2023–2024
Capital One Travel
Front-End Engineer
Built modular, scalable front-end components for travel booking and airport lounge experiences.
Context
Capital One Travel is a production travel booking platform in a highly regulated financial services environment. The challenge was scaling frequent, high-fidelity page launches across core travel and airport lounge experiences without sacrificing consistency, accessibility, or maintainability.
Problem
Designs were complex and detail-heavy with high-fidelity requirements
The system needed to balance pixel-level fidelity with accessibility and performance
Much of the challenge was working within an existing enterprise design system
Solution
Built and refined responsive React and TypeScript components that emphasized reusability at the section and template level.
Key Deliverables
50+ reusable and scalable components added to the component library
Scalable page templates for rapid page launches
Optimized animation and video components
Impact
Learnings
Learned how to work deeply inside an existing enterprise design system
Strengthened skills in building scalable, section-level components
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