Alisa Palson

Front End Developer

Front End Developer with full-stack JavaScript experience, known for championing intuitive design, accessibility, and open source. Curious, quick to learn, and adaptable, with a passion for solving problems and building elegant, user-friendly solutions.

[email protected] (602) 784 - 6433 alisa.palson.info

Project

Skills

Work Experience

Lead Web Developer

Magnolia Development

Sept 2025 — PresentCurrent

Led Shopify theme architecture and core feature development, owning implementation, version control, and production deployments in a collaborative consulting environment.
Migrated a heavily customized Shopify 1.0 theme to Shopify 2.0, rebuilding functionality to align with modern best practices and consolidating duplicate device-specific sections into responsive, performance-focused components.
Developed 15+ custom sections and reusable snippets, including a subscription-integrated product purchase system using the Stay.ai API and a dynamic sale countdown powered by Shopify metaobjects.

Software Engineer

Citrix

Oct 2014 — Jun 2017Tempe, AZ

Contributed to development of REST APIs and authentication flows
Practiced pair programming and test-driven development in an agile team.
Helped implement modular CSS and internal style guidelines.
Supported a variety of projects, including Arduino integrations, mobile apps, and internal tooling across the full stack.

Projects

Open Flow

Inspired by my own experience as an autistic adult, this app bridges the gap between overly simplistic AAC tools and those that feel clinical, resulting in a low-stimulation, flexible, and user-friendly design tailored for autistic teens and adults. Originally my senior project, I redesigned it recently to include a backend using MongoDB and migrated from GitHub Pages to Vercel and Nextjs.

ReactNext.jsVercelMongoDBViteGithub

Skills

ReactJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsMongoDBGithubSemantic HTMLLiquidAPI IntegrationREST APIsCSSTailwind CSSMaterial UIAccessibility (a11y/WCAG)

Education

Bachelor of Science, Graphic Information Technology (focus in full stack development)

Arizona State University

3.65 / 4.0

References available upon request.