Connor Burgess
Senior Design Engineer · AI Products
San Francisco, CA · connorburgesscodes [at] gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/connorburgessdev · connorburgess.dev
Summary
Design engineer with 5 years of experience translating UI/UX requirements into scalable applications using React.js, Next.js, Node.js, and .NET. Shipped production frontend to hundreds of millions of users for a top global consumer electronics company. Since 2023, direct integration with OpenAI and Anthropic platforms; AI incubation roles alongside CEOs at Fiction Tribe and TackleAI, shipping multi-model platforms and RAG products under HIPAA and GDPR constraints.
Experience
Senior Front End Developer (Contract, NDA) · Level Studios (Publicis Groupe)
Jan 2026 to Mar 2026 · Sunnyvale (Remote)- Delivered production web experiences for a top global consumer electronics company, with exposure to hundreds of millions of users globally.
- Built and maintained pages with HTML, SCSS, and JavaScript (ES6+) inside proprietary internal systems, including scroll-driven animation with an in-house GSAP-style engine; focused on performance, rigorous accessibility testing (WCAG 2.1, screen readers), and pixel-perfect delivery.
Senior Developer · AI Incubation (Contract) · TackleAI
Oct 2025 to Present · Illinois (Remote)- Part of a small incubation team with TackleAI leadership: secure client portal (.NET 8 Blazor, MASV) and TackleBot RAG platform (Next.js 15, Supabase, Gemini embeddings); direct OpenAI and Anthropic API integration where the product required it.
- Collaborated cross-functionally in agile sprints with transparent client communication; deployed to an airgapped Windows/IIS environment.
- Employed security best practices, ensuring HIPAA and GDPR compliance.
Senior Software Engineer · Fiction Tribe®
Jul 2025 to Present · Remote- AI incubation with studio leadership: architecture, direct OpenAI and Anthropic platform integration, coding standards, and production incident response at 99.9% uptime.
Software Engineer · Fiction Tribe®
Jun 2021 to Jul 2025 · Portland (Remote)- Shipped 50+ production experiences (web apps, landing pages, and interactive experiences) for Cisco, Verizon, Intelsat, AT&T, PoliticoPro, Akamai Security, Fortinet, and others.
- Full-stack range across React, Vue, Next.js/Nuxt.js, Node.js/Express, WordPress, and Statamic; backends and CMS including Firebase, MongoDB, and Sanity.
- Since 2023, built FT Mind and internal AI tooling via direct OpenAI and Anthropic platform integration, in an incubation role alongside studio leadership; delivered enterprise AI workshops for IBS Software and Mattermost.
Education & Certification
- Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate · Coursera, 2024
- Full Stack Web Development · Epicodus, Portland, 2021 (1000+ hour intensive)
- BS Marketing Management · Western Governors University
Skills
- JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, Python
- React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt.js, Astro, Svelte/SvelteKit, 11ty, Phaser 3
- CSS, SCSS, Tailwind, styled-components; accessibility (WCAG 2.1, ARIA, screen readers)
- Compliance & governance: HIPAA, GDPR, security best practices, responsible AI adoption
- Backend: Node.js/Express, Next.js API routes, REST APIs, JWT auth, SignalR; PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase, Supabase; Sanity CMS, WordPress, Statamic
- AI & LLM: OpenAI Platform, Anthropic Claude API, Google Gemini (since 2023); RAG, multi-model platforms; CEO-facing AI incubation
- AI tooling: LangChain, n8n, OpenClaw, Mastra, Cursor, Claude Code
- Webpack, Vite, ESBuild, Parcel, Rollup, Gulp