Ryan Knittel
Senior Frontend Developer
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarRyan Knittel is a seasoned frontend-focused software engineer and engineering leader with 10 years of experience building production-grade web and desktop apps while guiding teams through architecture, delivery, and migration efforts. Currently advising Loop8 on product roadmap and security architecture, he combines hands-on development—having built the Loop8 Chrome extension—with strategic threat modeling for privacy-first products. As a Lead Software Engineer at Feedonomics and HouseStay he has orchestrated teams, modernized legacy stacks (including an AngularJS-to-Angular incremental upgrade), implemented CI/CD and testing pipelines, and delivered full-stack features under tight deadlines. His open-source work includes UI and C# contributions to a Windows hardware diagnostics sidebar, reflecting a practical cross-platform skillset beyond typical frontend roles. Based in West Covina, CA, he brings a pragmatic blend of frontend expertise, security-minded design, and a track record of turning prototypes into market-ready products.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
user-interface10
csharp10
xaml10
dotnet-core10
ws-api9
winapi9
netframework9
wp-api9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ArcadeRenegade/SidebarDiagnostics
Jan 2016 - Jan 2023
A simple sidebar for Windows desktop that displays hardware diagnostic information.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:65 releases, 398 commits, 14 PRs in 7 years
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily focused on implementing the user interface for a Windows desktop sidebar application that displays hardware diagnostics. The commits demonstrate the creation and modification of XAML UI elements and the C# code-behind for the application's logic. The contributions included fixing a bug with the taskbar, adding settings such as "Always On Top," and adding support for display scaling.
hardwareside-barwindowswindows-desktop
ArcadeRenegade/SidebarLocalization
Mar 2016 - Jan 2019
Localization for Sidebar Diagnostics.
Contributions:23 commits, 6 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 10 months
localizationside-bar
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