Aaron Chillon
Senior Software Engineer at Automattic
la Vall d'Uixó, Valencian Community, Spain
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Top SchoolAaron Chillon is a Senior Software Engineer and technical lead with 12 years’ experience building backend systems for telecommunications and social-network–origin products, currently contributing at Automattic after a decade at Tuenti/Movistar. He blends deep PHP and Java expertise with pragmatic leadership of small Agile teams, regularly performing code reviews in Kotlin and shipping backend features for widely used projects such as Sensei LMS. Comfortable moving between hands-on development and team management, he’s actively working to reclaim more coding time after stepping into tech-lead roles. A lifelong tinkerer and “apprentice of everything,” he brings a practical, time-conscious approach to solving complex integration and scalability challenges.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at IES. Honori GarciaLicentiate degree, Computer Science Engineering, Licentiate degree, Computer Science Engineering at Universitat Jaume I
English, Spanish, Catalan
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Github Skills (12)
testing10
wordpress10
php10
lms10
mysql9
phpcs9
oop6
codeigniter6
log4j6
gd6
post6
java6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/sensei
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Sensei LMS - Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:329 reviews, 356 commits, 103 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Aaron's commits primarily focus on enhancing the Sensei LMS plugin's functionality related to courses and quizzes. They implemented new features like redirecting to the first lesson after course enrollment and incorporating module and lesson order. The user also addressed code quality issues through PHPCS fixes and provided test coverage. Furthermore, they improved the quiz functionality by addressing issues.
lmssenseiphpwordpressteaching
aaronfc/webwrapp
Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:35 commits in 2 months
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