Sarah Riazati

šŸ‘‹ About

headshot of Sarah Riazati, brunette woman wearing a blue shirt and smiling against a white background

Iā€™m Sarah Riazati, senior front-end engineer with a decade of experience building thoughtful web systems. My work lives where engineering, UX and product strategy meet. I care deeply about how things look, how they work and how teams build them together. Currently Lead Web Developer at Carpe, previously Senior Software Engineer at Home Solutions and Lead Developer at Otherlove.

Also documentary filmmaker, internet video producer, motion graphic animator and erstwhile college lecturer. Alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Hussman School of Journalism and Media) and Duke University (MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts).

šŸ’¼ Skills

  • Front End Engineering

    JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, Next.js & Nuxt.js, Node.js, Sanity, Shopify (Liquid & React-based custom apps), HTML, CSS & CSS Frameworks, Component-driven development, Complex form workflows, SSR, SSG, & client-side rendering, Accessibility (WCAG, semantic structure), Performance optimization, Lighthouse & Core Web Vitals, Testing (Playwright, Vitest/Jest)

  • Architecture, Platforms & Tooling

    Vercel, Netlify, Firebase, GCP, GitHub Actions, Build tools (Vite, Webpack, SWC), API design fundamentals, Observability & monitoring, Workflow design & automation, Project & sprint management (Airtable, Monday, Notion, Jira), AI-assisted workflows

  • UX, Product & Creative

    Figma, Design systems (tokens, components), Adobe Creative Suite, Prototyping for product direction, User research collaboration, Storytelling & creative direction, Video production & editing, Curriculum & documentation writing

  • Engineering Collaboration

    Cross-functional teamwork with design + product, Technical documentation, Code reviews & junior developer mentorship, Establishing team conventions & UI patterns

āœØPrevious projects

Sarah Riazati on set looking into a bolex film camera, with hands extending into frame holding a measuring tape to measure focus.
Collage of Apple Preview screenshots of Sarah Riazati wearing sunglasses a green plaid dress on the beach in Puerto Rico, with arms outstretched against a blue sky and turquoise water
Film photo of Sarah Riazati as a toddler wearing big, hand-me-down jeans and a striped polo, holding holding yellow sunglasses up to her face against a Nevada desert landscape with an old car in the background