Jonny Meyer is a seasoned web application developer and co-founder with 15 years of experience building clean, well-tested front-ends and pragmatic architectures for clients and products. He currently leads front-end development at OddBird and contributes at Google, bringing deep expertise in JavaScript ecosystems and a focus on test coverage, accessibility, and maintainable code. Jonny has a strong open-source footprint—helping improve widely used projects like Salesforce's design-system-react and contributing cross-cutting fixes to color.js—demonstrating attention to UI correctness and build/tooling quality. With a background that spans startups, enterprise teams (Adobe, Salesforce, Bloomberg), and even teaching philosophy, he blends technical rigor with clear communication and user-centered design thinking. Outside of work he refuels creativity through ultimate frisbee, homebrewing, and keeping up with young kids, a reminder that his engineering practice values craftsmanship and community.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA, History, Religion, BA, History, Religion at Goshen College
Master of Arts: Theological Studies, Theology and Ethics, Master of Arts: Theological Studies, Theology and Ethics at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Color conversion & manipulation library by the editors of the CSS Color specifications
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:2 releases, 97 reviews, 12 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jonny contributed significantly to the project by addressing type-related issues, fixing linting errors, and implementing code formatting rules. They also updated the build process by adding a prepack script and supporting Node v12 with Babel. Furthermore, the user made changes to CSS and JavaScript files, indicating involvement in both front-end and potentially back-end aspects of the project. These changes, including adjusting format types and adding serialize type tests, suggest a focus on code quality and maintainability.
Contributions:14 commits, 11 PRs, 10 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jonny primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Salesforce Lightning Design System for React. Their work involved fixing UI issues, particularly related to the `GlobalHeaderButton` component and invalid HTML markup within the `GlobalHeaderTrigger`. Additionally, they addressed issues in the `Combobox`, `DataTable`, `Tooltip`, `Accordion`, `RadioGroup`, `Map`, `Slider`, and `Toast` components. These changes included bug fixes, updates to component props, and improvements to overall functionality and accessibility.
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