Michael Pfeiffer
Director, Technical Program Management at Shopware
Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Summary
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RockstarMichael Pfeiffer is a Director of Technical Program Management based in Saarbrücken, Germany with 13 years of experience blending hands-on open-source engineering and cross-functional program leadership. He previously shaped WooCommerce and WordPress as a Senior Engineering Manager and Tech Lead at Automattic, contributing front-end and full-stack improvements to high-profile projects like Calypso, Jetpack, Gutenberg and WooCommerce Blocks that help power a large portion of the web. Michael moves fluidly between shipping React/Gutenberg UI enhancements, cross-browser and accessibility fixes, and platform-level program management for infrastructure and delivery. He co-founded community-focused conferences (CSSconf EU, JSconf EU) and a D2C social-enterprise coffee brand, combining community-building, public speaking, and product/operator instincts. Known for pragmatic technical stewardship, he also drives developer experience improvements such as TypeScript migrations and thoughtful Gutenberg UX refinements.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
Github Skills (26)
woocommerce10
javascript10
ui-d10
typescript310
ecommerce10
wordpress10
css10
typescript10
typescript210
ui-design10
woocommerce-blocks10
plugin10
php10
javascripts10
front-end-development10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce-blocks
Apr 2021 - Jul 2022
(Deprecated) This plugin has been merged into woocommerce/woocommerce
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 91 reviews, 70 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on front-end development, contributing to the user interface and block functionality of the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. Their work included fixing alignment issues in the cart, hiding blocks in the customizer, adding block transforms for legacy widgets, and adding background color options to featured blocks. They also converted shared configuration elements to TypeScript and updated block template descriptions and code formatting.
wordpresswoocommercefeature-plugingutenbergwoocommerce-blocks
Automattic/wp-calypso
Aug 2017 - Mar 2021
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:46 reviews, 116 commits, 216 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the front-end development of the WordPress.com project, focusing on UI updates and feature enhancements. Their work involved modifying modal interfaces, implementing template previews, and improving the visual appearance and user experience on smaller screens. They demonstrated proficiency in React, JavaScript, and related front-end technologies, working within the `full-site-editing` plugin and other UI components of the project.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
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