Frank Congson
Engineering Manager, Accessibility at Canva
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Congson is an engineering manager specializing in accessibility with over a decade of full-stack experience and eight years focused on product-driven frontend and design systems work. He has led teams at major companies including Canva and Xero to evolve scalable design systems and ship accessible, user-centered interfaces for millions of customers. Comfortable across backend microservices and modern frontend stacks (TypeScript, React, GraphQL), he pairs technical depth with a strong partnership approach to UX and product. Frank moved from hands-on engineering into leadership by cultivating a growth mindset and asking the right questions to unlock better solutions rather than prescribing them. He has a track record of modernizing legacy platforms into containerized, testable services and driving cross-functional adoption of design system principles. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, he blends systems thinking with a designer’s sensitivity for delightful experiences.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Github Skills (24)
forestry10
javascript10
vercel10
storybook10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
nextjs10
browser10
server-rendering10
react-framework10
ssg10
compiler10
react10
hybrid10
gatsbyjs9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
fcongson/frankcongson.dev
Apr 2021 - Jan 2024
FrankCongson.dev built with Vue 3 + Typescript + Vite
Contributions:2 PRs, 38 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 9 months
vue
fcongson/lagom-ui
Jun 2021 - Feb 2025
Just the right amount of components
Contributions:8 PRs, 119 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 8 months
component-librarydesign-systemstyled-componentsstyled-system
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