Lee White

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UX Engineer · Design Systems · Accessibility

IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist ↗

Experience

Senior UX Engineer, Design Systems

Jul 2024 – present

HashiCorp / IBM

  • Built major complex components including Key Value Inputs and Advanced Table for the Helios Design System.
  • Led modernization project: TypeScript migration, Ember single file format, team best practices.
  • Created live demo UI for Helios docs showing old and new component formats side by side.

Accessibility Engineer

Mar 2023 – Jun 2024

Olark

  • Owned accessibility across all Olark products with a focus on the new Agent Console.
  • Designed and built the frontend for customers to manage, test, and improve their AI Chatbot.
  • Organized usability testing sessions; earned IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist certification.

Senior UX Engineer, Design Systems

Sep 2022 – Mar 2023

Twilio

  • Built major complex components including the Code Block and Chat Composer.
  • Served as accessibility SME; mentored engineers and designers on ARIA Authoring Practices.

UX Engineer, Design Systems

Sep 2021 – Sep 2022

Twilio

  • Led the Conversations UI Kit — chat components and Figma assets used across Twilio products.
  • Created Intro to Accessibility training, attended by 100+ people across engineering, design, and product.

Software Engineer, Design Systems

Jan 2021 – Aug 2021

Better

  • Built critical components for the early design system, including Toggle and Modal.
  • Led efforts to standardize documentation and created a Design Systems Terms Glossary.

UX Engineer, Accessibility

Aug 2018 – Nov 2020

Salesforce

  • Consulted for 10+ teams in Platform Cloud on accessibility.
  • Built a keyboard interaction model using semantic HTML to make complex flow chart diagrams accessible to screen reader users.
  • Created accessibility specifications for dynamic product walkthrough UI.

Skills & Education

Frontend

TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Web Components, Ember

Accessibility

WCAG 2.2, ARIA 1.2, NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, Axe, keyboard testing, accessibility audits

Web Accessibility Specialist

International Association of Accessibility Professionals

March 2024

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

University of California, Santa Cruz

2015 – 2018