Andrew Gorrill
Senior Software Engineer at Niche
Wayne, Maine, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Gorrill is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of front-end experience focused on the React ecosystem, currently building Niche.com's React Native app. He combines practical product work with open-source contributions—improving documentation and accessibility in the popular react-native-paper library—to make mobile UI components more usable for diverse users. Based in rural Maine, he brings a background that spans web development, content/analytics, and even hands-on supply chain and farm management, which gives him a pragmatic, user-centered approach to problem solving. Comfortable shipping production React and React Native features, he prioritizes accessibility and clear documentation as much as code.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Gray-New Gloucester High SchoolBachelor's degree, Human and Physical Geography, Bachelor's degree, Human and Physical Geography at McGill University
English, Chinese, sichuan dialect chinese, French, Turkish, Spanish
Stackoverflow
4,395reputation
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72answers
21questions
accessibility
top-5%
typescript
top-5%
Github Skills (20)
accessibility10
react-native10
ui-design10
uid10
material-design10
front-end-development10
typescript9
react9
documentation9
javascript8
typescript-types7
typescripts7
html6
jestjs6
svg6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
callstack/react-native-paper
Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
Material Design for React Native (Android & iOS)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 1 commit, 20 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the documentation and accessibility of React Native Paper components. They updated documentation for components like `Portal.Host`, `FAB`, and `Chip`. Additionally, the user addressed accessibility concerns by allowing the pass-through of the `accessibilityRole` prop and applying the `accessible` prop to the `Card` and `Button` components, improving the library's usability for users with disabilities. Furthermore, they corrected missing words within the documentation of the `ActivityIndicator` component.
reactreact-native-androidreact-nativematerialios-android
willfind/guidedtrack-syntax-highlighting-plugins
Jan 2019 - Nov 2021
GuidedTrack syntax highlighting plugins for code editors like the Sublime IDE, Atom IDE, and maybe some others.
Contributions:28 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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