Kyle Macdonald
Director Of Product Management at Clerk.com
United States
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Top SchoolKyle Macdonald is a product and engineering leader with 12 years of experience building web products, leading teams, and running an agency. Currently Director of Product Management at Clerk, he previously led web engineering at HashiCorp where he managed React/Next.js teams and stewarded public-facing open-source projects like Waypoint and Consul. He has deep front-end chops—contributing UI and documentation improvements to major HashiCorp repos—and a track record of scaling agencies from startup to acquisition as CTO of Carrot/Virtue. Kyle blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership, hiring and developing engineers who go on to join top tech companies. He’s equally comfortable shaping product strategy and rolling up his sleeves to ship polished interfaces and documentation that improve developer and customer experiences.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Eastern Connecticut State University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
website-development10
css10
nextjs10
html10
react10
ui-design9
consul8
hash6
data-mapper6
iphone6
bash6
github6
itunes6
git6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
hashicorp/consul
Dec 2019 - Sep 2021
Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 13 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily contributed to the website components and user interface of the Consul documentation and marketing site. Their work included adding links to certification and cloud offerings, updating the homepage hero section and CTAs, and adding redirects. They were responsible for modifying existing components, CSS styles, and navigation elements to improve the user experience.
api-gatewayecsgolangcenterdistributed
hashicorp/waypoint
Sep 2020 - Sep 2021
A tool to build, deploy, and release any application on any platform.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 12 commits, 28 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily contributes to the website component of the Waypoint project. Their commits focus on modifying the website's user interface, including the addition of new platform logos and updated links. They demonstrate an understanding of Next.js configuration, implementing headers for robots indexing, and incorporating new components into the documentation section. The user's work directly impacts the presentation and usability of the Waypoint website.
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