👋 Available for new opportunities

Valentina Panic

Front End Engineer

Frontend engineer with 5 years of production React and TypeScript experience in cybersecurity SaaS. Strong in component architecture, design systems, and daily AI-assisted development.

ProjectsResume

Increase in weekly engagement on a redesigned dashboard

20+

Components built for an internal design system

360+

Features shipped over 5 years

Daily

Cursor + Claude workflow

About Me

I am a frontend engineer with 5 years of production React and TypeScript experience in cybersecurity SaaS. I am drawn to the kind of work where the frontend matters — complex data, technical users, interfaces that have to be both fast and clear.

Things I have spent the most time on: building design systems and reusable component libraries, leading user-facing initiatives end-to-end, and contributing to platform-level work like migrations and architecture decisions.

Lately I use Cursor and Claude every day. I wrote custom rules for both that my engineering team adopted across the codebase, and I built a side project called PrepCode using the Anthropic API to practice AI-powered product features outside of work.

Currently open to new opportunities — looking for senior frontend roles at SaaS or developer tools companies, remote-first.

Work Experience

Front End Engineer

StackHawk

Aug 2022 - May 2026

Platform Modernization

→Main contributor on the full-application migration from Semantic UI to Tailwind CSS (working alongside the engineer leading the effort)
→Migrated state management from Redux to Nanostores across feature areas
→Contributed to React 19 upgrade, resolving breaking changes across consuming components

Product Ownership & Design System

→Led the Daily Active Users initiative — redesigned a low-engagement Getting Started page into a dashboard with “Things to Do Today,” Top 5 Vulnerabilities, and Achievements sections. Weekly visit rate rose from ~10% to ~32% after launch
→Built 20+ reusable components for an internal design system with Storybook documentation
→Drove component adoption through code review and pairing with engineers across the team

Feature Delivery & Cross-Stack Work

→Shipped 360+ features and fixes including Attack Surface Management, API Discovery, GitHub integration flows, and application management interfaces
→Occasionally contributed to backend tickets (protobuf schema updates, API contract changes in Kotlin services) using AI tooling to navigate code outside primary expertise
→Built custom D3.js data visualization (security metrics donut chart) used by enterprise customers
→Developed integration UIs connecting 6+ third-party tools (Snyk, Jira, Slack, Vanta, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket)

AI-Assisted Development

→Integrated Cursor and Claude into daily workflow for code generation, refactoring, testing, and navigating unfamiliar services
→Authored custom Cursor and Claude rules adopted by the engineering team

ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSStorybookD3.jsNanostores

Junior Front End Engineer

StackHawk

Apr 2021 - Aug 2022

→Shipped UI features in React, TypeScript, and Semantic UI for an application security platform
→Ramped to independent feature delivery within 6 months

Technical Skills

Frontend

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactHTML/CSSTailwind CSSD3.jsStorybookViteWebpack

State & Architecture

NanostoresReduxReact ContextComponent architectureDesign systems

Testing & Quality

JestPlaywrightCode reviewAccessibility (WCAG)Responsive design

Cross-Stack

REST APIsprotobuf / gRPCAPI contracts

AI Development

Cursor (daily)Claude (daily)Anthropic APICustom rules & workflows

Tools

Git / GitHubCI/CDFigmaJiraAgile / Scrum

Let`s Connect

I am currently exploring new opportunities in frontend engineering. Whether you want to discuss a role, collaborate on a project, or just chat about React and design systems, I would love to hear from you!

valentina.panic87@gmail.com

Connect professionally

GitHub

View my code

📍 Denver, CO | 🌍 Open to remote opportunities | 🗣️ English & Serbian (fluent)