Foteini Giannaropoulou
Senior Software Engineer at Automattic
Thessaloniki, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Summary
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Top SchoolFoteini Giannaropoulou is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable web applications and APIs, currently focused at Automattic where she contributes to the widely used Jetpack WordPress plugin. She combines front-end expertise in React and JavaScript with back-end PHP and WordPress API integrations, and has a strong interest in architecture, design patterns, and code maintainability. Previously she led a small scrum team at Exit Bee, architecting analytics pipelines that handled data from over 50 million monthly visitors, migrating storage to Elasticsearch, containerizing services, and moving workloads to Kubernetes with CI/CD automation. Her background spans full-stack development, RESTful APIs, and plugin development across multiple CMS platforms, reflecting both hands-on coding and system-level thinking. Based in Thessaloniki, she pairs an engineering degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with practical experience in performance, security, and deployment—often improving UX and performance in widely adopted open-source projects.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electronics and Computer Studies, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electronics and Computer Studies at Aristoteleion Panepistimion ThessalonikisApoluthrio Lukeiou, General Studies, 19,3, Apoluthrio Lukeiou, General Studies, 19,3 at Music Highschool of Volos
Greek, English, German, Italian
Github Skills (8)
wordpress10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
wordpress-plugin10
react10
php9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/jetpack
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
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:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:747 reviews, 124 commits, 331 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Foteini primarily contributed to the Jetpack plugin by implementing and modifying front-end components using JavaScript and React, while also making changes to PHP files, widgets, and integrating with WordPress APIs. They fixed bugs related to UI elements and functionality, and modified existing features for performance and UX improvements. The user demonstrated proficiency in front-end development, particularly with React and JavaScript, along with some experience with PHP and WordPress-specific functionalities.
reactexpertswordpressphpsecurity
fgiannar/mastori-api
Jan 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:36 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
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