Lee White
Design Systems Engineer at HashiCorp
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLee White is a Design Systems Engineer with 11 years of experience building accessible, consistent front-end experiences across startups and large enterprises. Based in Philadelphia, he has driven accessibility-focused UX engineering at companies like Twilio, Salesforce, Olark, and now HashiCorp, blending pragmatic implementation with design-system thinking. His open-source contributions to Twilio’s Paste design system show hands-on expertise shipping React components, i18n support, and improved documentation—work that eases adoption for other teams. A UC Santa Cruz graduate, he pairs a strong accessibility specialization with practical product delivery, often surfacing subtle usability improvements that benefit diverse users. Lee’s background as both an accessibility engineer and a design-systems implementer makes him especially effective at turning inclusive design principles into reusable, production-ready components.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Lowell High SchoolUniversity of California Santa Cruz
English
Github Skills (15)
system10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
react10
ui-components10
typescript-types10
styles9
css9
buttons7
selectbox7
select27
multiselect7
select-all7
combobox7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
twilio-labs/paste
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
Paste is a design system for designing and building consistent experiences at Twilio.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:674 reviews, 115 commits, 174 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Lee primarily implemented and modified React components within the Paste design system, as evidenced by changes to existing components (e.g., Badge, Button, Select, ChatBubble) and the addition of new components (e.g., FileUploader, ChatMessageMeta). These changes included adding features like i18n support, implementing new visual styles, and adjusting existing functionality, indicating a focus on enhancing the user interface and user experience. They also updated website documentation and examples for improved clarity and user guidance.
reacttwilioux-patternsconsistentexperiences
shleewhite/shleewhite.github.com
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:10 PRs, 95 pushes, 6 branches in 11 months
javascriptreact
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