Jessica Rynkar
Open Source Developer at Figma
St Albans, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJessica Rynkar is an open source developer and full-stack engineer with five years’ experience building user-focused web applications, currently working at Figma after a key software engineering role at Payload CMS. She has made notable front-end contributions to Payload’s open-source Next.js framework and official website—improving admin UI components, accessibility, rich-text features, and GitHub discussion-driven pages. Jessica’s background in aerospace engineering and hands-on roles at Boeing and British Airways gives her a disciplined, systems-oriented approach to product UX and performance. Based in St Albans, she blends practical engineering rigor with a passion for developer tooling and polished interfaces, often surfacing subtle UX fixes that improve real-world workflows.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician, First Class, Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician, First Class at University of HertfordshireQueen Elizabeth's Girls' schoolAircraft Pilot (Private), Aircraft Pilot (Private) at Northwestern Michigan College
English
Github Skills (19)
content-management-system10
cms10
javascript10
css10
typescript10
nextjs10
ui-design10
wpgraphql10
uid10
front-end-development10
content-management10
wordpress-graphql10
typescript-types10
graphql10
typescripts10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
payloadcms/website
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
The official Next.js website for payloadcms.com
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 52 commits, 26 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Jessica primarily contributed to front-end development, specifically focused on updating and implementing UI components. Their commits demonstrate a focus on the user interface, including fixing menu behavior, rendering links, and setting up 404 pages. They also worked on fetching and displaying data related to GitHub discussions and implementing pages for community help, using a Next.js and React framework.
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payloadcms/payload
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:71 reviews, 31 commits, 265 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Jessica primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Payload CMS project. They implemented and modified React components for the admin panel, including features for relationship fields, code editors, JSON fields, and the visual display of file previews. The user also addressed various UI-related bugs, improved accessibility, and made stylistic adjustments to enhance the user experience. Furthermore, the user added new features such as adding options to the rich text editor.
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