Jakub Gonet
Software Engineer at Software Mansion
Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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Top SchoolJakub Gonet is a software engineer based in Kraków with 11 years of experience building mobile and front-end systems, currently contributing at Software Mansion. He specializes in TypeScript and native mobile work (Android/iOS), with notable open-source contributions to high-profile projects like React Native Reanimated and Expo where he fixed crashes, improved Android build pipelines, and added WebP/SVG image support. Comfortable across languages including Elixir, C, and Zig, he brings low-level thinking to UI problems—fixing platform-specific bugs, improving error messages, and tightening type definitions in DefinitelyTyped. Known for pragmatic, maintainable fixes and documentation improvements, he blends engineering rigor with an eye for developer experience.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Zespół Szkół ŁącznościAGH University
Github Skills (31)
kotlin10
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
gesture-recognizer10
animation10
expo10
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
gesture10
gesture-recognition10
android10
typescript-types10
gestures10
typescripts10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
software-mansion/react-native-gesture-handler
Feb 2020 - Mar 2022
Declarative API exposing platform native touch and gesture system to React Native.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Front-end Developer
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 357 reviews, 182 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jakub's contributions primarily involve fixing and updating the example app and documentation related to the React Native Gesture Handler library. They addressed platform-specific issues on iOS by conditionally setting `pointerEvents` to 'none'. Furthermore, they updated and reorganized the documentation, including fixing links and implementing design changes. The user also made code changes related to accessibility and touch event handling.
react-nativegesturejavascript
software-mansion/react-native-reanimated
Nov 2019 - Feb 2022
React Native's Animated library reimplemented
Role in this project:Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 369 reviews, 234 commits in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jakub primarily contributed to improving the React Native Reanimated library. They fixed a crash on Android related to `fontSize`, replaced `ListView` with `FlatList`, and improved error messages within the library's core code, focusing on the animation and user interface aspects of the library. They also added a feature to fix a crash and improved examples of the library.
react-nativeanimationgesturejavascriptmultithreading
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