Staff Frontend Engineer
Building beautiful systems for humans.
Connecting product strategy, design systems, and frontend architecture to create intuitive user experiences.
Building products people love.
I turn fragmented interfaces into shared systems — reusable components, accessible patterns, and tokens that let teams ship consistent product experiences without rebuilding the basics every time.
Experience
Drataacquired SafeBase
Staff Software Engineer
August 2025 - Present
Built and scaled a shared Material UI design system, replacing legacy Bootstrap/SCSS and improving developer velocity, accessibility, theming, and visual consistency across the Trust Center platform
SafeBase
Principal / Lead Frontend Engineer
September 2023 - August 2025
Established design system foundations from the ground up on the Trust Center platform, setting the accessibility and UI conventions the team builds on today
Instil
Frontend Software Engineer
February 2022 - August 2023
Architected and refined the UI of a nonprofit CRM used to manage nonprofit donations, events, and campaigns using React & Material UI
Eastridge Workforce Solutions
Frontend Engineer
March 2020 - January 2022
Rewrote a legacy Ember recruitment application from Ember to React using Material UI, TypeScript, Styled Components, and React Query to optimize navigation and modernize the codebase
Education & Certifications
California State University San Marcos
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Cum Laude
2014 - 2016
Work
Modernizing Frontend Architecture
Replacing Bootstrap with a shared, theme-ready MUI system
One Component System, Many Experiences
A theme-aware component system for internal and customer-facing UI
Building the Bridge Between Design and Engineering
Turning design decisions into scalable, reusable frontend architecture
Recommendations
She combines strong technical judgment with a real eye for user experience — a rare and valuable combination.
Adar Arnon
Co-founder & CTO · SafeBase
She has continued to impress me with strong communication, adaptability to changing requirements and strong ownership over both feature implementation and tech debt.
Edward Kim
Head of Data & R&D · Instil
Sunny is a take-charge person who can present creative ideas and communicate it effectively.
Arpita Parmar
Data Science Lead · InnovaSolutions
Any team that needs a hard-hitting front-end engineer would be remiss to pass up on bringing her onboard.
Spencer Carney
Engineering Manager · Instil
I watched Sunny grow her skills tremendously to the point where she was working on some of the most complex parts of our application.
Ryan Fahey
Engineering Manager · InnovaSolutions
Sunny is a talented front-end developer and a skilled presenter who can command a room.
Emily Barbenza
Senior Software Accessibility Engineer · ServiceNow