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. 2024 – Present
    Senior Software Developer
    Encompass
  2. 2021 – 2023
    Senior Software Engineer
    LendInvest
  3. 2020 – 2021
    Frontend Software Developer
    Golden Charter
  4. 2019 – 2019
    Frontend Team Lead
    Markup
  5. 2018 – 2019
    Senior Software Engineer
    Markup
  6. 2016 – 2017
    Frontend Developer
    Everyone
  7. 2014 – 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.

Illustration

Self Portrait
Nessa