Jose Gil
Frontend Web Developer at Automattic
Mazarrón, Region of Murcia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolJose Gil is a frontend web developer with seven years of experience building user-centric interfaces, currently shipping Typescript and React work at Automattic on WordPress.com and Tumblr projects. He has a strong track record as a senior frontend engineer at companies like Zartis and Altia, delivering production features, testing suites, and complex UI integrations for high-profile clients such as EUIPO and Zara. At Automattic he contributed to the popular Calypso codebase, notably implementing the Promote Post meatball menu and campaign reporting UI—showing a knack for feature-focused frontend engineering in large open-source ecosystems. Comfortable across the stack from legacy frameworks to modern React patterns, he blends UX sensibility with pragmatic testing and component design. Based in Mazarrón, Spain, he pairs professional craftsmanship with quirky creative pursuits—retro gaming and Tamagotchi collecting—that hint at a playful, experimental approach to problem solving.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
FP2 - Administración de sistemas informáticos, Informática, comunicaciones y servicios de asistencia, FP2 - Administración de sistemas informáticos, Informática, comunicaciones y servicios de asistencia at IES SerpisFP1 - Explotación de sistemas informáticos, informática, hardware, software, FP1 - Explotación de sistemas informáticos, informática, hardware, software at IES Serpis Valencia
Spanish, English, Catalan
Github Skills (8)
wordpress10
javascript10
front-end-development10
redux10
react10
advertising10
s69
nodejs9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:75 reviews, 29 commits, 102 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the front-end development of the WordPress.com Calypso project, focusing on the "Promote Post" feature. They implemented the meatball menu functionality to promote content within the Post and Page lists. The user also worked on the campaign report, including the creation of the report data tab, and made updates to the BlazePress widget and related components, demonstrating a focus on user interface and feature integration.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
anto66r/formvalidation
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:8 pushes in 9 days
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