Valerie Pomerleau
Software Developer at Mozilla
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolValerie Pomerleau is a software developer with 9 years of diverse experience who blends front-end engineering with a strong background in translation and speech-language pathology to build accessible, internationalized web experiences. Currently at Mozilla, she refactors unauthenticated Firefox Accounts flows into React/TypeScript with Tailwind, Storybook, and rigorous testing while improving a11y and RTL/LTR support—contributions to the well-known mozilla/fxa repo reflect this impact. Her multidisciplinary past, from managing large caseloads of multilingual students to coordinating high-stakes desktop publishing projects, gives her a rare sensitivity to usability, communication needs, and attention to detail. Trained in UX and web development (BrainStation, General Assembly) and fluent in both English and French, she prioritizes inclusive design and practical localization from project start. Outside work she channels curiosity into travel, motorcycles, and sci‑fi, bringing creative problem-solving to technical challenges.
9 years of coding experience
UX Design Fundamentals, UX Design Fundamentals at General AssemblyDiploma Candidate, Web Development, Diploma Candidate, Web Development at BrainStationBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Translation and Applied Computer Science, Award of excellence for high grades (4.1 out of possible 4.3), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Translation and Applied Computer Science, Award of excellence for high grades (4.1 out of possible 4.3) at Université de Montréal
English, French, Spanish
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Github Skills (10)
tailwindcss10
react10
storybook10
javascript9
accessibility9
css8
html8
typescript-types5
typescripts5
typescript5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/fxa
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Monorepo for Mozilla Accounts (formerly Firefox Accounts)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 1270 reviews, 48 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Valerie primarily focused on updating and refactoring existing front-end components within the fxa-settings monorepo. Their contributions involved migrating several components, including the Avatar, AppLayout, BentoMenu, Checkbox, and various reset password pages, to a new Storybook format. This work standardized the Storybook format for fxa-settings components. Additionally, the user addressed accessibility and styling issues, such as the focus state of buttons, and ensured components supported both LTR and RTL layouts.
firefoxmonorepoaccounts
vpomerleau/fxa
Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
Monorepo for Firefox Accounts
Contributions:151 pushes, 31 branches in 1 year 3 months
firefoxmonorepoaccounts
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