Francesco R
Code Wrangler Browser Whisperer at Automattic
Fossò, Veneto, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancesco R is a seasoned web engineer with 13+ years of hands-on experience and a 15-year industry perspective, currently working at Automattic as a Code Wrangler / Browser Whisperer. He combines back-end PHP expertise—evidenced by meaningful contributions to the flagship open-source WooCommerce project—with front-end craftsmanship in React, TypeScript and Jest across complex consumer sites like Target.com. Francesco has led teams and shipped high-impact UI features and reusable component libraries, while also improving platform internals such as shipping, tax calculations and admin UX. Based in Veneto but comfortable in international teams, he blends pragmatic engineering with a long-standing appetite for learning and developer tooling improvements. An understated strength is his knack for translating large-scale product needs into maintainable code and testable interfaces.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Università degli Studi di PadovaCCNA 1 Computer Networks, CCNA 1 Computer Networks at Cisco Networking AcademyHigh School High school leaving qualification in Computer Science, High School High school leaving qualification in Computer Science at I.T.I.S. Primo Levi
Italian, English, French
Github Skills (16)
woocommerce10
uid10
php10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
jestjs10
back-end-development10
react10
testing10
apidoc9
api9
ecommerce7
typescripts3
typescript3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce-gateway-stripe
Aug 2021 - Oct 2021
The official Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:234 reviews, 83 commits, 128 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Francesco primarily contributed to the front-end of the project by adding and modifying Jest tests for React components and utility functions related to Stripe's payment gateway integration with WooCommerce. These changes included testing various aspects of the user interface and payment method styling. The user also updated configurations for the testing environment, ensuring that the tests run correctly and consistently.
paymentsstripeecommercetransactwoocommerce
woocommerce/woocommerce-admin
Sep 2020 - Mar 2022
(Deprecated) This plugin has been merged to woocommerce/woocommerce
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 7 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Francesco primarily contributed to front-end aspects of the WooCommerce Admin plugin, renaming and modifying user-facing text related to WooCommerce Shipping & Tax. They updated UI elements, including task list descriptions and payment recommendations, integrating with the existing UI components and systems. The changes demonstrate a focus on user experience and the presentation of information within the WooCommerce interface.
mergedecommercewordpresswoocommercewordpress-plugin
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