Peter Hayes
Software Engineer, SceneGraph Team at Figma
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Hayes is a software engineer with 12 years of experience building resilient client-side platforms and core data models for collaborative design tools. Currently on Figma’s SceneGraph team, he shapes the editor’s foundational data layer after helping establish shared component and style systems for design platforms. His background spans leading engineering teams at Remix—delivering collaboration, permissions, and urban mobility products used by major transit agencies—to large-scale rewrites and data migrations at ClassDojo that enabled core social features. Trained in mathematical economics and with classroom teaching experience in China, he brings a quantitative, user-focused approach to complex engineering problems and cross-cultural collaboration. An engineer who bridges algorithmic thinking and front-end architecture, he thrives on turning tricky constraints into dependable building blocks.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Arts, Mathematical Economics, Magna cum Laude, Bachelor's of Arts, Mathematical Economics, Magna cum Laude at Brown UniversityChinese Language, Chinese Language at CET Beijing
Chinese, Spanish
Github Skills (146)
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fig10
autocomplete10
sound-effects10
pitch10
sound-synthesis10
noise10
audio-effect10
dates10
intl10
pitch-detection10
compilation10
stripe10
timeago10
javascript9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
peterkhayes/multisort
Jul 2014 - Aug 2016
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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peterkhayes/magic-game-state
Oct 2019 - Feb 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 27 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
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