Josiah Ayres
Software Engineer at Canva
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolJosiah Ayres is a software engineer with 9 years' experience focused on front-end architecture and user-centred design, currently contributing to Canva from Auckland. He has designed and shipped eight web applications—five in production—supporting over 1,300 users across New Zealand and improving operational efficiency. As a lead React developer he has migrated legacy frontends to React, established monorepos and component libraries, and driven CI/CD, observability and testing standards at scale. He blends hands-on UI work (React, TypeScript, Storybook, design tokens) with backend design and cloud automation, including Stripe and AWS serverless integrations. Known for building inclusive teams and accessible, responsive interfaces, he also brings practical experience in micro-frontend patterns and cross-functional squad leadership. Beyond code, he’s delivered unique projects from iOS real-time apps to automation scripts, showing a rare mix of UI craftsmanship and infrastructure-savvy execution.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computing Systems Computer Science, Bachelor of Computing Systems Computer Science at Unitec
English
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Github Skills (53)
storybook-addon10
react-component10
uikit10
addon10
mantine9
typescript9
react9
disk8
clock8
xbox8
bluetooth8
validation8
react-components8
react-hooks7
react-native7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
josiahayres/clocktime
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Clocktime
Contributions:48 commits, 7 PRs, 77 pushes in 2 years 6 months
reactjsclocktimestyleguide
josiahayres/storybook-addon-mantine
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
Addon for storybook which wraps Mantine components with a MantineProvider. Allows you to switch between themes and see how your components and pages will look.
Contributions:1 release, 36 commits, 19 PRs in 2 months
mantinestorybookstorybook-addonreactaddon
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