Clay Miller
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolClay Miller is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building resilient web and frontend systems, currently contributing to GitHub after tenure at Microsoft and Xamarin. He blends full-stack expertise—React frontends and .NET/AKS backends—with a proven accessibility and CI optimization track record, including cutting CI time by 75% and resolving hundreds of accessibility issues. A regular open-source contributor, Clay has helped evolve GitHub’s Primer React components and implemented integrations for smart-home devices in the Ring ecosystem, showing comfort across UI component libraries and backend device integrations. Based in Greenville, SC, he favors projects that use modern tooling to create enduring solutions and brings an eye for practical UX improvements informed by accessibility work. Outside work he pursues interests in philosophy and home automation, which often surface as thoughtful, systems-level approaches to product problems.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering, 3.28, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering, 3.28 at Auburn University
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Github Skills (31)
homebridge10
apim10
javascript10
api-design10
component-development10
typescript10
styled-components10
integrations10
serialization10
system10
component-library10
component-kit10
api10
typescript-types10
ring10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
primer/react
Sep 2019 - Sep 2021
An implementation of GitHub's Primer Design System using React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:244 reviews, 153 commits, 91 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Clay primarily contributed to the React component library. Their commits focused on enhancing the component library's functionality and maintaining its type safety. The user implemented new features like the 'ButtonGroup' component and expanded existing components like 'TextInput' to utilize styled-system properties. They also refactored existing components to support TypeScript and added a new component called 'ActionList', which involved styling various elements and refactoring its core logic.
primerreactprimer-designdesign-systemcomponent-library
dgreif/ring
Aug 2019 - Jan 2021
Unofficial packages for Ring Doorbells, Cameras, Alarm System, and Smart Lighting
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 7 PRs, 66 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Clay primarily contributed to the development of integrations for Ring devices, focusing on adding features and supporting new hardware. They implemented support for new devices like fans and outlets, and integrated features like an in-home doorbell switch. The user also worked on the integration with the Ring Alarm system by adding support for z-wave thermostats. Additionally, they fixed a network-related issue by flushing the DNS cache.
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