Nikita Dudson
Frontend Developer
Hello! I'm Nikita, a frontend developer with a background in design. I enjoy making good things with good people, and building useful, usable and well-crafted digital applications and websites.
About
I started out in design, but web development has slowly lured me in. The curiosity, problem solving and chance to bring ideas to life all appealed a lot. And it's so much fun.
I care about the craft and getting the details right. Turning design into well-structured and maintainable code, building good user experiences, and making sure accessibility and performance are considered from the start.
The way we work is important to me as well. I enjoy building the foundations - creating design systems and bridging the gap between disciplines. So we all have a shared understanding and toolkit to work from.
But most importantly, I thrive working in great teams. Where we push each other, laugh a lot, and genuinely care about what we're making together.
Work history
Independent/Freelance Designer
New Zealand & SwedenEducation
Web Development
Dev Academy AotearoaBachelor of Visual Communication
CPIT School of Art and Design (Ara Institute)Fine Arts / Art History
University of CanterburyTools & technology
In a professional context I've worked with the following tools/languages:
- Contentful
- CSS
- Design Systems
- Docker
- ExpressJS
- Figma
- Firebase
- Gitlab CI/CD
- Google Cloud
- HTML
- i18n/Localisation
- NodeJS
- Nuxt
- Playwright
- React
- Sass/SCSS
- Storybook
- Typescript
- Vite
- Vitest
- Vue