Charis Lam
Software Engineer (Technical Lead) at Supabase
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolCharis Lam is a software engineer and technical lead with four years of experience building TypeScript/JavaScript applications and shipping full-stack features from discovery to launch. Skilled in React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Cloudflare Workers, Charis focuses on performance, accessibility, and intuitive UX while improving code quality through tests and CI/CD. At Supabase they contribute to a high-profile open-source Firebase alternative, enhancing docs, UI, and search to improve developer experience. Previously led full-stack efforts at Timescale and bridged science and software at ACD/Labs and the University of Toronto, bringing a user-centered, data-savvy mindset from an analytical chemistry background. Known for thriving in autonomous, fast-paced environments, Charis combines technical leadership with hands-on contributions to both product and developer tooling.
4 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Analytical Chemistry, Master of Science - MS, Analytical Chemistry at University of Toronto
English, Chinese, French, Chinese
Github Skills (23)
javascript10
typescript10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
nextjs9
html8
documentation8
css8
databases7
database7
auth5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
supabase/supabase
Oct 2023 - Apr 2025
The open source Firebase alternative. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1567 reviews, 1347 PRs, 2201 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Charis's contributions primarily focused on improving the Supabase documentation and user interface. They fixed title issues in the documentation, implemented tab wrapping and various styling updates for the UI, and redesigned admonitions to match alerts. The user also added full-text search functionality to the docs, significantly enhancing the user experience. In addition, they worked on minor bug fixes and UX improvements throughout the documentation and also contributed to the codebase by adding test cases for the code editor functionality.
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supabase-community/supa-mdx-lint
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:18 releases, 4 reviews, 110 PRs in 4 months
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