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Delaney Wells

Software Engineer

Frontend-focused engineer building accessible React & TypeScript UI backed by structured APIs.

Resume Email
github.com/lanewells /in/delaneywells

/ projects

Hung-Up digital wardrobe app screenshot

Hung-Up

Live Repo

Full-stack wardrobe management app for cataloging clothing, composing outfits, and planning for occassions through an interactive UI.

React Node.js Express MongoDB Cloudinary Render
  • React frontend with reusable components and structured state for item organization
  • REST API with Node.js and Express, modeling items, outfits, and categories
  • Image uploads via Cloudinary, handling 200+ assets without impacting performance
Wardrobe Filter Builder app screenshot

Wardrobe Filter Builder

Live Repo

Type-safe filtering and sorting UI built with React and TypeScript, focused on reusable frontend patterns.

TypeScript React Zod
  • TypeScript (strict mode) with discriminated unions and type guards
  • Generic DataTable<T> for type-safe rendering and sorting
  • Preset persistence with Zod validation
Rooted timeline app screenshot

Rooted

Live Repo

Django + PostgreSQL application for creating shared timelines, centered on authentication and ownership-based access control.

Django PostgreSQL Heroku
  • User authentication and ownership-based authorization
  • Relational data modeling with PostgreSQL
  • REST API for posts and comments, deployed with environment-based configuration
Mashed browser game screenshot

Mashed

Live Repo

Interactive browser-based version of the MASH game built with vanilla JavaScript.

JavaScript HTML CSS
  • Game logic driven by user input
  • Dynamic DOM updates to generate deterministic outcomes

/ tech

Frontend

React TypeScript JavaScript HTML/CSS Accessibility (WCAG)

Backend and Data

Node.js Express REST APIs PostgreSQL / SQL MongoDB Python Django

Tools

Git GitHub Render Cloudinary

/ experience

PDF Resume

Sep - Dec 2024

Software Engineering Fellow

General Assembly

  • Full-time software engineering program focused on full-stack development
  • Designed, built, and deployed multiple apps, including both solo and team projects.
  • Collaborated in Agile teams using Git workflows, code reviews, and CI/CD fundamentals.

Aug 2021 - Sep 2023

Graphic Designer (Architecture)

Urban Arena

  • Designed and delivered 10+ graphic media projects weekly
  • Co-founded and scaled a branding department, mentoring 2 new designers.
  • Redesigned the website for performance and WCAG accessibility, reducing storage usage by ~40%.

2020 - Present

Freelance Designer

Self-employed

  • Deliver branding, websites, illustrations, and digital assets end-to-end
  • Own client communications, scoping, timelines, and delivery

2019

B.A. Political Science

California Polytechnic State University, SLO

/ more

I build things outside of software too: art installations, woodworking projects, and crocheted pieces for my fam & friends.
I also love snowboarding and being outdoors.