Jacob Rees
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Jacob Rees

Jacob Rees

Frontend Engineer

Durham, England

3+
Years Professional
30+
Universities
160+
Shops

My Story

I've been hooked on building things with code since secondary school Computer Science. What started as curiosity became a drive to make things that work well and feel right to use.

After studying Digital Media at Leeds (graduating with a First in my final coding project), I've spent the last 3+ years building products and managing client relationships across higher education and e-commerce. At Pavers, I built accessible component libraries across headless CMS architectures powering 160+ retail shops. At Revolution Viewing, I worked on Vepple, a platform serving 30+ UK universities, while also mentoring engineers and supporting customer success through client onboarding and demos.

What keeps me interested is the mix of visual polish and technical problem-solving. Some days I'm tweaking animations and getting interactions just right, other days I'm figuring out complex logic or tracking down a weird bug.

I'm now looking for a role with more technical ownership across full-stack and iOS development. I want to build products that matter, with a team that cares about doing things properly.

Professional Journey

Experience

3+ years building products used by millions, from virtual campus platforms to e-commerce solutions.

  • Role & Company

    Period

  • Frontend Engineer

    Revolution Viewing

    Frontend EngineerFeb 2026 - Present
    Junior Frontend DeveloperMar 2023 - Feb 2026

    Sole front-end and UX developer, collaborating directly on design & product direction, mentoring engineers, and supporting customer success through client onboarding, demos, and feedback sessions. Helped build Vepple, a virtual experience platform for 30+ UK universities, reaching 1M+ students with 12+ pages and 7 minutes per session.

    Architected Events Management System with Firebase real-time chat, 1-second status engine, and timezone-aware scheduling, delivering 108% increase in views per session.

    Built production A/B testing framework with GrowthBook SDK, GDPR-compliant tracking, and GTM analytics, enabling data-driven design decisions.

    Developed custom ACF blocks and GraphQL queries for headless WordPress CMS.

    Engineered Explore by Map feature with Mapbox GL JS, directions API, and GPS tracking. Map users averaged 21 pages per session with 64% longer engagement.

    Enhanced panorama Guided Tour suite (WCAG 2.2 AA) with ambassador intro/end screens with real-time captions and in-panorama social media Content Spots, driving 65% more pages and 50% longer engagement.

    Technologies: Vue.js, Pinia, Quasar, Firebase, GraphQL, WordPress, Mapbox GL JS, Histoire, Vitest, GTM

    Mar 2023 - Present

  • Web Developer

    Pavers

    Developed a WCAG 2.1 AA-compliant component library (75+ components) with multi-brand theming for Pavers, a UK retailer with 160+ stores. Built reusable UI with Storybook documentation using Shopify Liquid and React, enabling content teams to customise pages via Sanity CMS across 5+ brands.

    Integrated Algolia search, improving search relevance and driving a 10% increase in search-driven conversions.

    Combined Lucky Orange with a weather API for location-based recommendations, resulting in 7+% conversion.

    Increased front-end test coverage by 40% through Jest-based tests for critical user flows.

    Technologies: Shopify Liquid, Sanity CMS, Bootstrap, React, Algolia, Jest, Lucky Orange, Google Tag Manager

    Aug 2022 - Mar 2023

  • BA in Digital Media

    University of Leeds

    Achieved a 2:1 overall with a First in the final coding project.

    Jul 2022