Eric Wright
Senior Software Engineer, R&D at Algolia
Middlebury, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Wright is a seasoned full-stack engineer and founder with over 20 years of experience building web and e-commerce solutions across startups, agencies, and enterprise accounts. Currently a Senior Software Engineer in R&D at Algolia, he drives e-commerce integrations and customer success while previously leading engineering at Trellis and running his own consultancy, Rapid Synergy. He combines deep front-end expertise (React, TypeScript, modern search UX) with broad backend and database experience (PHP, Java, Ruby, .NET, PostgreSQL, Redis) and a track record of complex integrations between platforms like Magento, BigCommerce, NetSuite and MS Dynamics. Notably, he has contributed front-end enhancements to Algolia’s popular Magento 2 integration, improving autocomplete and product display. Highly personable and strategic, Eric is valued for seeing the big picture, aligning teams around client needs, and turning thorny integration problems into working systems—and he also moonlights as a professional voice actor.
3 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Central Connecticut State UniversityCT State Naugatuck Valley
Github Skills (7)
html10
autocomplete10
javascript10
algolia10
magento10
css9
php4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
algolia/algoliasearch-magento-2
Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
Algolia Search integration for Magento 2 - compatible with versions from 2.3.x to 2.4.x
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 315 reviews, 25 commits in 8 days
Contributions summary:Eric primarily focused on enhancing the front-end experience of the Algolia search integration for Magento 2. Their commits include refactoring and modularizing template files, particularly within the autocomplete functionality. They worked on modifying the display of product information, implementing new features like search category links and footers, and resolving bugs related to conjunctive facets. The changes involve JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, demonstrating their expertise in front-end development.
magento-2phpalgolia-searchmagento-algoliasearchmagento2
algolia/algoliasearch-custom-algolia-magento-2
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Custom boilerplate module to extend Algolia Magento 2 extension
Contributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 7 commits in 1 day
boilerplatemagento2-modulemagento-2magento2algolia
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