Hunter Leachman
Founder at Odelbar
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHunter Leachman is a founder and full-stack software engineer with a decade of experience building developer-facing tools and accessible e-commerce experiences from Austin, Texas. He spent several years at BigCommerce advancing storefront GraphQL and Stencil tooling and shipping reliability and accessibility improvements in high-profile repos like checkout-js and the Cornerstone theme. Comfortable across JavaScript, PHP, Scala, React, Next.js and AWS, he combines front-end UX polish with backend and DevOps work, having also built internal support systems for 24/7 global teams. Hunter’s contributions repeatedly focus on real-world usability—fixing tricky iOS scrolling, keyboard interactions, and screen-reader announcements—showing attention to edge cases that impact merchants and customers. A former web developer and media editor, he brings creative instincts to product development and now channels that into unlocking creativity through his venture, Odelbar.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Radio-Television-Film, Bachelor of Science - BS Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at AustinGreenhill School
Stackoverflow
1,150reputation
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7answers
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twitter-bootstrap
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jquery-ui
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Github Skills (26)
accessibility10
checkout10
javascript10
typescript10
user-interface10
ui-design10
use-form10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
html10
typescripts10
eforms10
react10
bigcommerce9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bigcommerce/checkout-js
Oct 2021 - Aug 2022
Optimized One-Page Checkout
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 8 commits, 9 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Hunter focused on enhancing the user interface and accessibility of the checkout-js repository. They addressed scrolling errors on iOS devices and resolved Sentry errors. Their contributions included providing accessibility labels for address selection, making the cart drawer keyboard-interactable, and ensuring screen readers announce each shipping form error individually. The user primarily worked with React components and addressed issues related to forms and UI elements.
one-page-checkoutbigcommercecheckoutjavascripttypescript
bigcommerce/cornerstone
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
The BigCommerce Cornerstone theme
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 7 commits, 8 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Hunter primarily focused on improving the user experience and accessibility of the BigCommerce Cornerstone theme. Their contributions involved modifying HTML templates and JavaScript files to enhance screen reader compatibility, particularly in form elements. They also addressed issues related to error messaging and validation, preventing immediate validation and ensuring all errors are announced to the user. This work demonstrates a focus on front-end development, usability, and accessibility best practices.
bigcommerce
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