Kris Brown
Senior Software Engineer at Dashlane
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolKris Brown is a Senior Software Engineer based in Paris with 11 years of experience building user-focused web and cross-platform applications. He’s a hands-on full‑stack developer who owns features end-to-end—from accessible, reusable React components and pixel‑perfect responsive CSS to SVG animations and API contracts. At Dashlane and previously Zipwhip and Microsoft, he has shipped enterprise features, managed releases, and improved CI/CD and testing practices. An active contributor to Microsoft’s widely used Fluent UI, he’s improved PeoplePicker, ActivityItem, and TagPicker components with accessibility, performance, and keyboard/high‑contrast fixes. Trained in art and design, he brings a designer’s attention to detail to engineering tradeoffs and front-end UX.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art & Design at University of Northern IowaBachelor of Art, Art & Design, Bachelor of Art, Art & Design at University of Iowa
English
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Github Skills (17)
accessibility10
javascript10
ui-components10
component-kit10
react10
typescript9
typescript-types9
typescripts9
fluentd9
css8
html6
internet-explorer6
ios6
twitter-bootstrap6
bootstrap6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/fluentui
Mar 2017 - Jan 2018
Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 59 PRs, 17 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Kris primarily contributed to the `microsoft/fluentui` repository by implementing and refining various UI components, specifically focusing on the PeoplePicker, ActivityItem, and TagPicker. Their work involved styling, accessibility improvements, and performance optimizations for these components. The user also addressed bug fixes related to keyboard support, high-contrast mode, and rendering issues, demonstrating a commitment to enhancing the user experience. They also worked on refactoring existing code and added examples for better documentation.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
kristoferbrown/cascade-effect
Jun 2015 - Jan 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 57 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 7 months
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