Gabriel Caires
Senior Frontend Developer at Automattic
Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolGabriel Caires is a Senior Frontend Developer based in Lisbon with over a decade of experience building high-quality web applications for startups and enterprises, currently contributing to WordPress.com at Automattic. He specializes in TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5 and front-end architecture, and has a strong track record as a tech lead driving adoption of TDD/BDD, trunk-based development, feature toggles and automated delivery practices. Gabriel has led cross-functional teams on high-throughput systems and user-facing products—from an LMS UI contribution in Automattic’s Sensei to large-scale notification and retail platforms—bridging product, QA and engineering. He focuses on reducing feedback cycles and improving time-to-market while maintaining scalability and performance. Known for mentoring teams and evangelizing engineering best practices, he also spent a year traveling and volunteering to broaden his perspective and apply tech to education initiatives. Practical, community-oriented and delivery-focused, he combines hands-on UI craftsmanship with systemic improvements that make teams faster and more reliable.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Escola e Faculdade SENAI de SantosBusiness Process Management, Business Process Management at UNIMONTE
Portuguese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
i18n-js10
wordpress10
javascript10
ember-i18n10
rails-i18n10
webpacker10
lms10
webpack10
react9
gutenberg8
php6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/sensei
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Sensei LMS - Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 352 reviews, 399 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily contributed to the front-end side of the project, specifically the user interface of the LMS system. The user's work included configuring webpack for i18n methods to prevent mangling, removing ternary expressions that broke the i18n scan, and modifying various UI components like quiz answer options and course lessons. The user also worked on migrating the project to a new branch and updating components to use existing functionality.
wordpressphpsenseisensei-lmsplugin
gabrielcaires/my-earnings
Nov 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
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