Alok Kumar
Software Engineer at kitconcept GmbH
Patna, Bihar, India
Summary
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Top SchoolAlok Kumar is a Software Engineer with eight years of full-stack experience, currently building web applications at kitconcept GmbH from his base in Patna, India. He specializes in React, TypeScript and Python, and has a strong open-source track record—most notably contributing frontend features and UX fixes to the widely used Plone/Volto CMS and authoring gatsby-theme-plone. His contributions span UI/UX improvements, image and media handling, multi-select role/group controls, and backend/CI enhancements for projects like Taskcluster, showing comfort across both client and server code. A former Google Summer of Code participant for Plone and past Mozilla open-source contributor, he blends community-driven development with production engineering practices. Colleagues appreciate that he pairs pragmatic problem-solving with attention to polish and documentation, often improving both functionality and developer ergonomics.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
English, Hindi
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
css10
user-interface10
ui-design10
volta10
uid10
front-end-development10
react10
task-list10
react-redux9
continuous-integration9
semantic-ui-react9
cil9
githubaction-workflow8
github-ci8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
plone/volto
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
React-based frontend for the Plone Content Management System
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:59 reviews, 155 commits, 163 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Alok primarily contributed to the user control panel within the Plone/Volto frontend, adding new user features, including adding users, and groups as well as implementing multi-select functionality for roles and group fields. They implemented and enhanced the folder content view, incorporating styling, incorporating image galleries, and integrating the ability to add and upload images. Furthermore, the user modified the code to handle clear icon with search, video component with thumbnail, and also fixed several view mode-related bugs, and applied the code for the front end of the website.
content-management-systemfrontendplonereactvolto
taskcluster/taskcluster
Feb 2019 - May 2019
CI at Scale
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 12 PRs, 112 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Alok's contributions primarily focused on improving the Taskcluster UI and backend services. They addressed capitalization inconsistencies, added testing for proper capitalization, and modified existing code across various services. Furthermore, they implemented new UI features, such as adding missing titles and incorporating a sign-in button. The user also updated the project's documentation and CI/CD configuration.
engineersci-frameworkcontinuous-integrationcitaskcluster
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