Available for freelance work

Hi, I'm Reid Calloway.
I build things for the web.

I'm a full-stack developer who cares about clean code, fast interfaces, and shipping things that actually get used. Currently building developer tools.

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142 repos 2.1k stars earned 890 contributions this year

About me

Turning ideas into shipped software

Six years building web applications - from early-stage startup MVPs to systems handling real production traffic. I care most about the parts users never see: fast load times, accessible markup, code the next person can actually read.

Outside of client work, I maintain a couple of open-source dev tools and write occasionally about frontend architecture.

const developer = {
  name: 'Reid Calloway',
  stack: ['React', 'Node.js', 'PostgreSQL'],
  focus() {
    // performance, accessibility, DX
    return 'shipping fast, clean software';
  }
};

Toolbox

Skills

JavaScript / TypeScript95%

React92%

Node.js88%

PostgreSQL80%

CSS / Design systems85%

DevOps / CI/CD70%

Stack

Tech I work with daily

JSJavaScript

TSTypeScript

⚛React

⬢Node.js

🐘PostgreSQL

🐳Docker

⎇Git

◆Figma

Career

Experience

2024 - Present

Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Northbeam

Leading the rebuild of the core reporting platform, cutting page load times by 60%.

2021 - 2024

Full-Stack Developer, Fieldbase

Built and shipped the company's first mobile-responsive dashboard from scratch.

2019 - 2021

Frontend Developer, Freelance

Delivered 20+ client projects across e-commerce, healthcare, and fintech.

Selected work

Projects

📊

Reporting Dashboard

Real-time analytics dashboard for a B2B SaaS product.

ReactNode.jsD3

🛠️

cli-scaffold

Open-source CLI for scaffolding full-stack projects. 1.2k stars.

TypeScriptCLI

🎨

Component Library

An accessible React component library used across 4 products.

ReactStorybook

🛒

Storefront Rebuild

Migrated a legacy PHP storefront to a modern headless stack.

Next.jsShopify

📦

state-lite

A 2kb state management library, no dependencies.

JavaScriptnpm

📱

Mobile Banking UI

Full UI/UX redesign for a fintech mobile app.

FigmaReact Native

Kind words

What people say

"Reid shipped in weeks what we thought would take a quarter. Genuinely excellent engineer."

Sara Malik

CTO, Northbeam

"Rare combination of strong engineering instincts and genuine design taste."

Daniel Osei

Founder, Fieldbase

"Clear communicator, reliable, and the code quality speaks for itself."

Lena Fischer

CTO, Pulse

Writing

Latest posts

Jun 12, 2026

Why I stopped using global state

A case for keeping state close to where it's used, and what changed my mind.

May 3, 2026

Shipping a CLI tool that people actually use

Lessons from building and maintaining an open-source CLI with 1k+ stars.

Mar 21, 2026

The case for vanilla JS in 2026

Frameworks are great - until they're not the right tool for the job.

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