Jeffrey Burt
Staff Software Engineer at Apollo GraphQL
Canada
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Top SchoolJeffrey Burt is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building front-end systems and developer tooling from Toronto, Canada. He currently drives client-facing and tooling efforts at Apollo GraphQL, contributing to the Apollo Client DevTools to improve initialization, data flow, and responsiveness for browser-based GraphQL debugging. His background blends polished front-end engineering at agencies and research organizations with product-focused software roles, giving him a practical sense for UX and reliability. Trained originally in furniture design and carpentry before transitioning to computer programming, he brings a pragmatic, craft-oriented approach to code and architecture. Colleagues rely on him to reduce latency and race conditions in integrations while keeping developer ergonomics front of mind.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Craft and Design: Furniture Design, Craft and Design: Furniture Design at Sheridan CollegePhase One for Carpentry, Phase One for Carpentry at St. Lawrence CollegeComputer Programming and Analysis, Computer Programming and Analysis at Seneca Polytechnic
English
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
chrome-extension10
devtools10
google-chrome-extension10
apollo-client10
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
graphql9
typescripts8
typescript-types8
typescript8
react7
shell6
webextension6
recursion6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
apollographql/apollo-client-devtools
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Apollo Client browser developer tools.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jeffrey focused on enhancing the Apollo Client Devtools extension, primarily contributing to the integration and functionality of the extension within a browser environment. Their work involved ensuring the correct initialization and data flow between the devtools panel and the Apollo Client instance running in the web application. They addressed potential timing issues by implementing immediate checks and polling mechanisms to reduce lag and ensure the devtools panel receives the necessary data. Furthermore, the user created utility functions to improve data transmission and the overall responsiveness of the devtools.
reactapollo-client-devtoolsbrowserdeveloper-toolsfirefox-extension
oncojs/oncogrid
Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
Javascript library for visualizing OncoGrids and related tracks
Contributions:59 commits, 22 PRs, 43 pushes in 9 months
javascript-libraryjavascriptvisualizingtracksvisualization
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