Brett Dorrans

A Senior Frontend Engineer from Glasgow with over a decade of experience building software and relationships.

My current focus is on engineering inclusivity and accessibility, enabling the creation of user-centric design systems that foster empathy and exceptional user experiences.

Experience

  1. Apr 2021 – Nov 2023
    Senior Software Engineer
    LendInvest
  2. Feb 2020 – Apr 2021
    Frontend Software Developer
    Golden Charter
  3. Aug 2019 – Dec 2019
    Frontend Team Lead
    Markup
  4. Jan 2018 – Aug 2019
    Senior Software Engineer
    Markup
  5. Nov 2016 – Dec 2017
    Frontend Developer
    Everyone
  6. Oct 2014 – Sep 2016
    Senior Digital Designer
    Ibiza Digital Media

Education

  1. 2007 – 2011
    BA (Hons) Illustration
    Edinburgh College of Art

Open Source

@lapidist/linting

Streamlined project linting: importable ESLint, Stylelint and Prettier configurations.

@lapidist/components

Lapidist's design system with an opinionated set of React components, powered by @lapidist/styles and TypeScript.

@lapidist/website

Personal site of Brett Dorrans, powered by Gatsby, React and @lapidist/components.

@lapidist/styles

Design tokens powering @lapidist/components.

@lapidist/cv-generator

CLI app for generating Brett Dorrans' PDF CVs: crafted with React and react-pdf.

@lapidist/garnet

(WIP) Opinionated and flexible design system.