Shawn O'connor
Frontend Software Engineer at ocshawn.com
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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RockstarShawn O'connor is a Frontend Software Engineer based in Chicago with nine years of professional experience building polished, accessible web interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He currently crafts user-facing applications for the University of Chicago and has a long history of frontend work from Sears Holdings to independent freelance projects dating back to 2005. Comfortable in both institutional and freelance settings, he blends steady production experience with a knack for practical tooling—evidenced early in his career by building a PHP-backed usage statistics system at WTTW. Shawn’s focus on front-end craftsmanship is matched by a curiosity for small-scale systems and continuous side projects that keep his skills sharp and adaptable.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (67)
metadata10
svg10
uikit10
react-components10
react-component10
typescript10
portal10
visualization10
react10
windmill10
echarts9
charts9
risk-assessment9
data-visualization9
charting9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
uc-cdis/vadc-data-commons
Dec 2024 - Apr 2026
VADC Gen3 Data Commons repository for gen3 frontend framework
Contributions:9 reviews, 94 PRs, 106 pushes in 1 year 3 months
frontend
uc-cdis/vpodc-data-commons
Sep 2024 - Jul 2026
VPODC Data Commons using Gen3.2
Contributions:4 releases, 4 reviews, 69 PRs in 1 year 10 months
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