Eric Perret
Principal Engineer - UI Framework Services Team at Salesforce
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolEric Perret is a Principal Engineer and full-stack software architect with over 20 years in web platforms and more than a decade driving core UI framework work at Salesforce in San Francisco. He designs and implements scalable, secure server-client architectures and Java/Spring microservices that underpin the Lightning UI, while acting as the department SME for Java, web standards, CDN, and application security. Eric blends deep front-end performance expertise—having led browser performance initiatives and real-user metrics collection—with backend engineering, evident from refactoring work on the notable forcedotcom/aura framework. He has a strong HCI foundation from RPI and a history of turning cross-functional requirements into production tools that cut manual effort and improve observability and capacity planning. Known for eliminating legacy debt and pragmatic API design, he often bridges UX, accessibility, and infra teams to ship measurable improvements at scale.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Woodside PrioryBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science (Concentration in Human Computer Interaction), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science (Concentration in Human Computer Interaction) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
twitter-bootstrap10
css10
java10
javas10
aura-framework10
back-end-development9
front-end-development9
backend9
combobox9
html6
cross-browser6
sql-server6
junit6
jquery6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
forcedotcom/aura
Nov 2013 - Jan 2019
This project is archived, please see the readme for additional resources.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:55 commits in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily focused on refactoring and fixing issues within the Aura framework, particularly related to the component and expression rendering engine. They removed deprecated methods, and addressed bugs concerning date formatting and user input. These changes involved modifications to JavaScript and Java files, indicating work across both front-end and back-end aspects of the framework.
additionalsalesforce-lightninglwcarchivedshadow-dom
salesforce/kylie
Oct 2013 - Aug 2015
Contributions:1 release, 44 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 10 months
end-usertestingweb-performance-testingrumperformance
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