Julia Solórzano
Senior Design Operations Specialist
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulia Solórzano is a Senior Design Operations Specialist with over a decade of experience building design systems and front-end components that improve consistency and efficiency across large software teams. Currently at Esri, she establishes design standards and tooling to help UX, research, and engineering partners ship cohesive ArcGIS experiences. Her background spans government digital services (including leadership roles at GSA and contributions to the U.S. Web Design System), startups, and teaching, giving her a rare blend of operational rigor and hands-on front-end craftsmanship. She has practical open-source chops—committing UI, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript refinements to the high-profile USWDS project, including work to remove jQuery and modernize components. Known for turning design strategy into repeatable workflows, she also brings community-minded leadership informed by civic service as an election judge.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of Kansas
Github Skills (12)
html10
css10
system10
sass10
javascript10
carbon-design-system10
front-end-development10
system-design10
sys10
uswds10
jquery9
documentation9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
uswds/uswds
Jun 2015 - Mar 2017
The U.S. Web Design System helps the federal government build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly websites.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:18 releases, 2 reviews, 420 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Julia's commits primarily involve the development of front-end components and the implementation of the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) within the repository. They added Google Fonts and the necessary CSS file references. Furthermore, the user structured the main content and navigation elements, adding includes for the navbar, sidenav, and menu functionality. The changes indicate a focus on building the user interface and integrating design system elements.
accessibleuswdsfederal-governmentweb-designclarity
uswds/uswds-site
Jul 2016 - Mar 2017
USWDS website and documentation
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 253 commits, 159 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Julia's commits primarily focus on updating and modifying the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) documentation website. Their contributions include updating the path for Sass linting tasks and merging in changes from the staging branch. The user implemented changes to Javascript files, including jQuery removal. Furthermore, the user contributed to HTML and CSS by adding/updating component files, layouts, and sidenav elements.
gulpdocumentation-generatoruswdsapi-documentationcommunity-management
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