Adam Pena
Engineer of fast, scalable, and accessible UI—used at scale.
I've led frontend development at Cash App and Plaid, building experimentation and data platforms that scale across teams. My work emphasizes performance, accessibility, and systems that hold up under pressure.
Experience
Senior Front-End Engineer at Cash App
Oct 2022 — Feb 2025
- Architected and launched a cross-team marketing experimentation platform, increasing conversion rates by 5% through faster A/B test deployment and real-time metric tracking.
- Led frontend performance initiatives, cutting page load times by 70% and boosting Lighthouse scores across all surfaces by 60+ points.
- Drove a company-wide accessibility compliance program, resolving 100% of WCAG 2.1 violations and introducing automated testing pipelines to ensure ongoing compliance.
- Implemented advanced caching strategies and server-side rendering, improving SEO performance and increasing organic search traffic by 30%.
Senior Software Engineer at Plaid
Aug 2019 — Sep 2022
- Built a design system-integrated CMS used across 5+ surfaces, reducing content deployment time by 60% and enabling self-publishing by non-technical teams.
- Directed Plaid’s apprenticeship program, overseeing mentorship, curicculum design, and operations. Achieved 100% conversion and retention rate accross 20+ apprentices.
- Led accessibility initiatives across Plaid’s web apps, achieving full WCAG 2.1 compliance and reducing accessibility-related support tickets by 75%.
- Developed and maintained a shared UI component library adopted across product teams, reducing UI bug incidence by 30% and streamlining new feature rollout.
Software Engineer at Visibly
Sep 2017 — Jul 2019
- Improved onboarding workflows and signup flows, increasing user retention by 25% and boosting first-time purchase conversion by 4%.
- Developed rich, interactive UI components for a proprietary online vision test, contributing to a smoother and more accurate test-taking experience.
Front-End Engineer at Arrive
Mar 2016 — Sep 2017
- Redesigned and optimized the core parking widget, increasing performance by 40% and improving booking funnel completion rates.
- Built and shipped a new B2B platform for enterprise partners, reducing client expense report processing time by 35%.
Currently building under Cindersoft®
AIO Ready™
AIO Ready is a tool that tests how AI agents like GPT or Claude interpret and attempt to interact with modern websites. It helps uncover UX blockers that can break automation, AI search, or LLM-based flows.
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