Andrew Houser
Front-end engineering leadership
& AI implementation strategy.
Directing a Customer Experience team of 10 engineers delivering next-generation digital products, leading AI implementation strategy, and appointed to the “Future of Work” council.
I help teams navigate the shift from AI-assisted copilot workflows to increasingly autonomous agentic development - bridging front-end platform strategy with hands-on building to ship cohesive, high-quality experiences at every stage of that progression.
Building better front-ends across teams
I work at the intersection of engineering, design, and product to solve problems that span applications and teams. My focus is on creating systems, standards, and shared capabilities that help organizations deliver consistent, high-quality user experiences.
Most organizations don't struggle because of a lack of talent. They struggle because their front-end systems evolve without structure. Different teams build different patterns, components drift, and over time the user experience becomes inconsistent and harder to maintain. That's where I focus.
What I do:
- Lead front-end architecture and modernization efforts
- Grow and govern design systems and component libraries
- Improve accessibility, performance, and UX consistency
- Enable teams through shared patterns, tooling, and best practices
- Bridge design and engineering to ship better products faster
Front-end Platform & Modernization
I lead efforts to modernize legacy front-ends and build scalable architecture for React-based applications. This includes migrating from older frameworks, establishing TypeScript standards, improving build tooling, creating observability into front-end quality, and codifying architecture decisions into blueprint projects that teams adopt as starter templates.
Design Systems & Component Architecture
A component library only matters if teams use it. I establish and evolve design systems that balance flexibility with consistency - focusing on developer-first APIs, smart defaults, and clear usage guidance. This includes building component libraries, defining patterns, creating governance models, enabling teams to adopt shared systems without friction, and publishing blueprint projects that extend the design system into full project templates.
Cross-Team Leadership & Enablement
I drive alignment across product teams through communities of practice, shared standards, and direct collaboration. My role is often to be the person who raises the bar for front-end quality, accessibility, and user experience at an organizational level.
AI Implementation Strategy
I lead organizational AI adoption across the copilot-to-autopilot spectrum — from AI-assisted development through self-healing systems and fully autonomous agentic workflows. This includes establishing AI governance frameworks, guiding teams through the progression toward autonomous development, and aligning stakeholders to drive measurable enterprise-wide AI transformation.
Current Focus
Team Lead, Customer Experience
Milliman IntelliScript
October 2024 – Present
Leading the Customer Experience Team and broader front-end initiatives across 6+ React-based customer-facing applications in the life insurance and risk assessment space. Publishing blueprint projects that reduce onboarding friction and give any team a production-ready starting point. Responsible for front-end engineering quality, UX consistency, and design system adoption across products used by underwriters, clinicians, and insurance professionals.
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Whether you need leadership driving AI implementation strategy across your organization, or you're scaling your front-end team, improving consistency across products, or building a design system that teams actually adopt - that's exactly the kind of problem I enjoy solving.