Tyler Potter
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Potter is a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon with 11 years of engineering experience building reliable, user-facing systems. He brings a front-end focus informed by substantial open-source contributions to the popular angular/material project, where he enhanced and refactored md-chips and added features like contact chips. Previously he delivered software at Palantir and began his career with hands-on roles at Nationwide and Bohler, complemented by research into automated protocol verification at Colgate University. Tyler combines practical production experience with research-minded rigor—he built Docker-based virtual networks and Python tooling to validate OSPF behavior during his research fellowship. Based in New York, he pairs strong academic credentials (Magna Cum Laude, Honors in CS) with a track record of improving usability and maintainability in complex front-end components.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Computer Science, Dean's Award with Distinction, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Computer Science, Dean's Award with Distinction at Colgate University
Github Skills (6)
angularjs-material10
material-design10
javascript10
angularjs10
html9
css9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
angular/material
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Material design for AngularJS
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 21 PRs, 106 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Tyler primarily contributed to the `angular/material` repository by enhancing and refactoring the `md-chips` and related components. Their work involved implementing new features, such as contact chips, and improving the existing styles and implementation details. The user also addressed multiple bug fixes and performed refactoring to improve the component's usability. These commits involved code changes to the directive, controller, and related files, reflecting their focus on front-end development within the AngularJS framework.
ltsmaterialjavascriptangularjs-materialmaterial-design
Eppo-exp/sdk-common-jdk
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:12 releases, 81 reviews, 74 PRs in 7 months
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