Alex Zherdev
Principal Front End Engineer at Atlassian
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolAlex Zherdev is a Principal Front End Engineer based in Vancouver with 15 years of diverse industry experience, currently shaping front-end architecture and delivery at Atlassian. He blends deep JavaScript and React expertise with a passion for developer tooling — notable open-source contributions to the widely used eslint-plugin-react improved React-specific linting and added support for modern features. Previously a lead engineer at Salesforce and senior engineer at Galvanize, he has a track record of building polished UI systems, developer-facing tools, and robust test infrastructures (including snapshot testing for a React Native IDE). With a Master’s in Mathematics and Computer Science, Alex pairs analytical rigor and an inquiring mindset to improve code quality and developer experience.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at Belarusian State University
English, Russian, French
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Github contributions (5)
jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react
Jun 2018 - Jan 2019
React-specific linting rules for ESLint
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:68 commits, 33 PRs, 221 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to enhancing the `eslint-plugin-react` repository by fixing bugs related to React-specific linting rules. Their commits addressed issues such as sorting propTypes, handling JSX element depths, and improving the destructuring-assignment rule. They also removed unnecessary dependencies and added support for new React features like createClass and shorthand fragments.
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decosoftware/deco-ide
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
The React Native IDE
Role in this project:Front-end Developer & QA Engineer
Front-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:7 commits, 6 PRs, 9 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the front-end of the React Native IDE, adding functionality for the user interface elements like toolbars and navigators, and working on the file tree. They also implemented integration tests for core UI elements. The commits demonstrate the implementation of a snapshot testing infrastructure for UI components, ensuring visual stability.
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