Taking on select consulting projects

Software engineer building accessible products everyone can actually use.

I’m Troy — a senior software engineer on Paylocity’s Design System team, building accessible UI components with React Aria. I’ve shipped production software since 2013, including React, Vue, and .NET systems at companies like Charles Schwab and Dick’s Sporting Goods, and I help teams do the same.

Troy Lugar
Pittsburgh, PA · open to remote work
10+years shipping production software
75%faster loyalty lookups at Dick’s
16×load capacity after a service rewrite
5companies, from HR tech to finance & retail
01Services

How I can help your team.

Design systems & component libraries

Reusable React components built on React Aria that teams can adopt quickly and trust.

Accessibility

Keyboard navigation, focus management, and screen reader support built in from the start, not bolted on.

AI product interfaces

Assistants, chat, and AI-driven features in React that feel fast, clear, and trustworthy.

Frontend architecture

React, Vue, and Angular apps that scale — state management, testing, and clean component APIs.

.NET APIs & services

RESTful APIs and microservices with .NET Core, SQL Server, MongoDB, and RabbitMQ.

Modernization & performance

Incremental migrations off aging platforms, and measurable speedups once you’re there.

02Experience

Where I’ve been building.

  1. Paylocity

    Senior Software Engineer, Design System
    • Building accessible UI components on Adobe’s React Aria
    • Making accessibility the default for every product team that uses the design system
  2. Paylocity

    Senior Software Engineer, AI Assist
    • Building frontend components for AI models with React.js
    • Partnering across teams to bring AI-driven solutions to the product suite
  3. Paylocity

    Software Engineer, Video Platform
    • Built a RESTful video platform API with .NET Core, MongoDB, and AWS
    • Built a web video editor and player with React and Redux, plus a screen & webcam recorder in Vue
  4. Charles Schwab

    Software Engineer III, Digital Services
    • Built a straight-through processing orchestration service with .NET Core, SQL Server, and RabbitMQ
    • Built an estates-processing workflow API with test-driven development
  5. Dick’s Sporting Goods

    Software Engineer, Loyalty
    • Cut loyalty lookup response times by 75% and raised load capacity 16×
    • Built an anti-corruption layer to move off a proprietary e-commerce system
    • Rebuilt My Account as a responsive Angular SPA

Earlier: Junior Developer, Opal Business Solutions (2017–2018) · IT Intern, Ramsay Corporation (2013–2016) · B.A. Computing & Information Studies and Philosophy, Washington & Jefferson College

03Toolkit

What I work with.

Frontend

TypeScript, React, React Aria, WCAG, Redux, Vue, Angular

Backend

C#, .NET Core, EF Core, SQL Server, MongoDB, RabbitMQ

Delivery

AWS, Docker, Azure DevOps, TeamCity, Jest, Cypress, xUnit

Let’s build something.

Have a project in mind, or a role you think I’d be a fit for? I read every message and usually reply within a day or two.