Lachlan Bradford
Tech Lead - Design Systems at TikTok
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLachlan Bradford is a Tech Lead specializing in design systems with a decade of front-end experience driving consistent, accessible UI at scale from San Francisco. Currently leading design systems at TikTok, he blends hands-on prototyping and tooling with cross-functional leadership to ship polished interfaces under tight timelines. Prior roles at PlayStation and Indeed sharpened his ability to translate design intent into production-ready components, developer tooling, and A/B experiments. He emphasizes accessibility and high-fidelity prototyping, often building custom services that bridge design and engineering. Educated in engineering at Monash and a strong academic performer from Xavier College, he brings a rigorous, systems-minded approach to front-end architecture. Outside of work he curates a personal portfolio at lochie.xyz that showcases his focus on maximizing UI potential.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Victorian Certificate of Education, ENTER 98.35, Victorian Certificate of Education, ENTER 98.35 at Xavier CollegeBachelor of Engineering (Honors) BEng(Hons), Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) BEng(Hons) at Monash University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (19)
calculator10
truncate10
tooltip9
dropdown9
popover8
tooltips8
floating8
low-level8
react6
toolchain6
javascript6
compiler5
interpreter5
programming-language5
atlas4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
maladr0it/classic-talent-calculator
Jul 2019 - Aug 2021
Classic WoW talent calculator
Contributions:58 commits, 7 PRs, 53 pushes in 2 years 1 month
talentcalculatorgamewow-classic
maladr0it/react-truncate-list
Feb 2020 - Sep 2022
Truncate a list of elements with a symbol or component of your choice
Contributions:49 commits, 28 PRs, 59 pushes in 2 years 7 months
elementstruncate
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