Simon Taggart
Principal Software Engineer at SESCO Enterprises
San Francisco, California, United States
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Simon Taggart is a Principal Software Engineer based in San Francisco with nearly two decades of front-end expertise and a deep focus on accessible, user-centric design systems. He has led design and engineering teams at scale—shaping enterprise-grade Design Systems at Twilio and Salesforce and owning Twilio’s Paste system—while remaining a hands-on contributor to component libraries and production code. His background in art and design informs a pragmatic UI architecture approach that balances consistency, usability, and inclusive patterns across large products. Simon is an active open-source contributor, improving accessibility and responsiveness in notable projects like BigCommerce Cornerstone and the Salesforce Lightning Design System. He combines product ownership, prototyping, and workshop facilitation to move initiatives from concept to shipped features. Colleagues rely on him for rigorous reviews and practical leadership that bridges design intent and front-end engineering.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering Leadership Professional Program, Engineering Leadership Professional Program at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science Business Information Technology, Bachelor of Science Business Information Technology at Solent University
Github Skills (23)
accessibility10
javascript10
accessibilityservice10
css10
responsive-design10
typescript10
ui-design10
system10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
html10
theme-development10
acessibility10
typescripts10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
twilio-labs/paste
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
Paste is a design system for designing and building consistent experiences at Twilio.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1697 reviews, 743 commits, 1201 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily worked on implementing and improving UI components within the Paste design system. Their contributions involved adding placeholder files, updating component overviews and navigation, running and fixing ESLint issues to maintain code quality, and developing new features such as a token list page. The user's changes were focused on front-end development aspects, including layout, styling, and component integration for the website.
reacttwilioux-patternsconsistentexperiences
salesforce-ux/design-system
Apr 2016 - Dec 2018
Salesforce Lightning Design System
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 392 commits, 1 push in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the Salesforce Lightning Design System repository by focusing on improving the accessibility and functionality of UI components. Their work included fixing jump links, making component state links keyboard focusable, removing unnecessary attributes from search inputs, and correcting ARIA attributes within example code. They also made updates to address repetition and improve structure in the breadcrumbs component and implemented semantic markup for the docked composer and feeds comments to better align with accessibility best practices.
lightning-design-systemcsslightningsalesforcesalesforce-lightning
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