About me

Senior Software Engineer | Content Management Architect | Accessibility Champion | UX Advocate #

Hi. I’m Claire Annan, otherwise known as @cannandev on the interwebs. I’m an Atlanta-based software engineer consultant specializing in UX and accessibility. I have over 20 years backend and frontend development experience. I have a lot of knowledge to share about engineering best practices. I also have advice on engineering hiring, consulting and interdisciplinary dependencies on Agile teams. I also have lots of funny stories about freelancing and being a minority in the tech world. I hope you use this site as a resource. Learn how to work with developers in the Design for Devs series. Build accessible and usable applications with me through hands-on Tutorials. Find out what it's like to navigate freelancing and being a minority in the tech world in Fireside Chats.

I have a strong background in software development. My top UX skills are interviewing, usability testing, wireframes, prototypes, and design systems. I love helping people. People use a lot of software. I want to make sure that everyone has a successful experience using the digital product I build. The best way to do that is through inclusive design, extensive usability testing and applying UX research methods long before writing a line of code. I help product owners understand and implement software engineering best practices that makes products accessible and scalable. Modular programming, component-driven development and manual accessibility testing are my soapboxes. I don't mind challenging the status quo to improve a user interface and keep the user's successful journey at the center of all technical decisions.

I am effective and knowledgeable in working with cultures worldwide gained from years of international travel and volunteering. I am fluent (spoken, read, written) in Portuguese.

My skills include:

ReactJS * HTML5 * CSS3 * BEM * SASS * JavaScript * Node.js * ES6 * PHP * Python * UI/UX * Accessibility * Responsive Web Design * User-centered Design * Modular Architecture * Prototyping * Wireframes * Balsamiq * UserTesting.com * MarvelApp * OOP * Drupal * Wordpress and many more.

Interview questions #

Are you a hiring manager or recruiter looking for a UX researcher or experience designer? Look no more. I answer your common questions in this post. Please contact me to discuss what I can do for your project.

Testimonials #

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