Heather Buchel
Senior Frontend Engineer at Squarespace
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolHeather Buchel is a Senior Frontend Engineer with 12 years building polished, accessible web experiences from prototype to production, currently shaping UI and accessibility at Squarespace. She brings deep expertise in HTML, CSS, SVG and design systems, having re-architected large docs sites and implemented reusable React + TypeScript components for AWS Amplify. At Amazon she combined design-tech prototyping with high-traffic product work—shipping ad interfaces used during Prime Day and leading accessibility audits to WCAG AA standards. An active open-source contributor, she’s fixed UI/ a11y issues and added components to Amplify UI and its docs, including media and navigation improvements. Based in New York, she pairs a designer’s attention to detail with rigorous testing (Jest, Puppeteer, Cypress) and a knack for turning styleguides into accessible, production-ready components.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Database Administration, Database Administration at Lansing Community College
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Github Skills (25)
accessibility10
ui-components10
typescript10
ui-design10
uid10
component-kit10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
aws-amplify10
typescripts10
react10
documentation10
javascript9
system-design9
carbon-design-system9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aws-amplify/docs
Oct 2023 - Nov 2024
AWS Amplify Framework Documentation
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:514 reviews, 324 PRs, 601 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Heather implemented various UI components and page layouts in the Amplify Docs repository, primarily using React and TypeScript. They updated the Gen2 landing page, redesigned the global navigation, and converted elements to use Amplify UI components. The user also added a video component and improved the accessibility of the documentation.
amplify-frameworkaws-lambdaserverlessaws-amplifygraphql
aws-amplify/amplify-ui
Apr 2022 - 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:811 reviews, 53 commits, 456 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Heather primarily contributed to the `amplify-ui` repository by fixing bugs and updating documentation related to various UI components. They addressed issues such as border inconsistencies in `TextField` components and accessibility problems in `CheckboxField` elements. Additionally, the user updated focus styling for `switchField` components and made improvements to the documentation, specifically the tabs and radio group examples. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving UI functionality, accessibility, and documentation.
themeablereactaccessiblevuedesign-system
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