Jo Murgel
Senior Full-stack Developer
Boise, Idaho, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJo Murgel is a Senior Full-stack Developer and digital strategist with 11+ years of experience building inclusive, user-first web experiences and leading cross-functional teams. She pairs hands-on engineering (React, Next.js, WordPress, Node.js, AWS) with UX strategy, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and process optimization to measurably improve engagement, conversion, and editorial workflows. Jo has driven enterprise migrations and feature centralization for major media brands, created reusable Block Editor systems that drew WordPress VIP interest, and contributed responsive‑image and navigation improvements to a popular WebDevStudios starter theme. As a consultant and former principal developer, she’s delivered accessibility compliance, cultural transformation, and automation that cut manual workweeks into hours—often translating complex technical concepts into pragmatic, team-scalable practices. Based in Boise, she combines a designer’s eye (BFA in Graphic Design) with engineering rigor to prioritize real user behavior over assumptions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Graphic Design and Illustration, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Graphic Design and Illustration at Boise State University
Github Skills (7)
wordpress10
php10
scs10
wordpress-themes10
sc10
javascript9
gutenberg8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
WebDevStudios/wd_s
Sep 2016 - Apr 2019
A starter theme from WebDevStudios.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:96 commits, 23 PRs, 77 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jo primarily contributed to the _wd_s_ starter theme by adding and refactoring functionalities related to WordPress theme development. They integrated default responsive images and addressed template tag linting issues, indicating a focus on improving code quality and responsiveness. Furthermore, the user refactored the theme's navigation system and incorporated ACF block options for universal use, demonstrating a proficiency in WordPress theme development practices and Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) usage.
tailwindcsswordpress-scriptswordpressjavascriptphp
jomurgel/jomurgel-learn
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:110 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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