Brian S. Reed

Anywhere Real Estate · Remote

• Lead the design systems engineering group: set technical direction and priorities, mentor engineers day to day, and partner with design leadership and product.
• Own the architecture and adoption of a scalable React and Angular design system of 90+ components each, used across multiple product teams and platforms.
• Built a custom Figma plugin that syncs 2,000+ design tokens across 10 brand themes between design and code, plus a TypeScript/JSDoc-generated documentation site as a single source of truth.
• Standardized component APIs, documentation, and CI/CD release workflows, improving onboarding, consistency, and delivery velocity.
• Established front-end standards for performance, accessibility (WCAG), and developer experience, accelerating delivery with AI tooling (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor).

Butterfly Network, Inc. · Remote

• Led development and evolution of a shared design system and React component library supporting a cloud-based enterprise SaaS platform.
• Partnered with product managers and designers to translate business requirements into clear technical specifications and well-scoped user stories.
• Served as Certified Scrum Master, improving delivery predictability through clearer dependency tracking and process improvements.
• Reduced defects and rework through tighter acceptance criteria and stronger front-end testing strategies.

CoStar Group · Richmond, VA

• Core contributor to a large shared React UI library used across multiple business units; led its re-architecture for long-term maintainability.
• Owned component API design and documentation patterns; defined standards for reusability, accessibility, and performance across desktop and mobile web.
• Mentored engineers on front-end best practices, testing, and component design.

Anthem, Inc. · Norfolk, VA

• Unified multiple teams around a shared React Native architecture; designed reusable cross-platform component patterns to improve scalability, performance, and consistency.

ADP · Norfolk, VA

• Set front-end quality standards through code reviews and shared best practices; mentored junior engineers and contributed to technical interviews.
• Shaped front-end architecture decisions with product, UX, and business stakeholders while driving modernization of legacy code.

80/20 Software Consulting · Array Digital, LLC · Virginia Beach, VA

• Built production React and Angular applications for finance and enterprise clients, with back-end services in Node.js, PHP, and ASP.NET Web API.

City of Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach, VA

• Designed and built public-facing web applications, custom mapping tools (Google Maps, ESRI APIs), and SharePoint-based CMS components with a focus on accessible, user-friendly UI.