Amy Leadem
Engineering Manager at Wilcore Technologies, Inc.
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmy Leadem is an engineering manager and technical lead with 15+ years of front-end experience and a strong specialty in large-scale design systems and accessibility. She has driven engineering and product strategy for two of the most influential federal open-source design systems—the U.S. Web Design System and VA.gov Design System—serving millions of users and dozens of teams. Known for systems thinking, she translates accessibility standards (WCAG, Section 508) into developer-friendly patterns, plain-language audits, and spec-driven workflows that scale contribution and automation. Amy champions documentation-as-product and is pioneering knowledge-first design systems that serve both human contributors and AI agents as authoritative sources of truth. She’s equally comfortable shipping component code and making the case for new architecture, having built design systems from scratch at both enterprise and federal scale. Based in Tucson, she blends hands-on front-end craft (React, web components, HTML/CSS) with leadership that coaches engineers to consider long-term impact and usability.
4 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Journalism Advertising, Bachelor of Science Journalism Advertising at Arkansas State University
Github Skills (9)
html10
accessibility10
ria10
javascript10
front-end-development10
wai-aria10
uswds10
css9
documentation6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
uswds/uswds-site
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
The U.S. Web Design System documentation website, a design system for the federal government.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1433 reviews, 680 commits, 419 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Amy appears to have been focused on front-end development tasks within the uswds-site repository. Their primary contribution involved updating and creating new email variables within the footer component. The user also worked on adding and incorporating components from the USWDS library, including the button and tag components, as well as the update of multiple other component references.
gulpdocumentation-generatoruswdsapi-documentationcommunity-management
uswds/uswds
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
The U.S. Web Design System helps the federal government build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly websites.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer & Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:2 releases, 1018 reviews, 544 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Amy primarily focused on enhancing the accessibility of the file input component within the USWDS repository. Their contributions involved adding and modifying ARIA attributes, including aria-label, and ensuring proper handling of focus and screen reader announcements. They implemented these changes by modifying the component's JavaScript code and updating the associated HTML template, specifically targeting file upload functionality. The user's work directly improved the component's usability for users with disabilities.
accessibleuswdsfederal-governmentweb-designclarity
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