Héctor García
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolHéctor García is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building accessible, high-performance front-end systems and design systems for large web platforms. Based in London, he has driven the migration of github.com’s Primer from Rails to React, contributed to Primer View Components, and shipped accessibility and performance improvements at GitHub and Facebook. He specializes in UI and component work—evidenced by active open-source contributions like react-native-typography and Primer view components—bridging pixel-perfect styling with pragmatic engineering. His background spans full-stack and backend systems in Java and C, giving him a strong systems mindset alongside front-end craftsmanship. Colleagues rely on him to modernize legacy stacks while keeping user experience and accessibility front and center.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
5-year MEng, Computer Science, 5-year MEng, Computer Science at Universidad Autónoma de MadridPostgraduate Course; Universitary Expert, Development for Android & iOS devices, Postgraduate Course; Universitary Expert, Development for Android & iOS devices at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.High School Certificate, Double path, Mathematics & Biology, High School Certificate, Double path, Mathematics & Biology at Marqués de Santillana
Spanish, English, Catalan
Github Skills (25)
ruby-rails10
react-native10
rails10
ui-design10
erb10
ruby10
uid10
front-end-development10
viewcomponent10
html10
react10
carbon-design-system9
system-design9
css9
expo9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
hectahertz/react-native-typography
Dec 2017 - Jun 2019
Pixel–perfect, native–looking typographic styles for React Native ✒️
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 44 commits, 24 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Héctor primarily contributed to the user interface and styling aspects of the React Native application. Their commits involve formatting code with Prettier, adjusting line heights, renaming components, and improving the structure and appearance of various screens like the showcase and demo screens. They also updated the example app to newer versions of Expo and react-navigation. These changes indicate a focus on UI development and maintenance.
pixel-perfectreactreact-nativetypography-themesandroid
primer/view_components
Feb 2022 - Aug 2022
ViewComponents for the Primer Design System
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 17 reviews, 16 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Héctor primarily contributed to the development of view components within the Primer Design System. Their work involved refactoring existing components like `Blankslate`, `PopoverComponent`, `ButtonComponent`, `LinkComponent`, and `IconButton`, often removing CSS utilities and aligning with Primer CSS standards. They also fixed issues, added new features like tooltip support and improved documentation examples, enhancing usability and consistency across the component library.
primerrailsviewcomponentsprimer-designruby
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