Steve Dodier-lazaro is a Senior II Software Engineer based in Paris with 16 years of experience at the intersection of software engineering and design, currently focused on design systems engineering. He holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from UCL and co-authored the Denver Manifesto on Values in Computing, reflecting a long-standing commitment to the ethical and societal implications of technology. Steve has driven large-scale design system automation and delivery — from continuous token pipelines and multi-brand theming to Vue codemods and CI-integrated A/B testing — at companies like Back Market and France Télévisions. An active open-source contributor, he has improved Storybook’s UI and documentation features, helping an industry-standard tool better serve component-driven development. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic, impact-oriented and honest, with a rare blend of research rigor and hands-on tooling that speeds developer workflows and accessibility.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University College London
Computer science Research Master Informatique, Computer science Research Master Informatique at INSA Rennes
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at University of Montpellier
Local 2 years diploma (DUT) Computer Science, Local 2 years diploma (DUT) Computer Science at IUT MONTPELLIER-SETE
Engineering degree Computer systems security, Engineering degree Computer systems security at l'INSA Centre Val de Loire
Storybook is the industry standard workshop for building, documenting, and testing UI components in isolation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:42 reviews, 14 PRs, 10 pushes in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Steve primarily focused on enhancing the Storybook user interface and improving its documentation capabilities. Their work involved implementing new features in the `code/ui/blocks` and updating existing components. They also addressed issues related to URL handling and navigation within the Storybook environment, including making improvements to the table of contents functionality. This user also worked on modifying the Manager API by adding properties to ComponentEntry and GroupEntry objects.
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Steve Dodier-lazaro - Senior II Software Engineer at Chromatic