hey, I'm
Kendal Bessette
Frontend Engineer
I build fast, accessible, and delightful web experiences. Placeholder — add a couple sentences about what you love building, your approach, or what drives you as an engineer.
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what I've built
Projects
where I've worked
Experience
Software Engineer II
Peloton Interactive · New York, NY
- Contributed to frontend architecture decisions around state management, performance optimization, and shared component patterns in a large-scale React codebase.
- Feature lead on multiple user-facing initiatives, owning planning, implementation, testing, launch coordination, and stakeholder communication.
- Designed and executed A/B testing strategies end-to-end, partnering with product, analytics, and QA to ensure reliable experiments and smooth launches.
- Shipped reusable, themed components prioritizing long-term maintainability and minimizing technical debt.
- Championed accessibility standards, ensuring WCAG 2.2 compliance across shared component libraries.
- Participated in on-call rotations, triaging production issues and investigating system behavior using Datadog logs and metrics.
React TypeScript A/B Testing Datadog WCAG 2.2
Software Engineer I
Big Human · Brooklyn, NY
- Led development of client web applications across diverse industries for Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, TodayTix, Strangeworks, and Fusion Worldwide.
- Worked across modern stacks including React, Next.js, Gatsby, TypeScript, GraphQL, Contentful, and Sanity, rapidly learning new technologies as needed.
- Owned projects end-to-end from technical implementation through delivery in collaboration with clients and internal teams.
- Built e-commerce platform for Fusion Worldwide that drove a 1,913% spike in traffic during launch week (91% organic).
React Next.js Gatsby TypeScript GraphQL Contentful Sanity