Ivan Willig
Software Engineer at Shortcut
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIvan Willig is a software engineer with 17 years of experience building and maintaining web and geospatial systems from New York. He has a strong frontend background (Mapzen, Intent Media) and long-term experience at Shortcut, complemented by backend and GIS work at OpenGeo and contributions to prominent open-source mapping projects like GeoNode and Tangram. His open-source commits show a practical focus on code quality and modernization—removing unused imports, fixing edge-case JS/CSS bugs, and migrating demos to ES6 modules. Trained in Human Ecology, he brings a systems-thinking perspective to product development, balancing user needs with maintainable architecture.
17 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Human Ecolog Human Ecology, Human Ecolog Human Ecology at College of the Atlantic
Github Skills (11)
javascript10
s610
python10
django10
gis9
css9
git9
maintenance8
debug8
webgl8
code-cleanup8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
tangrams/tangram
Sep 2014 - Mar 2015
WebGL map rendering engine for creative cartography
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:187 commits, 19 PRs, 38 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Ivan's commits primarily focused on fixing JavaScript and CSS issues within the project. They addressed a `typeof` function error and a redundant `var` statement, which improves code quality and reduces unnecessary code. Furthermore, the user moved demo JavaScript and CSS to its own module and updated modules to use the ES6 module syntax, indicating a contribution towards code maintainability and modernization.
leafletrendering-enginewebgltangrammagic
GeoNode/geonode
Jun 2012 - Feb 2013
GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:117 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ivan primarily contributed to the GeoNode project by addressing import-related issues and fixing various import statements. They focused on removing unused imports across multiple files, indicating a focus on code cleanup and maintenance. The commits also involved merging branches and fixing a typo, showing a familiarity with the project's development workflow and codebase.
pythondjangosharingfacilitatesgis
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