Danny Banks
HR Ops Admin at Amazon
Lebanon, Indiana, United States
Summary
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RockstarDanny Banks is an HR Ops Admin at Amazon with 11 years of technical experience and a strong background in design-driven front-end engineering. As a Principal Design Technologist on GitHub projects like AWS Amplify and the widely used style-dictionary, he has implemented robust design token systems, theming standards, and UI component enhancements that bridge design and engineering. Based in Lebanon, Indiana, he combines operational HR work with hands-on contributions to open source, shipping features such as color/size transforms, accessibility-minded component updates, and thorough documentation and tests. A lover of cats and design tokens, Danny brings a rare mix of cross-functional empathy, product-focused craftsmanship, and deep practical knowledge of design systems.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (22)
customizer10
javascript10
design-tokens10
custom-theme10
ui-components10
css10
build-system10
filetype10
system-design10
carbon-design-system10
sc10
file-format10
system10
scs10
customisation10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
amzn/style-dictionary
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
A build system for creating cross-platform styles.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 releases, 269 reviews, 256 commits in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Danny primarily contributed to the development of a design tokens build system. Their work involved adding transforms for color and size properties, and modifying the code of the core libraries to perform their intended functionality. They implemented new features such as handling transparency, adding custom file headers, and refactoring code for clarity. They also added documentation, test cases, and fixed many errors.
stylestyleguidestylesdesign-toolsstyle-tokens
aws-amplify/amplify-ui
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Amplify UI is a collection of accessible, themeable, performant React (and more!) components that can connect directly to the cloud.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1453 reviews, 184 commits, 554 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Danny primarily focused on theming and UI component development within the Amplify UI library. Their contributions involved standardizing the theme structure based on the System UI Theme spec, updating button variants, modifying design token structures, and adding new color tokens. They also updated the component's CSS by changing data attributes and other design changes. The user also worked on adding and refactoring documentation and examples.
themeablereactaccessiblevuedesign-system
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