Jordan West
Freelance Software Engineer
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJordan West is a seasoned freelance software engineer based in Sydney with 14 years of experience building full-stack web applications and migrating legacy systems into responsive, maintainable platforms. He blends front-end craftsmanship (notably contributions to a browser extension that replaces social feeds with curated quotes) with solid back-end experience in PHP/MySQL and modern JavaScript stacks. His career spans product-scale engineering at companies like Canva and Automattic, control-systems work in C/C#/PLC languages, and hands-on freelance projects for medical and retail clients. Jordan also teaches—bringing real-world engineering practices into educational settings through an edX instructor role. Comfortable moving between embedded control logic and user-facing web interfaces, he excels at practical, user-centered solutions that bridge technical and domain complexity. Currently engaged with HealthMatch, he is not seeking new roles but remains active in selective freelance and open-source work.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BEng/BArts, Mechatronic Engineering, Cognitive Science, Japanese, BEng/BArts, Mechatronic Engineering, Cognitive Science, Japanese at The University of QueenslandEngineering, Japanese Language, Engineering, Japanese Language at The University of Electro-Communications
English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (9)
css10
opera-extension10
webextension10
javascript10
chrome-extension10
react10
browser-extension10
firefox8
chrome8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
jordwest/news-feed-eradicator
Jun 2012 - Nov 2022
A browser extension that deletes your news feed and replaces it with a nice quote
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 8 reviews, 163 commits in 10 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jordan primarily contributed to the front-end development of the browser extension. They made significant changes to the `simplifyfb.js` file, adding and modifying the quotes displayed. Furthermore, they updated the CSS files (`prehide.css`, `eradicate.css`) to hide various elements on Facebook. The user also worked on project website enhancements and created configurations for packaging and build processes.
browser-extensionwebextensionsfirefoxchrome
jordwest/bs-snabbdom
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
Bucklescript + Snabbdom
Contributions:40 commits, 3 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 month
bucklescriptsnabbdomocamlelmvirtual-dom
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