Jorge Ordovás is a seasoned software engineer with 21 years of experience, currently focused on Trust & Safety internal tools and automation at Automattic. He has a long track record as a mobile engineer for flagship products like WordPress, WooCommerce and Tumblr on iOS, and has contributed notable enhancements to high-profile open-source projects such as WordPress Gutenberg and Jetpack. Comfortable across the stack, his work spans mobile UI and accessibility improvements, REST API enhancements, and performance-focused backend changes. A persistent tinkerer since childhood, Jorge pairs pragmatic engineering with a curiosity for how systems fit together—evidenced by roles from analytics engineering to systems development and even founding a startup. Based in Zaragoza, Spain, he blends deep product experience with an academic interest in data science, making him adept at turning complex requirements into reliable, user-focused solutions.
21 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Ingenieria, Informatica, Ingenieria, Informatica at Universidad de Zaragoza
Contributions:7932 commits, 730 PRs, 1270 pushes in 10 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily focused on improving the WordPress iOS app's authentication and user experience. Their contributions involved resolving issues related to token handling, including preventing duplicate sign-in prompts and handling invalid tokens. They also addressed crashes and glitches, particularly in relation to authentication and token management. The changes also included merging in changes from the develop branch, showing this user is actively contributing and staying current on updates.
A reusable native iOS visual HTML text editor component.
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
Contributions:188 commits, 12 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily contributed to the `azteceditor-ios` repository by implementing and refining features related to the HTML text editor component. They focused on bug fixes, specifically addressing issues related to newline handling within `div` elements and blockquote formatting. The user also added documentation and refactored code to improve code structure and leverage existing functionalities.
html-text-editorios-nativeiosios-libraryhtml-text
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Jorge Ordovás - Software Engineer, Trust & Safety at Automattic