Melanie Temple
Staff Engineer at HashiCorp
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMelanie Temple is a Staff Engineer with over 25 years building accessible, high-performance web experiences and a decade-plus in formal engineering roles, currently shaping design systems at HashiCorp. A former military service member and certified linguist in Arabic, she brings disciplined leadership, clear communication, and a security-conscious mindset to front-end engineering. Melanie is an active Ember.js core contributor and has improved flagship projects like the Ember Guides and ember-template-lint by driving accessibility-first lint rules and UX-focused website updates. She specializes in WAI-ARIA/WCAG compliance and web performance, pairing hands-on UI craftsmanship with strategic planning to empower developer teams. Her background in psychology and information security gives her a rare blend of user-centered design insight and operational rigor that surfaces in both code and mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
Certification, Arabic Language and Literature, Certification, Arabic Language and Literature at Defense Language InstituteCertification, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Certification, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at National Cryptologic SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology at Ashford University
Stackoverflow
180reputation
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Github Skills (21)
accessibility10
page-layout10
javascript10
layout10
handlebars10
css10
responsive-design10
emberjs10
front-end-development10
ember10
html10
linting10
ui-design8
border6
xml6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
emberjs/website
Oct 2016 - Mar 2019
Source for emberjs.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:302 commits, 190 PRs, 236 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Melanie primarily contributed to the website's front-end by modifying HTML templates (ERB) and CSS, and adding new components. They worked on the layout and structure of the website, including the header, legal and team pages, and the blog section. The user focused on responsive design, adjusting font sizes, and centering headings for mobile devices, which resulted in a more user-friendly experience.
emberjsember-addonember
ember-template-lint/ember-template-lint
May 2019 - Nov 2021
Linter for Ember or Handlebars templates
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:91 reviews, 146 commits, 86 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Melanie primarily contributed to improving the accessibility of the Ember template linting library. Their commits focused on refining and expanding rules related to valid `alt` text for `img` tags and the use of link titles. They added new rules for identifying invalid link text, invalid meta tags, and enforcing the inclusion of a `lang` attribute on the `html` tag. These changes aimed to improve the quality and accessibility of Handlebars templates.
hbslinterlinthandlebars-templateshandlebars
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