Jordan Overbye
Senior Frontend Engineer at Atlassian
Australia
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Top SchoolJordan Overbye is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Australia with a decade of experience building polished, user-focused web interfaces across startups and enterprise teams. Currently at Atlassian after five years leading frontend efforts at Thinkmill, he brings strong design sensibilities from a Visual Communication background to complex React and CMS-driven projects. Jordan is an active open-source contributor, improving UX and docs for well-known projects like KeystoneJS and Theme UI and adding practical features such as mobile fixes, theming, and copy-to-clipboard utilities. He excels at bridging design and engineering—shipping accessible, themeable UI components and documentation that help teams move faster—while quietly specializing in front-end build quality and maintainability.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Visual Communication, Design and Visual Communications, General, Diploma of Visual Communication, Design and Visual Communications, General at Design College Australia
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (28)
javascript10
website-development10
wordpress-themes10
css10
theme-ui10
ui-design10
ui-theme10
react10
jsx10
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
mdx9
pretier9
graphql9
prettify9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
blocks/blocks
Nov 2019 - Feb 2020
A JSX-based page builder for creating beautiful websites without writing code
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:99 commits, 49 PRs, 53 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jordan contributed primarily to the front-end development of the project, which is a JSX-based page builder. They implemented the manifest configuration, updated documentation, and added and styled code-related elements. The user also made several UI-related updates including styling the sidebar and header, as well as integrating new features like copy-to-clipboard functionality and theme customization.
jsxreactwysiwygmdxvisual-editor
keystonejs/keystone
May 2019 - Jun 2021
The superpowered headless CMS for Node.js — built with GraphQL and React
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 106 commits, 70 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jordan contributed primarily to the website component of the KeystoneJS project, working on both front-end and back-end code. The commits include implementing new features, such as adding a 404 page and fixing mobile menu issues, and making CSS improvements. The user also updated the packages link in the header and addressed a bug with the tooltips for the arch-ui project.
graphqlheadless-cmsnodejsreactcms
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