Jens Meiert
Founder at O'Reilly Media
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Top SchoolJens Meiert is a web-native founder and engineering leader with over a decade of experience designing, optimizing, and scaling web projects while building processes, documentation, and teams across timezones. He blends hands-on front-end craft (HTML, CSS, JS) with engineering management—improving accessibility, developer experience, and data protection at companies like Miro, LivePerson, Jimdo and PandaDoc. A prolific author and technical reviewer for O’Reilly, Jens also champions HTML quality through his "Upgrade Your HTML" series and curates one of the web’s largest frontend archives (Frontend Dogma) and glossaries (WebGlossary.info). His open-source contributions include editorial work on the W3C CSSWG drafts and practical improvements to developer portals, demonstrating attention to clarity and performance. Obsessed with measurable quality, he has a track record of reducing defects, boosting performance and developer NPS, and introducing AI-assisted tooling for code review and accessibility. Based in Pontevedra, Spain, he brings a Google-influenced "googliness" mindset—combining rigorous standards with a collaborative, people-first approach.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at FernUniversität in Hagenstaatl. gepr. Technischer Assistent für Informatik Computer Science, staatl. gepr. Technischer Assistent für Informatik Computer Science at Berufsbildende Schulen VarelPhilosophy, Philosophy at University of Hamburg
German, English, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (6)
html10
css10
web-development10
documentation10
user-interface9
javascript8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
LivePersonInc/developer-center
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
LivePerson’s Developer Center and Community
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:301 reviews, 548 commits, 280 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Jens primarily focused on modifying the default layout of the LivePerson Developer Center, which involved changes to the header and the inclusion of new elements in _layouts/default.html and _includes/sidebar.html. Their work encompassed integrating a search functionality and updating the visual presentation by adding new CSS rulesets. The user also performed refactoring tasks and improved the overall code structure.
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w3c/csswg-drafts
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
CSS Working Group Editor Drafts
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 commit, 8 PRs, 4 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jens primarily contributed to documentation efforts within the CSS Working Group Editor Drafts repository. Their commits focused on correcting grammatical errors, adding missing articles, and resolving repeated terms in the documentation. The user edited multiple files, demonstrating a broad understanding of the project's documentation structure and a commitment to improving the clarity and accuracy of the content. They made frequent minor revisions to enhance readability.
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