Daniel Raftery
Staff Architect at American Express
Freeport, Maine, United States
Summary
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RockstarDaniel Raftery is a Staff Architect with 15 years of engineering experience, currently shaping architecture at American Express from his base in Freeport, Maine. He blends enterprise-scale architecture with deep hands-on coding, having previously driven frontend and full-stack work at companies like Versal and Big Room Technologies. A prolific open-source developer since 2001, he is the principal author on projects such as animo.js, a focused library for managing CSS animations that reflects his attention to UX detail and SVG/browser quirks. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex product requirements into pragmatic, maintainable systems while mentoring engineering teams. His background spans startups to enterprise and even operational management roles, giving him a practical, cross-functional perspective on shipping reliable software. Quietly, he’s maintained steady solo open-source contributions for decades, signaling sustained curiosity and commitment to developer tooling.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (6)
css10
javascript10
lib10
front-end-development10
jquery10
css-animations10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ThrivingKings/animo.js
Aug 2013 - Apr 2017
A powerful little tool for managing CSS animations
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 24 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the front-end development of the animo.js library. Their initial commits set up the project and introduced the core functionality. Subsequent commits focused on adding CSS animation features and fixing issues related to callbacks and SVG handling for blur effects. The user also updated versions and improved code organization.
css-animations
ThrivingKings/Badger
Jul 2011 - Jun 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 11 months
jqueryios-styleiosbadgessexy
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