Resume — Jim Nielsen

Founding Engineer, Quadratic 2023–Now

Background: I was the first hire at this startup building a next-generation spreadsheet powered by code and AI, watching it grow from 0 to 350,000+ users.
Role: Product and visual design along with front-end engineering. I wore many hats, often taking ideas from concept to design to implementation, then measuring impact and iterating.
Examples: See one of my posts on the company blog or a write-up of how I used the product.

Background: Remix is a web framework startup — acquired by Shopify — building an alternative to the client-heavy default of React apps.
Role: Design leadership, developer education, and hands-on UI and front-end work around data loading, routing, and the launch of React Router 6.4.
Examples: I wrote highly-valued articles by the community on topics like the edge and data flow in Remix. Here’s an example of my contributions to shipping React Router 6.4.

Background: SageSure is an insurance company. I was there through a stretch of about 10x growth, from a small product team to a much larger org.
Role: I contributed in design, front-end engineering, and team leadership, helping lead the formation of a design system, high-impact business automations, internal design and front-end teams, and more.
Examples: A few write-ups of my hands-on work in designing cross-app login screens, systemizing color usage, and more.

Background: Timshel was a startup building a platform for nonprofits and other social-impact orgs.
Role: Design and front-end engineering on the Admin app — the interface clients used to run their accounts.
Examples: I wrote about some of my hands-on work around unauthenticated UX and designing integrations.

Background: I contracted with Postlight, a digital agency based out of New York City.
Role: Product design and front-end engineering for the view layer of two internal tools at Time Inc., working from drawings, wireframes, and prototypes to produce a production application used by thousands of internal employees.
Examples: I posted a few write-ups on my blog about my hands-on work with the Assignment Desk and Digital Content Production applications.

Background: Kindling was a startup building social innovation software. It was acquired in 2016.
Role: I led product, brand, and marketing design, and wrote a lot of the front-end — the app, the marketing site, and the identity.
Examples: I posted a few write-ups on my blog about the work I did on the marketing site, pricing page, and more.

Background: Arc90 was a digital agency in New York City.
Role: Design and code for the agency’s web site as well as client projects.
Examples: I have a write-up from a long time ago about some of my hands-on work updating to the agency’s website.