Stas Melnikov
UX Accessibility Researcher at UX Accessibility Lab
Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia
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Top SchoolStas Melnikov is a UX accessibility researcher and seasoned front-end professional with 11 years of experience making interfaces usable and compliant with WCAG and W3C standards. He blends hands-on HTML/CSS architecture and design-system work with user research—conducting interviews with people with disabilities and uncovering keyboard and screen-reader barriers for government and commercial projects. As an educator and trainer, he has authored highly rated courses, mentored bootcamp graduates into developer roles, and writes a widely read accessibility newsletter with an international audience. Known for pragmatic fixes, scalable design systems, and clear developer guidance, Stas also brings measurable impact such as improving page load times and ensuring WCAG AA compliance across products. A detail-oriented practitioner, he follows WHATWG rules in markup and often translates research findings into actionable transition roadmaps for product teams.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Penza State Technological University
Русский, English
Github Skills (18)
solve10
whitelist10
sliders10
css9
frontend8
react8
jquery8
javascript8
bootstrap7
charts6
styles3
sass3
bem2
php2
animation1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rubel90/front-end-handbook
Mar 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:170 commits in 1 year 9 months
reactcsshandbookfrontendfront-end
glivera/frontend-whitelist
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:58 commits in 4 days
reactcssjavascriptwhitelistfrontend
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