then QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
Software Engineer
Ember: with Ember Data
Styling: SASS with BEM
Tools: GitHub, HubSpot
Championing UX architecture, componentisation, and frontend architecture. Rapidly prototyping, then converting to highly-polished MVPs, taking into consideration speed-to-production, developer happiness, and end-user accessibility. Work included in-depth code reviews, technical docs, and refactoring code reactively and proactively to prevent bottlenecks.
I built and maintained the marketing website by building custom tooling on top of HubSpot. I ensured the system was quick and easy to update; that analytics and SEO gave an accurate representation of our audience; and load times were fast.
After some time the core app demanded I worked on it fulltime and I couldn’t spend time on the marketing site, so I began mentoring a junior for the marketing site. This carried forward to me similarly mentoring other team members from the engineering team, with regular pairing and conversations.
Win Technologies now betway group
Software Engineer
Under the Betway brand: I started by polishing up the Bingo website, then quickly moved to lead the new white-label gaming website. Together we made a portal that tailored itself to the needs of multiple brands.
Perform Group now Stats Perform
Web developer
Leading live streaming website projects, CMS integrations, curated data feeds, and technical documentation.
Junior web developer
After three months of teaching myself web development: Perform Group, excited by my passion for the role, gave me a shot as a junior developer. In less than a year I was leading teams for the Norwegian Eliteserien and OBOS-ligaen.
Research Now now Dynata
Graphic design intern
This is where my journey into web dev began. After learning Flash on-the-job while hitting deadlines I was asked to create an email. This hooked me in and I started learning web dev on my 2-hour commute.
Formal Education
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BA Illustration with Animation: University of Manchester
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Arts Foundation: University of Lincoln
Hobbies & interests
Travel
A revelation, as before leaving the UK around 10 years ago, (how
time flies!), my hermit self rarely left the house. Moving to
Singapore opened my eyes to travelling and I have been trying to
get to new countries at least every couple of months. Activities
while abroad include diving, hiking, and meeting new people.
Next stop: Norway!
Electronics and gaming
Most of my spare time is spent with computers, and electronics: building, learning new things, and immersing myself in other worlds. Recently I’ve been building with ESP devices and being amazed by how much you can do with such small devices.
Instruments & recording
I still dabble in my artistic past, to keep my mind on the cutting edge. I miss enjoy life drawing sessions that are rarer in Asia. During down-time you could find me sketching or folding a paper animal.
Plus instruments: originally getting excited by guitar playing
friends at University, I taught myself and enjoyed recording
sessions, and building tabs, tools in my bedroom... then added in
piano, and the ocarina. All parts played by yours-truly.
I’m not saying I’m good… and I tend to keep my playing to myself.