Javier Usobiaga
Senior Software Engineer at New Relic
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolJavier Usobiaga is a Senior Software Engineer based in Barcelona with 10 years of experience specializing in frontend and full-stack web development. Currently at New Relic, he previously led design system and UX efforts at Factorial HR and co-founded a web studio where he combined UI design with hands-on frontend engineering. He is an experienced educator—teaching web design at multiple universities and creating online courses for Domestika—bringing clear communication and pedagogy to product work. An active open-source contributor, Javier made significant front-end and accessibility improvements to the widely used participatory democracy framework decidim, showing a commitment to civic technology. He blends aesthetic design sensibilities with practical engineering, and often focuses on accessible, responsive interfaces that scale across products.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree, Licentiate degree at Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Spanish, English, Catalan, Basque
Github Skills (9)
html10
accessibility10
css10
rails10
ui-design10
par10
ruby-on-rails10
javascript9
ux-design9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
decidim/decidim
Feb 2018 - May 2021
The participatory democracy framework. A generator and multiple gems made with Ruby on Rails
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 15 commits, 24 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Javier contributed extensively to the decidim/decidim project, focusing on front-end design and implementation. They modified various HTML and CSS files, particularly within the decidim_app-design directory, to implement new features like consultations, comments, and voting components. The user also made changes to the public-facing views and partials, including modifications for elections, and survey onboarding. Further, the user refactored accessibility improvements throughout the application.
ruby-on-railsdecidimdemocracygovernmentcivic-tech
htmlboy/ddt
Jun 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:12 PRs, 40 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years 8 months
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