William Lee
Software Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Lee is a Software Engineer II at AWS with seven years of experience building front-end and full-stack features for the Amplify framework, where he has shipped UI components, authentication flows, and a Chatbot with text and voice integration. Based in Seattle, he pairs a Mathematics and Computer Science degree from UNC Chapel Hill with practical expertise in TypeScript, Angular, XState, and accessible, themeable React components. His contributions span both code and documentation—improving component docs, TypeScript strictness guidance, and auto-documenting slots—helping make developer-facing tooling more reliable and discoverable. Known for tackling both bug fixes and new feature work, he balances shipping user-facing UX (loading states, audio recording, error handling) with maintainable architecture and testing. An attentive open-source collaborator within one of AWS’s flagship client libraries, he brings a pragmatic focus on usability and developer experience that isn’t obvious from job titles alone.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (27)
javascript10
ui-components10
xstate10
user-authentication10
authentication10
typescript10
aws10
typescript-types10
aws-amplify10
state-management10
typescripts10
react10
documentation10
angular10
full-stack9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aws-amplify/amplify-ui
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
Amplify UI is a collection of accessible, themeable, performant React (and more!) components that can connect directly to the cloud.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2864 reviews, 558 commits, 1033 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:William primarily contributed to the development of Angular UI components for the `aws-amplify/amplify-ui` repository, specifically focusing on the integration of XState for state management within the authentication flow. Their work involved implementing several authentication components such as sign-in, sign-up, and confirm sign-up, as well as integrating new features like federated sign-in and multi-factor authentication. They were also responsible for updating the Angular documentation and example code.
amplifyreactangularvuexstate
aws-amplify/amplify-js
Jul 2019 - Nov 2021
A declarative JavaScript library for application development using cloud services.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:244 reviews, 70 commits, 171 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:William primarily contributed to the `@aws-amplify/interactions` and `@aws-amplify/ui-components` packages within the Amplify ecosystem. Their work involved fixing bugs, refactoring code, and implementing new features. Specifically, they added the Chatbot UI component with text and voice chat integration, including error handling, loading animations, and audio recording capabilities, as well as improvements to existing UI components such as auto-documenting slots.
cloud-servicesjavascriptreactcloud-servicemetrics
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