Amanda Branquinho
Software Engineer at Discourse
Goiás, Brazil
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Top SchoolAmanda Branquinho is a seasoned software engineer with a decade of experience building user-focused web applications, currently contributing to Discourse as a full-stack developer. She combines deep frontend expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React with Rails backend work—evidenced by contributions to Discourse’s bookmark management, UI enhancements, and new plugin outlets. Her background spans senior engineering and leadership roles across startups and agencies, where she’s driven product-quality collaboration between designers, backend teams, and stakeholders. Trained in both computer science and biology, Amanda brings a research-minded curiosity to sustainable, accessible UX and pragmatic engineering decisions.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampBiologa, Biologa at Universidade Federal de GoiásBachelor's degree Sistem of information, Bachelor's degree Sistem of information at Instituto Federal de Goiás (IFG) - Câmpus Goiânia
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Github Skills (10)
discourse10
forum10
ruby9
rails9
javascript9
ruby-rails9
ember8
handlebars8
css6
postgresql6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
discourse/discourse
May 2024 - Mar 2025
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:21 reviews, 71 PRs, 73 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Amanda primarily contributed to front-end and back-end features related to bookmark management and user interface enhancements within the Discourse platform. They implemented bulk actions for bookmarks, including the ability to clear reminders and delete them, and also updated the user interface for the bookmark list component. The commits reflect modifications to both Ruby on Rails backend code and JavaScript/Handlebars frontend components, suggesting a full-stack development focus. The user also worked on introducing new plugin outlets for categories and user badges.
discourserailsforumjavascriptruby
branquinhoaa/branquinhoaa.github.io
Jun 2016 - Aug 2020
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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