Christian Gastrell
Javascript Engineer at Automattic
Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Top SchoolChristian Gastrell is a JavaScript engineer based in Buenos Aires with 15 years of experience building full-stack web and geospatial applications across startups, government, and global NGOs. Currently at Automattic, he contributes to Jetpack features that span front-end UX tweaks and back-end integrations like Google Drive export and Salesforce Lead syncing, showing comfort with both UI polish and API work. His background includes leading mobile and hybrid app efforts as a CIO, developing OpenLayers-based mapping libraries for national geographic projects, and crafting motion-detection interaction systems—demonstrating a mix of practical product delivery and inventive prototyping. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions across the stack, he brings deep experience in PHP/JavaScript stacks, GIS standards, and integrating third-party services for real-world deployments.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza (ILSE)
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (10)
css10
wordpress10
php10
javascript10
plugin10
react9
html9
api8
apim8
api-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/jetpack
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
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:416 reviews, 37 commits, 454 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the Jetpack contact form feature, making changes to both the front-end and back-end. They implemented and removed UI elements, adjusted the layout and styling of form inputs using CSS, and improved the user experience. Furthermore, the user added support for Google Drive export and Salesforce Lead form integration, demonstrating back-end development skills related to data handling and API interactions.
reactexpertswordpressphpsecurity
CGastrell/s3-tile-storage
Mar 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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