Emanuele Feliziani
Director, Frontend at DuckDuckGo
Valletta, South Eastern Region, Malta
Summary
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Top SchoolEmanuele Feliziani is a seasoned frontend engineer and leader with 13 years of experience, currently directing frontend efforts at DuckDuckGo from Malta. He combines hands-on UI/UX craftsmanship—evidenced by notable contributions to the popular DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension—with a track record of building robust, test-driven React/TypeScript frontends and CI pipelines at scale. Previously a frontend tech lead at Sportradar, he designed state management patterns, APIs for component communication, and performance fixes that improved rendering and network behavior. Comfortable from design handoffs to production automation, he also brings startup experience as a CTO and cofounder, reorganising legacy codebases and cutting technical debt. Known as a pragmatic "frontend workman," he pairs obsession for performance and clean CSS architecture with mentoring and process improvements that make teams more effective.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Web marketing SidaMaster's degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, Master's degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia at Università degli Studi di Macerata
Italian, English, French, Spanish
Stackoverflow
442reputation
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Github Skills (15)
css10
javascript10
autofill10
browser-extension10
ui-design9
firefox8
html8
chrome8
css-transitions6
wordpress6
internet-explorer6
flexbox6
php6
webpack6
transition6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
duckduckgo/duckduckgo-privacy-extension
Sep 2020 - Nov 2022
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension for Firefox, Chrome.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 87 reviews, 44 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Emanuele primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience of the DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension. Their contributions involved improving CSS positioning, item sizing, and rendering order within the popup interface. They also implemented autofill features, including improvements to alias generation and context menu integration for email protection. Furthermore, they were involved in updating settings pages and release automation.
browser-extensionchromefirefoxprivacyprivacy-protection
duplii/progress-meter
Jan 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:17 commits, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
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