Connor Lanigan
Software Development Engineer II & Security Guardian at Amazon Web Services
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolConnor Lanigan is a Berlin-based Software Development Engineer II with 11 years of experience building reliable web applications and front-end components, currently working at Amazon Web Services with a focus on secure, production-grade systems. He pairs hands-on engineering with a security-minded perspective as a designated Security Guardian, contributing to both feature delivery and risk reduction. Connor has a strong front-end pedigree—evidenced by contributions to the Cloudscape Design System where he improved accessibility, event handling, and visual polish for React components like date-range pickers and table headers. His career blends agency-style freelance work and product development at firms like TRENZ AG and encoway, giving him breadth across greenfield launches and maintenance engineering. A graduate in Computer Science from Universität Bremen, he brings a pragmatic, quality-first approach to cross-functional teams and open-source collaborations.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Informatik, 1,58, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Informatik, 1,58 at Universität Bremen
German, English, French, Latin
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Github Skills (13)
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system-design10
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react10
typescript-types10
ui-components10
accessibility9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
cloudscape-design/components
Jul 2022 - Nov 2022
React components for Cloudscape Design System
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:394 reviews, 34 commits, 201 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily contributed to the development and improvement of React components within the Cloudscape Design System. Their work focused on enhancing the user experience and functionality by addressing issues related to event handling in link components, disabling spellchecking in input fields, and fixing layout bugs in annotation contexts. Additionally, the user made improvements to the date-range-picker components and the table header visuals for the full-page tables. They also addressed visual and accessibility issues within the UI components.
reactdesign-systemreact-componentstypescriptscss
connorlanigan/norvos
May 2015 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 release, 70 commits, 3 PRs in 3 years 5 months
messengerdesktopwindowselectron
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