Hector Alfaro
Software Engineer at GitHub
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHector Alfaro is a software engineer and educator with over a decade of hands-on experience building and improving developer experiences at GitHub. He blends full-stack front-end work—improving UI components, accessibility, and responsive layouts—with backend contributions to REST API docs and release workflows. Before coding full-time, Hector led training, instructional design, and academic programs that reached thousands of learners, which informs his pragmatic approach to onboarding and technical documentation. At GitHub he has contributed to high-profile open-source efforts like the GitHub Training Kit and docs repository, adding multilingual content, UI refactors, and training-manual tooling that make developer education more accessible. Based in Orlando, he pairs a Master’s in Computer Engineering with a track record of translating research and customer insights into scalable training products and shipped features. Colleagues rely on him for bridging product, engineering, and education to turn complex developer needs into usable, well-documented solutions.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Digital Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science, Digital Arts and Sciences at University of FloridaMaster of Science, Computer Engineering, Master of Science, Computer Engineering at University of Central Florida
Spanish
Github Skills (16)
html10
css10
internationalization10
javascript10
localization10
docsify10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
technical-writing10
rest-api9
typescript-types7
jekyll7
typescript7
typescripts7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
github/training-kit
Aug 2016 - Sep 2021
Open source courseware for Git and GitHub
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 279 commits, 84 PRs in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Hector primarily contributed to the user interface of the project. They updated navigation paths and modified the HTML structure of the header and footer. Their commits focused on adjusting content for different screen sizes and implementing translations for various languages, including English, Spanish, and French. Furthermore, they added and reordered cheat sheets and refactored the site logo.
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githubtraining/training-manual
Feb 2017 - Aug 2018
Home of the words in the GitHub Training Manual and teaching scripts.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:85 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Hector primarily focused on updating and restructuring the GitHub Training Manual. Their contributions include adding and modifying HTML templates, removing and cleaning up unused files, and updating header information. Furthermore, the user has significantly refactored the layout and content of the manual by implementing changes to the overall structure, including the incorporation of Docsify for the manual and the generation of PDFs.
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