Luke Simpson
I'm Luke Simpson, a frontend and design engineer with 20+ years of experience building beautiful, functional and accessible web interfaces. I care about craft, design systems, and the small details that make software feel good to use.

I'm currently a Senior Web Application Developer at Kinsale Insurance, on the Enterprise Shared Services team. I help build the shared libraries, micro frontends and services that support development teams across the company.

Recent work includes a Notes Management micro frontend for our target-state Document Management System, and helping the organization evaluate AI-assisted development tooling like Claude Code.

Portfolio

I have over two decades of experience in all major stages of web development, from design and branding to front- and back-end engineering. I have built websites for all kinds of clients, from small boutique shops to large non-profits to Fortune 500 enterprise platforms. Below is a small sample of my work.

Core Expertise

While my experience spans a wide variety of web-related disciplines including UX/UI design, Information Architecture, content management systems and cloud platforms, my deepest expertise is in front-end development and people leadership — I've led engineering teams as both a tech lead and engineering manager, and spent over a decade in leadership roles before transitioning into web development.

  • People Leadership and Management
  • UX/Design Tools (Figma, Invision, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator)
  • Web Development
  • User Testing
  • A/B Testing and Optimization
  • Project Management
  • Agile Methodology and Practices

Technical Skills

AI-assisted development. I use Claude and Claude Code daily across personal projects and at Kinsale, and I put a lot of thought into how these tools fit into a senior engineer's workflow. I believe they're best wielded in service to a skilled engineer's craft, not as a replacement for it.

  • HTML(5)
  • CSS(3)
  • SASS, Tailwind & other CSS tools
  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • JS frameworks/libraries: Svelte/SvelteKit, Angular/RxJS
  • Node.js
  • Unit Testing (Jest, Vitest)
  • End to End and cross-browser testing (Cypress, Playwright)
  • Adobe Target
  • CMS platforms: Contentful, ExpressionEngine, Wordpress
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner certification