Brian Jolly
Senior Web Developer at Elastic
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Jolly is a Senior Web Developer based in San Jose with 14 years of experience bridging design and engineering to deliver polished, user-focused web experiences. Currently at Elastic, he focuses on front-end work for documentation and site UI, often improving navigation, templating, and styling across HTML/CSS/JS. His background combines full-stack and systems administration roles—replatforming CMS sites, designing APIs, and running production environments—so he comfortably spans design, deployment, and monitoring. Early training in graphic design and motion graphics gives him a strong visual sensibility that informs pragmatic front-end decisions. Outside core product work he’s contributed to popular open-source docs tooling, demonstrating an appetite for improving developer-facing experiences.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Graphic Design, BFA, Graphic Design at Temple University
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Github Skills (8)
html10
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
user-interface9
documentation8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
elastic/docs
Jul 2019 - Nov 2021
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 19 commits, 33 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily focused on front-end development tasks related to the documentation website. They implemented and updated the navigation and footer sections, including adding subnav links. The user also made changes to the template, including adding and removing code related to the website's styling and the addition of Optimizely code. Their work involved modifications to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files.
brianjolly/kickstart.nvim
Sep 2024 - May 2026
A launch point for your personal nvim configuration
Contributions:21 pushes in 1 year 8 months
nvim
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