Andrei Demian
Founding Engineer at Like Labs
Timișoara, Romania
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Top SchoolAndrei Demian is a Full Stack Engineer with over a decade of experience building polished, high-performance web apps that balance tasteful UIs with robust backend architecture. He’s shipped large-scale migrations and APIs at Automattic (including work on WordPress.com and the JavaScript-powered wp-calypso) and designed multi-tenant, event-sourced systems and edge-powered features at startups like Like Labs. Proficient across TypeScript, React, Node.js, PHP, MySQL and a wide range of infra and observability tools, he routinely optimizes for performance through virtualization, smarter caching and render improvements. A practical mentor and CI/CD advocate, he’s led data migrations of hundreds of millions of records and introduced SHA-256 hashing for long-term security. Equally comfortable in product discovery and low-level scaling challenges, he leverages AI tooling and a designer’s eye for visual polish to improve usability and developer workflows. Based in Timișoara, Romania, he brings a mix of startup grit and enterprise-grade engineering.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Universitatea Politehnica din Timişoara
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Github Skills (12)
wordpress10
php10
javascript10
front-end-development10
redux10
react10
plugin10
backend9
back-end-development9
phpcs8
linux6
apache6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Apr 2017 - Nov 2022
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:52 reviews, 72 commits, 196 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Andrei primarily contributed to the front-end components within the WordPress.com platform. They focused on implementing and integrating new features, specifically related to reader sections and seen post management. Their work involved modifying React components, integrating with the Redux state management system, and implementing features within the sidebar and post options menus, enhancing the user experience of reading and interacting with content. They also made changes to the layouts and masterbar of the application.
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Automattic/jetpack
Dec 2020 - Jun 2022
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 15 commits, 32 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Andrei primarily contributed to the Jetpack plugin by implementing and enhancing features related to the instant search functionality and site-specific features. The contributions include adding support for group IDs, integrating multi-site search results, and memoizing site-specific features to optimize performance. Additionally, the user made changes to hide menu items for P2 sites, modifying admin menu configurations. These changes suggest a focus on both frontend and backend aspects of the plugin.
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