Glen Davies
AI Engineer at Automattic
Canterbury, New Zealand
Summary
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RockstarGlen Davies is an AI Engineer with over 15 years of web application experience and a dozen years focused on modern front-end and full-stack work, now building production AI website-builder features at Automattic. He brings deep React and Gutenberg expertise—contributing accessibility and FSE improvements to high-profile WordPress projects like Gutenberg, Jetpack and Automattic themes—alongside a track record of modernising large SPAs with TypeScript, RxJS and modular architectures. Comfortable across the stack, Glen has shipped features from UI components and block editors to plugin functionality and payments, and is currently developing an agentic framework to extend generative workflows. Based in Canterbury, New Zealand, he balances product-focused engineering with open-source collaboration and shares technical insights on his blog and Twitter.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (18)
javascript10
wordpress-themes10
component-development10
css10
wordpress10
ui-design10
full-stack10
plugin10
uid10
php10
front-end-development10
gutenberg10
wp-theme10
react10
html9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/gutenberg
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1033 reviews, 313 commits, 710 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Glen primarily contributed to the user interface aspects of the Gutenberg editor within the WordPress ecosystem. Their work included fixing bugs related to component rendering and state management, as well as implementing new features related to block functionality. The commits show a deep understanding of React and the Gutenberg block editor API, specifically within format and edit components. They also addressed accessibility concerns by ensuring proper component rendering.
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Automattic/wp-calypso
Jun 2019 - Dec 2021
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 68 commits, 154 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Glen primarily contributed to the Full Site Editing (FSE) features within the WordPress.com platform. They focused on implementing and modifying UI components related to site title, site description, and template parts. Their work involved adding functionality to the block editor, integrating save buttons, and improving the user experience. They also addressed issues related to IFrame loading and the styling of the FSE blocks, resulting in a more seamless editing experience.
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