Varun Vachhar
Developer Experience Engineer at Chroma
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolVarun Vachhar is a Developer Experience Engineer with 13 years building robust front-end systems, UI architecture, and design systems, currently helping teams at Chroma scale component-driven development. He started as a UI-focused front-end developer and evolved into technical leadership roles—directing UI architecture and go-to-market strategies for design systems at Rangle—bridging design and engineering with an emphasis on scalable patterns and developer workflows. An active open-source contributor, Varun has made notable contributions to the widely used Storybook ecosystem, adding components, addons, and improving developer documentation and testing stories. He pairs hands-on React/TypeScript component work with platform-level concerns like CI, test-driven front-end practices, and accessibility-minded tooling. Based in Old Toronto, his background spans mechanical engineering to interactive media design, which fuels a pragmatic, multidisciplinary approach to solving UX and developer experience challenges.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Summer Exchange, International Summer School, Summer Exchange, International Summer School at Technische Universität Bergakademie FreibergBSc., Mechanical Engineering, BSc., Mechanical Engineering at University of AlbertaBachelor of Arts - BA, Interactive/ Media/ Design, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Interactive/ Media/ Design at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague | Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK)
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Github Skills (44)
javascript10
storybook10
ui-components10
css10
typescript10
carbon-design-system10
system-design10
ui-design10
rxjs10
system10
uid10
front-end-development10
sys10
typescript-types10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
storybookjs/design-system
Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
🗃 Storybook Design System
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 44 reviews, 120 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Varun primarily focused on developing and implementing UI components for the Storybook Design System. Their work involved porting and refactoring the Header component, including the creation of stories and integration with the Storybook LinkWrapper. They also introduced new components like TagItem, TagList, and related functionalities, demonstrating a strong focus on UI design and component-based development using React and TypeScript. Furthermore, the user added the ButtonToggle component and enhanced the Clipboard functionality with new components.
reactstyled-componentsstorybookdesign-systemtypescript
chromaui/learnstorybook.com
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Static site and content for Storybook tutorials
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:42 reviews, 88 commits, 50 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Varun primarily focused on updating and maintaining the front-end components and layout of the Storybook tutorials website. They made significant changes related to publishing the site under a new domain, including updating the header, footer, and breadcrumb links. The user also addressed issues related to image handling, styling, and SEO, ensuring the website's content and appearance were optimized. Furthermore, they contributed to the creation of new tutorial content, specifically for "ui-testing-handbook".
component-drivenreactstatic-sitestorybookdesign-system
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