Enej Bajgoric
Code Wrangler at Automattic
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolEnej Bajgoric is a seasoned full‑stack engineer with 14 years of experience, currently working as a Code Wrangler at Automattic from Vancouver. He brings deep WordPress expertise across front-end, back-end, and mobile platforms, contributing to flagship open-source projects like Gutenberg, Jetpack, Automattic themes, and the official WordPress iOS/Android apps. His work emphasizes responsive, accessible UI improvements and pragmatic bug fixes that improve user experience and plugin reliability at scale. Before Automattic he built open publishing platforms at UBC, blending academic-grade requirements with practical open-source delivery. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he pairs engineering rigor with a strong focus on front-end polish and cross-platform consistency. Colleagues rely on him for readable refactors that quietly reduce technical debt while improving end-user feedback and performance.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BASc, Mechanical Engineering, BASc, Mechanical Engineering at The University of British Columbia
English, German, Slovenian, Croatian
Github Skills (31)
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
wordpress-themes10
ui-components10
wordpress10
css10
responsive-design10
java10
javas10
xcode10
php10
front-end-development10
android10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Nov 2015 - Aug 2022
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:233 reviews, 516 commits, 827 PRs in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Enej primarily focused on modifying and improving the user interface within the WordPress.com Calypso platform. Their contributions involved removing upgrade nudges for VIP sites across various views, including plugins, themes, and marketing sections. Additionally, they made changes to enhance the mobile user experience, such as adjusting the theme search bar, incorporating scan alerts, and updating mobile app banner visibility. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the user interface and user experience.
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Automattic/jetpack
Apr 2014 - May 2022
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:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:135 reviews, 1183 commits, 705 PRs in 8 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Enej primarily focused on fixing bugs within the Jetpack plugin, particularly addressing issues related to module functionality and performance. Their contributions included debugging issues within the front-end Javascript and back-end PHP by reviewing existing code and modifying it to function as expected. The user addressed issues related to the display of post content and resolved the code-related problems in relation to existing plugin features, updating external links, including both front end and backend improvements.
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