Sarah Rudder
Lead Designer & Front-End Engineer, Cloud.gov at Technology Transformation Services (TTS)
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolSarah Rudder is a designer-who-codes with 15+ years crafting accessible, production-ready front ends and scalable design systems across startups, enterprise SaaS, civic tech, and federal platforms. As Cloud.gov Design Lead she established the platform’s first dedicated UX practice, redesigned critical onboarding and file storage workflows for FedRAMP-regulated environments, and built CI/CD compliance tooling that embeds actionable fixes into scan reports. She moves fluidly between research, prototyping, and implementation—shipping React code and Figma systems—and has contributed to the U.S. Web Design System, including sortable data components and documentation improvements. Known for translating infrastructure and compliance constraints into clear, durable interaction patterns, she’s comfortable operating autonomously in ambiguous, cross-team settings and mentoring early-career designers. A former TS/SCI holder who maintains Public Trust clearance, she focuses on reducing cognitive load so people make the right choices quickly, even during 2am incident responses.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA Mass Communication & Journalism: Digital Media, BA Mass Communication & Journalism: Digital Media at Fresno State
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
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javascript10
front-end-development10
jekyll10
uswds10
accessibility9
system-design8
carbon-design-system8
sys8
documentation7
printing6
google-chrome6
asana6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
uswds/uswds-site
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
USWDS website and documentation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 77 commits, 10 PRs in 21 days
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily contributed to the development of the U.S. Web Design System documentation website. Their commits focused on enhancing the website's design and content, specifically the "Transforming the American digital experience" report. They added and modified content, layouts, partials, and styles, including creating new components and refactoring headers. The contributions involved setting up and refining the navigation structure, hero images, and pagination elements, making it a more user-friendly and navigable report.
gulpdocumentation-generatoruswdsapi-documentationcommunity-management
uswds/uswds
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
The U.S. Web Design System helps the federal government build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly websites.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 36 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily contributed to the implementation of a sortable table component within the U.S. Web Design System repository. Their work involved adding functionality for sorting table columns, including the use of data attributes for overriding sort values and incorporating SVG icons. The contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the usability and accessibility of data presentation within the design system. The user also made various refinements, bug fixes, and code cleanups during the component's development.
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