Austin Riba
Freelance Software Engineer at Pedal Driven Programming
California, United States
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Top SchoolAustin Riba is a freelance full-stack software engineer based in California with 12 years of experience building enterprise software, infrastructure tools, and consumer-facing web and mobile features. He has a strong front-end focus proven by significant contributions to the open-source Zulip project, where he improved mobile UX and refactored the web app's image lightbox to use Panzoom for smoother zoom/pan behavior. His background spans startups and established orgs—including roles at Silent Circle and Las Cumbres Observatory—covering both front-end and back-end responsibilities. Comfortable across React/React Native ecosystems, he also tackles layout, accessibility, and URL/hash utility refinements that improve real-world usability. Austin combines hands-on coding with systems thinking, often turning fiddly UI edge cases into robust, maintainable solutions. Outside client work he maintains a public portfolio of projects demonstrating practical engineering and attention to UX detail.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Southern Oregon University
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Github Skills (14)
javascript10
mobile-development10
react-native10
collaboration10
react10
ui-design9
android9
ios9
html9
css9
chat9
emoji7
git7
electron5
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
zulip/zulip-mobile
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Zulip mobile apps for Android and iOS.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:32 reviews, 21 commits, 9 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Austin primarily focused on improving the Zulip mobile apps. Their contributions included refactoring code related to stream icon selection, adding and modifying actions within the app's action sheets, such as "copy link to stream/topic", and ensuring the correct display of stream details (like web-public status). They also made changes to UI components and associated data structures, like EmojiAutocomplete. These changes involved the React Native and React ecosystems.
zulipreact-nativeandroidmobile-appsios
zulip/zulip
Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
Zulip server and web application. Open-source team chat that helps teams stay productive and focused.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:40 reviews, 24 commits, 15 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Austin primarily focused on the frontend aspects of the Zulip project, specifically enhancing the image lightbox functionality. They refactored the lightbox's zoom and pan features, replacing the existing canvas implementation with the Panzoom library. Additionally, they addressed layout issues by preventing long titles from disrupting the display and integrated tippy tooltips to improve the user experience for inline images and the lightbox title. Furthermore, the user updated and refined the hash and URL utilities to match the project needs.
pythonweb-applicationcollaborationzulipjavascript
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