Aaron Douglas
Head Of Desktop App Engineering at Figma
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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RockstarAaron Douglas is a seasoned software leader with 14 years of experience, currently heading Desktop App Engineering at Figma and based in Milwaukee. He combines hands-on full-stack expertise—particularly in desktop app build systems and dependency management—with strategic leadership of cross-functional teams. His open-source work includes contributions to the well-known wp-desktop project, where he tackled webpack, build, and desktop server issues, reflecting deep practical knowledge of packaging and runtime concerns. Comfortable in distributed, remote-first environments, he brings an engineer-first perspective to product-quality and release reliability. Outside work he’s an avid runner, occasional DJ, and openly brings neurodiversity and inclusivity into his leadership approach.
14 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
web-application10
electron10
webpack10
hibernate10
webpacker10
exceptions9
java9
spring9
build-automation9
nodejs9
configuration-management8
desktop-application8
eclipse6
cocoa-touch6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-desktop
Feb 2017 - Jul 2018
WordPress.com for Desktop
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:81 releases, 175 commits, 86 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily focused on updating the desktop application's configuration and addressing build issues. They made several changes to the `webpack.shared.js` file, suggesting involvement in build processes and dependency management. The user also reverted a change related to server port configuration and made modifications to various files related to the desktop application's functionality, including `desktop/server/server.js`, `desktop/server/index.js`, `desktop/env.js`, and `desktop/lib/window-manager/index.js`. Furthermore, the user also made changes to public_desktop/desktop-app.js and public_desktop/preload.js.
wordpresselectrondesktop
wordpress-mobile/WordPressCom-Stats-iOS
May 2014 - May 2017
⛔️ [DEPRECATED] Reusable component for displaying WordPress.com site stats in an iOS application
Contributions:17 releases, 1055 commits, 275 PRs in 3 years
reusable-componentwordpressstatsiosreusable
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