Micah Chiang
Staff Software Engineer at Skylight
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMicah Chiang is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building high-performance, accessible front-end applications and leading cross-functional engineering teams. Based in Nashville, he has driven modernization efforts for large government sites—reducing bundle sizes, enforcing CI/CD and accessibility standards, and cutting frontend bugs and accessibility violations by roughly 30%. Micah blends hands-on prototyping (WebSockets, Go, Kafka) with design-system leadership, having led the VA design system migration to USWDS v3 and supported dozens of product teams. An advocate for inclusive UX, he contributes to open-source projects like the OpenDota web UI by improving ARIA, keyboard navigation, and semantic structure. He’s known for cultivating empathetic, collaborative teams that practice pair and mob programming while delivering measurable performance and usability gains.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Certification Web Development and Computer Programming, Certification Web Development and Computer Programming at Coding DojoHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at International Christian SchoolBachelor of Science (BS) Applied Health Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Applied Health Science at Wheaton College
Chinese, English
Github Skills (14)
accessibility10
javascript10
ui-design10
redux10
react10
html9
css8
webpacker7
webpack7
user-data5
data-model5
data-set5
ota4
dot4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
odota/web
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
React web interface for the OpenDota platform
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 8 commits, 1 PR in 21 days
Contributions summary:Micah primarily focused on enhancing the accessibility and user interface of the OpenDota web application. Their contributions include adding ARIA labels, updating alt text for images, and ensuring proper heading levels for improved navigation. Furthermore, the user addressed keyboard navigation issues within the API page and refined the functionality of filter and team buttons. These changes focused on improving usability and adhering to accessibility best practices.
opendotareactdataweb-interfacejavascript
micahchiang/micahchiang.com
Aug 2018 - Sep 2024
Contributions:56 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 2 months
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