Lochlan Bunn
Senior Software Engineer at Canva
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolLochlan Bunn is a senior software engineer in Melbourne with 24 years’ experience blending product engineering, creative technology and technical leadership across startups and global teams. He has led engineering teams at Canva and driven hands-on product delivery from greenfield projects to design-tool infrastructure, often switching between management and individual-contributor roles. A prolific front-end contributor in open source—notably to Radix UI’s icon and design-system work—he excels at translating design assets (Figma) into robust React components and build pipelines. His background spans full-stack, devops and creative code, with client work for Google, Sony Music and NBCU, and a knack for shipping polished interactive experiences. Outside day-job duties he organises tech meetups and brings an unusually design-first engineering perspective, evidenced by his history in no-code tooling and creative technologist roles.
24 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Information Technology Computer Software Engineering at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Diploma of Web Development, Diploma of Web Development at TAFE Queensland
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Github Skills (10)
typescript10
typescripts10
svg10
component-design10
figma10
typescript-types10
react10
javascript9
file-icons7
iconsets7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
radix-ui/design-system
Mar 2019 - Jul 2019
Design system that was used by @modulz. It’s now archived and superceded by Radix Themes. (See https://github.com/radix-ui/themes)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 54 commits, 5 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Lochlan was primarily involved in the development of the icon library for the design system. Their work focused on creating and updating React components for various icons, including the implementation of different sizes and types. They also contributed to build processes, such as generating components from Figma files and ensuring the correct file structure and component exports, as well as fixing bugs and code inconsistencies. The user demonstrated an understanding of how to integrate design assets into React components.
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radix-ui/icons
May 2019 - May 2019
A crisp set of 15×15 icons designed by the @workos team.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits in 15 days
Contributions summary:Lochlan primarily contributed to the development of the Radix UI Icons repository, focusing on React component implementations. They introduced new icons by pulling them from Figma, ensuring the correct fill attributes and also fixed ordering issues when generating the components. The user also refactored the icon generation process, optimizing it for improved component management.
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