Edward Irby
Senior Software Engineer at Plaited Labs
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolEdward Irby is a Senior Software Engineer and design technologist based in Portland, Oregon with 11 years of experience building complex applications, design systems, and internal tooling that bridge design and engineering. He co-founded Plaited Labs and currently contributes at You.com, bringing startup grit alongside prior senior roles at Microsoft and Pluralsight where he focused on platform UI and developer-facing experiences. Edward excels at rapid prototyping and process design, turning ambiguous product needs into repeatable systems that scale across teams. His background weaves UX research and front-end engineering with a penchant for collaborative tooling, reflecting earlier roles as a UX architect and UI developer. Trained in international studies and business with additional coursework in social network analysis, he applies a cross-disciplinary perspective to product and team dynamics.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Certified Global Business Professional, Certificate Certified Global Business Professional at Texas Tech University - Rawls College of BusinessSeminar Introduction to Social Network Analysis, Seminar Introduction to Social Network Analysis at Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research. University of ManchesterBachelors of Science Political Science: International Studies Concentration Business Minor, Bachelors of Science Political Science: International Studies Concentration Business Minor at Troy University
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Github Skills (84)
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pluralsight10
maintenance10
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termux10
maintenance-mode10
javascript9
linux9
v8-javascript-engine9
npm9
styles9
terminal-emulator9
figma9
android9
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
plaited/utils
Mar 2021 - Nov 2023
JS runtime agnostic utility functions
Contributions:2 releases, 16 PRs, 28 pushes in 2 years 8 months
agnostictypescript-utilitytypescriptutility-functions
plaited/plaited
Nov 2022 - Apr 2025
Rapidly design & develop interfaces as requirements change and evolve
Contributions:37 releases, 4 reviews, 249 PRs in 2 years 4 months
phpweb-applicationrefineevolveinterfaces
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