James Clements
Design Engineer at Old Friends
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Clements is a design engineer and founder with nine years of experience building production-grade front-end systems and custom websites for clients ranging from HBO and Mars to early-stage startups. Currently at Vercel and running Old Friends, he blends hands-on UI engineering with product-minded studio leadership to deliver maintainable, team-manageable web experiences. His background includes significant work at IBM on large-scale developer-facing UIs and at StoryFit applying ML-driven insights to media, reflecting comfort across enterprise and creative domains. An active open-source contributor, he has improved accessibility and component behavior in IBM’s widely used Carbon Design System, demonstrating attention to detail in UX and component architecture. Based in New York, he brings a rare mix of design sensibility, front-end engineering rigor, and entrepreneurial experience.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science & Business, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science & Business at Lehigh University
English
Github Skills (10)
uid10
javascript10
scs10
carbon-design-system10
front-end-development10
system-design10
ui-design10
react10
sc10
testing8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
carbon-design-system/carbon
Sep 2017 - Jul 2018
A design system built by IBM
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Carbon Design System, focusing on enhancing and fixing UI components. Their work included implementing features for the `NumberInput`, `Slider`, and `Notification` components, such as handling focus, adding accessibility features, and supporting different content types. They also addressed bugs in the `Dropdown` component and exported core components like `Tag` and `TagSkeleton`, alongside the `CodeSnippet` component to ensure correct rendering.
reactjavascriptdesign-systemibmdesign-systems
st-thomas-more/stm-server
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:35 PRs, 67 pushes, 33 branches in 2 months
classroom-managementserver-management
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