Stauffer Taylor
Senior Software Engineering Lead at Microsoft
Addison, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStauffer Taylor is a Senior Software Engineering Lead at Microsoft with over eight years of progressive engineering experience, rising from intern to lead while based in Addison, Illinois. He specializes in front-end React component development and has contributed notable UI enhancements to the widely used microsoft/fluentui library, including command bar overflow handling, image error resilience, and component APIs. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he focuses on reliable, maintainable component design that improves developer ergonomics and end-user experience. His background in computer engineering from UIUC underpins a strong foundation in both systems thinking and front-end craftsmanship. Colleagues rely on him to bridge product needs and implementation details, shipping incremental improvements that reduce UI bugs and increase reuse across large-scale web applications.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (12)
typescript10
react-components10
typescripts10
component-kit10
react10
typescript-types10
react-component10
ui-components10
office-ui-fabric-react9
css9
fluentd8
testing7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
microsoft/fluentui
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 8 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Stauffer primarily contributed to the development of Fluent UI React components within the `microsoft/fluentui` repository. Their work included adding and modifying component properties, specifically focusing on applying class names and implementing public methods. They also addressed UI-related issues, incorporating new functionalities like overflow menu props for command bars and image error handling within icons. The user's contributions are evident across multiple components, including ResizeGroup, CommandBar, and Icon, demonstrating expertise in React component development and related UI concepts.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
staylo8/office-ui-fabric-react
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 5 branches in 3 months
reactoffice-365experiencesreact-componentsfor-office
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