Derek Santolo

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Résumé

Frontend

Pepperdine, Apple, USC
2019-2025

I was a frontend developer at Apple for three years. I worked on the Apple Online Store, where I did my best to build pages that achieved the vision of Apple's designers while also optimizing performance and accessibility. I was involved with product launches and built user-facing pages (like this) that served millions of customers. I also built landing pages driven by an internal JS animation library (similar to Motion). Last year, I rebuilt the website for USC's Mobile and Environmental Media Lab using Astro, Svelte 5 and Tailwind 4.

Graphics

USC
2024-2025

I recently obtained an M.S. in Computer Science at USC, primarily to learn more about game development and computer graphics. I took courses such as Game Engine Development, Computer Graphics, and Computer Animation and Simulation. Additionally, I am reading "Metal by Tutorial" by Caroline Begbie to teach myself Metal. I hope to produce some Metal demos soon!

And despite all that...we still shouldn't leave the good undone.