Turning a skills model into a usable internal product.

A skills framework is useful only if employees can find and apply what it contains.

I worked on an internal web application for the American Express HR department. The job was to turn a structured skills model into a clear product while working with an existing API and brand system.

• Extended the existing JavaScript API and planned the application architecture.
• Created the initial wireframes and helped make UI decisions using the Amex Design Language System.
• Built the frontend application from scratch.
• Wrote end-to-end tests with Cypress, including custom commands, helpers, and data factories.

The data model, screen structure, and end-to-end tests all described the same employee workflow. Working on them together made the product easier to keep consistent.