Jeff Chew
Head Of Engineering, Carbon Design System IBM Design Program Office
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Chew is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience, currently heading the Carbon Design System engineering efforts within IBM's Design Program Office in New York. He blends hands-on front-end development expertise—contributing UI components and responsive image features to the high-profile Carbon Design System used across IBM.com—with strategic leadership of design-system delivery. A Columbia-educated industrial engineer, Jeff brings a systems-thinking approach to design and engineering, focusing on consistency, accessibility, and brand-aligned UX. His open-source contributions to key Carbon repos show practical attention to navigation, component behavior, and responsive media patterns that improve developer and user experience. Known for translating design intent into production-ready React and SCSS implementations, he bridges design, engineering, and product teams to scale design system adoption. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic decisions that balance UX fidelity with enterprise integration needs.
11 years of coding experience
BS, Industrial Engineering, BS, Industrial Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New YorkEngineering & Management Systems, Industrial Engineering, Engineering & Management Systems, Industrial Engineering at Columbia Engineering
English
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
carbon-design-system10
carbon-copy10
sc10
carbon-lang10
scs10
front-end-development10
html10
gatsbyjs10
gatsby10
react10
web-components8
xml6
xpath6
backbonejs6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
carbon-design-system/carbon-for-ibm-dotcom
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
Carbon for IBM.com is based on the Carbon Design System for IBM
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:44 releases, 913 reviews, 1959 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jeff's commits primarily involve implementing and modifying React components within the `carbon-for-ibm-dotcom` repository. They have focused on creating image captions and implementing image display features, including integrating and configuring responsive image sources. The changes included contributions to the design storybooks and React examples, with modifications to both Javascript and SCSS files. The user demonstrates a clear focus on UI development within the context of a design system.
carbon-design-systemscssjavascriptcssweb-components
carbon-design-system/gatsby-theme-carbon
Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
A Carbon inspired Gatsby theme
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 1 push in 10 months
Contributions summary:Jeff primarily contributed to the front-end components, specifically the Switcher, within the Gatsby theme. Their work involved modifying and updating links within the switcher navigation, aligning them with IBM standards and branding requirements. These changes included adding, removing, and reordering links, as well as updating URLs. The focus of the commits was enhancing the user experience and ensuring accurate information within the theme's navigation structure.
gatsby-themegatsby-theme-carboncarbongatsby
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