Mitchell Hillman

mitchellhillman@gmail.com · (608) 322-9118 · Charlottesville, VA · linkedin.com/in/mitchellhillman
Staff Frontend Engineer React · TypeScript · Embedded Platforms · AI-Augmented Engineering · Technical Leadership

Frontend engineer with 14 years of experience delivering consumer-scale web applications and embedded TV platforms across fintech, media, hospitality, and higher education. Owns component library design, microfrontend architecture, and cross-team technical direction. Bridges hands-on delivery and engineering leadership: setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and building systems adopted across teams.

Employment History

Telus Digital

Jan 2023 – Present
Senior Software Engineer
  • Led teams of 3–5 engineers delivering embedded web apps for FOX streaming products (FOX ONE, Fox Local, Fox Weather, Fox Nation, Tubi) across five TV platforms (PS5, Xbox, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, VIZIO SmartCast), reaching millions of users; resolved React rendering bottlenecks on resource-constrained hardware and championed real-device testing infrastructure that exposed platform-specific bugs local simulators missed
  • Owned frontend architecture for VA Connects, an Angular education platform for the University of Virginia; drove headless CMS adoption as a core architectural decision; defined API contracts with backend engineers and evaluated CSS architecture (SCSS vs. Tailwind) and framework (React vs. Angular) — all recommendations adopted and shipped
  • Built React component library on AEM for Wyndham Hotels' booking flow: search, date selection, room configuration, and rewards integration
  • Remediated frontend package vulnerabilities across a Mastercard web application using Acunetix, Sonar, and Snyk; championed and maintained >90% unit test coverage
  • Introduced Claude-assisted and Cursor-driven workflows that tripled story throughput to 3 per developer per day; mentored 2 engineers and 1 intern in code review, architecture, and career development; advised a client marketing team on Stable Diffusion image generation and LoRA fine-tuning

Bottomline Technologies

May 2019 – Dec 2022
UI Team Lead
  • Designed and maintained a shared UI component library used by 6–12 fintech apps and ~30 engineers; built dual-audience documentation — Storybook for engineers, a separate site for designers and product owners
  • Led a microfrontend refactor that decomposed a monolithic frontend into independently deployable modules; managed 2 engineers to embed an OAuth authentication flow across multiple applications
  • Championed and maintained >90% unit test coverage across frontend applications
  • Set technical standards, ran code review, and managed sprint planning across the frontend engineering team

Room Key

May 2016 – Jan 2019
Lead UI Developer
  • Owned design and development of a complete frontend overhaul for a hotel search platform, migrating from JavaScript to ClojureScript while executing a simultaneous rebrand
  • Served as sole frontend decision-maker, responsible for technology selection, architecture, and delivery

Silverchair

Nov 2014 – May 2016
UI Development Manager
  • Managed a team of 6 entry-level engineers building custom-branded frontends for approximately 10 academic journal brands including Oxford University Press, McGraw-Hill, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, JAMA, and the American Heart Association
  • Owned frontend architecture and championed accessibility standards and semantic HTML across the multi-tenant platform

CFA Institute (Contractor)

May 2014 – Nov 2014
UX/UI Developer
  • Designed and developed top-level navigation for the CFA Institute's global homepage, supporting a new global content architecture

Journey Group

May 2013 – May 2014
Web Developer
  • Built custom publishing platforms for 6+ print magazines transitioning to digital

Venveo

Feb 2012 – May 2013
Front End Developer
  • Built a custom 3D product visualizer; delivered accessible, pixel-perfect HTML/CSS across dozens of marketing sites

Skills

Technical React, TypeScript, Angular, Embedded Web (PS5, Xbox, Tizen, LG webOS, VIZIO), Microfrontend Architecture, Component Library Design, Adobe Experience Manager, Storybook, Playwright, Cypress, Jest, React Testing Library, Mapbox, CI/CD (Jenkins, Azure DevOps), Security Remediation (Acunetix, Sonar, Snyk)
AI and Emerging Tools Claude, Cursor, Stable Diffusion, LLM Prompt Engineering, AI Workflow Automation, fast.ai (model training and evaluation fundamentals), Python
Leadership Software Architecture, Technical Direction, Team Leadership, Mentorship, Cross-team Coordination, Performance Optimization, Accessibility, Web Security

Education

Liberty University B.S., Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication May 2011