Eric Willigers
Software Developer at Undisclosed
Greater Sydney Area Australia
Summary
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RockstarEric Willigers is a software developer based in the Greater Sydney Area with 11 years of experience delivering front-end solutions and test automation for web platforms. He brings hands-on expertise in web standards, contributing technical writing and specification fixes to flagship W3C and CSS Working Group repositories and implementing conformance tests in the Web Platform Tests suite. His background blends engineering and project management, having held senior development and PM roles that inform a pragmatic, documentation-first approach to quality and maintainability. Eric’s contributions to SVG and CSS specs show attention to detail—fixing IDL syntax and edge-case documentation that improve interoperability for browser vendors and implementers. He excels at turning spec ambiguities into clear, testable behavior, making him valuable for teams that ship standards-compliant web features. Based in Australia, he pairs deep standards knowledge with practical test harness experience to reduce regressions and improve cross-browser consistency.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (15)
css10
svg10
web-standards10
documentation10
test-automation10
javascript9
html9
css-transitions9
flex8
flexbox8
css-grid8
idl8
css-animations7
testing7
web-development7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
web-platform-tests/wpt
Nov 2017 - Apr 2021
Test suites for Web platform specs — including WHATWG, W3C, and others
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Front-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 131 commits, 272 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to testing within the WPT (Web Platform Tests) repository, specifically focusing on parsing and computed value tests for various CSS properties related to layout, text decoration, and other web platform features. They implemented and updated test cases for features like flexbox, grid layout, text-decoration and transitions to ensure specification compliance. The user also developed and utilized common testing utilities within the repository.
microsoft-edgetest-runnerspecssafarifirefox
w3c/csswg-drafts
Nov 2016 - Feb 2021
CSS Working Group Editor Drafts
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:50 commits, 107 PRs, 25 pushes in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily focuses on updating and refining documentation within the CSS Working Group drafts repository. Their contributions include correcting typos, fixing broken links, updating the definitions, and clarifying information about CSS properties. The user demonstrates a strong understanding of CSS specifications and standards by ensuring that the documentation accurately reflects the intended functionality. Their work improves the clarity and accuracy of the CSS specifications for other developers.
cssworking-groupdrafts
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