Pavithra Kodmad
Design Systems Developer at GitHub
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolPavithra Kodmad is a Design Systems Developer with 11 years of experience building polished, accessible front-end experiences for large products at companies like GitHub and Atlassian. Based in Sydney, she specializes in design systems and component-driven UI, contributing to prominent open-source projects such as GitHub’s Primer React by improving component behavior, visuals, and Storybook test stories. Her background spans fast-moving consumer platforms and enterprise tools, bringing pragmatic UI engineering from Flipkart to SuccessFactors. She combines deep implementation experience with a designer’s attention to detail—fixing subtle issues like color inconsistencies and interactive states that materially improve usability. Pavithra is continuously learning and refining design systems practices, evidenced by hands-on contributions that boost developer ergonomics and component reliability.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Computer Science, BE, Computer Science at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Github Skills (11)
javascript10
component-library10
system-design10
carbon-design-system10
sys10
react10
storybook9
typescripts8
typescript8
css8
typescript-types8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
primer/react
Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
An implementation of GitHub's Primer Design System using React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:274 reviews, 38 commits, 132 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Pavithra primarily contributed to the implementation and enhancement of React components within the Primer Design System. Their work involved fixing UI issues, such as color inconsistencies, and adding features, like hover and active states for buttons. Furthermore, they added new stories to the Storybook to demonstrate and test the components, including the new Button component. The user also updated the codebase, adding storybook performance addons and using a new isomorphic effect.
primerreactprimer-designdesign-systemcomponent-library
kalcifer/webpack-library-example
Nov 2016 - Mar 2021
An example of how to author libraries using webpack.
Contributions:3 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
webpack-pluginwebpackwebpack2
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