Carlos Bernal
Senior Software Engineer at Automattic
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolCarlos Bernal is a Senior Software Engineer based in Madrid with nine years of experience specializing in front-end development and WordPress. Sponsored by Automattic, he contributes to WordPress Core—notably enhancing the high-profile Gutenberg block editor with comment-related blocks and UI improvements. He has led front-end teams across e-commerce and product companies, blending hands-on JavaScript/PHP work with technical leadership. A former co-founder and civil engineering graduate, he brings an analytical, systems-oriented perspective to building user-facing features and scalable editor experiences.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Ingeniería civil, Bachelor's degree, Ingeniería civil at Universidad EuropeaIngeniero Técnico Obras Públicas - Civil Engineering, Ingenieria civil, Ingeniero Técnico Obras Públicas - Civil Engineering, Ingenieria civil at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English
Github Skills (7)
wordpress10
javascript10
front-end-development10
gutenberg10
react9
php9
ui-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/gutenberg
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:704 reviews, 84 commits, 456 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Carlos primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Gutenberg block editor, specifically focusing on comment-related blocks. They added new blocks like "Comment Author Avatar" and "Comment Edit Link," and implemented features such as alignment options and spacing attributes. Furthermore, they refined the existing comment blocks with features like threaded comments and placeholder enhancements. Their work involved modifying JavaScript, PHP, and block configurations.
wordpressgutenbergwordpress-plugin
woocommerce/woocommerce-blocks-hydration-experiments
Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:6 reviews, 4 commits, 16 PRs in 18 days
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