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Simon Staton

Principal Software Engineer

simon1828@gmail.comLondon, UK
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Current Tooling

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsAngularLitRedux ToolkitTanStack QuerySWRTailwind CSSPostCSSCSS Modulesstyled-componentsEmotionViteWebpackTurbopackTurborepoNxpnpmnpmYarnVitestJestTesting LibraryPlaywrightStorybookLaunchDarklyNode.jsGraphQLgRPCtRPCOpenAPISocket.ioPostgreSQLPrismaKyselyGitGitHubGitHub ActionsDockerVercelNetlifyGoogle CloudSentryGrafanaPostHogAmplitudeOpenAI

Archive

Lots of my work has been lost to time, this archive is a collection of old demos and screenshots I've managed to salvage.

2025

mash.space

mSquared.ioPrincipal Software Engineer

This was my first project at mSquared, built and taken to market in under a month leveraging AI IDEs/agents to ship fast and iterate. Given little direction and working in ambiguity I came up with the UX, UI, Architecture and implemenetation, I was responsible for building entire frontend application and also helped out on the backend and infra side. Sadly this project was abandoned following a restructure at the company, its still live but will probably be taken offline in the coming months.

app.hubspot.com

HubSpotTech Lead

In my time at HubSpot I oversaw and implemented a complete rebuild of the global search application implementing modern search features and AI decision trees to optimise click thorugh rates.

2024

Solana

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

While at Beyond I led the engagement building Solana's UI/Component library and also worked in-house with their tech lead and engineers on multiple projects and their developer documentation site.

Influenster

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

Hands on IC developing the front-end application for influenster, working closly with their backend PHP devs to consume an OpenAPI spec/spin-up a test API for frontend development. Built most of the UI you can see live onn their site

2023

Artrya

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

Worked along-side the tech lead to help develop a ThreeJS app for doctors to diagnose blockages in arteries. Main work involved performance audits and improvements across the state in r3egards to rendering and stae management.

Google - Grow my App

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

Acted as both Tech Lead and lead IC, working with stakeholders at Google to create the product/solution, setup the team and built the product/shipped it.

2022

BPM

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

Spotify but as a web app for DJs, I led the engagement from concept to delivery, defined UX, wireframes, and a shared design system/component library with themed tokens for their multiple products (supreme, create, latino). Architected and built a Next.js monorepo with a shared app shell, unified components, and strong engineering standards (~90% test coverage, trunk-based dev, CI/CD, observability).

2020

bynd.com

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

Beyonds public marketing website bynd.com

Google Digital Garage

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

We inherited a tech debt ridden codebase from another agency and google asked us to improve it and also ship new features with a new UX. I worked alongside another frontend engineer to rebuild the frontend application and ship a brand new educational learning platform for Google.

2019

MPC Film

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

MPC Film approached Beyond to explore whether cloud infrastructure could speed up rendering workflows. I designed what was effectively an early version of interactive cloud-rendered graphics (years before GeForceNOW, Unreal Pixel Streaming, or Xbox cloud gaming).

Shutterstock

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

Acted as a lone contractor to help spin-up a new ediitoral team at shutterstock.com working from their offices in the empire state building. I also worked closely with the frontend guild to develop an internal isomorphic react application prior to NextJS being a thing.

2018

Build with Google

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

2017

Google Digital Garage PWA

bynd.comPrincipal Frontend Engineer

Progressive Web App development for Google Digital Garage platform.

I'm Really There

NextGen MediaManaging Director

Application I built as part of an engagement via my own freelance company, built a media platform on top of ElasticSearch when this technology first emerged leveraging a custom built isomorphic react application with server side rendering/state hydration.

Partner Marketing

We Are TwogetherSenior Full-stack Developer

Lead the frontend rebuild of a channel marketing platform (partnermarketing.com) along with a full test framework rebuild.

Date My Rolex

NextGen MediaManaging Director

Freelance project I did for Watches of Wales allowing customers to date rolex's by serial number and then get offered a price to sell to them.

2016

Intuit Developer Portal

We Are TwogetherSenior Full-stack Developer

Headless WordPress App built alongside a decoupled front-end for intuits developer portal.

Intuit Touch Table

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PlacingBad

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2015

URL Shortener

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Symantec

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Brocade

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2014

HSBC.COM

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HSBC Prototypes

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HSBC Premier

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ANZ GoMoney

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Vanquis Bank

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Community.DJ

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PNR

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HW

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2013

KoaLoa

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Atlantis The Palm

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2010

Sports Bras

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2009

A3D

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La Maison Forte

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BBES

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Actinic Orders

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beeball

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Lusum

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2008

Logo

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2007

Youtube

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