Julian Aubourg
Principal Engineer at Frontify
Azur, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Julian Aubourg is a Principal Engineer with 18 years of experience designing elegant, standards-minded web platforms and developer-focused products from France's Nouvelle-Aquitaine. He has co-founded two companies, led R&D and product as CPO at TwicPics, and now drives engineering at Frontify, blending hands-on coding with strategic architecture. A longtime front-end specialist, he contributed a major Ajax rewrite to the jQuery core and improved cross-browser robustness in JSONP utilities, and has strengthened documentation for the Peggy parser generator. Julian favors simplicity and pragmatic standards—when they fail, he sets better ones—bringing a rare mix of product leadership, open-source craftsmanship, and rigorous QA experience.
18 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master Degree Computer Science (Imaging & AI), Master Degree Computer Science (Imaging & AI) at Université de Rennes ILycée Auguste Renoir de LimogesBachelor Degree Computer Science (Systems Compilation & AI), Bachelor Degree Computer Science (Systems Compilation & AI) at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de RennesAssociate Degree Computer Science (Analysis & Architecture), Associate Degree Computer Science (Analysis & Architecture) at Université de Limoges
English, French
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Github Skills (23)
ajax10
unit-testing10
parserator10
compatible10
javascript10
parser10
jquery10
testing10
browser-support10
qunit10
documentation10
selenium9
gwt9
jsonp9
file-upload9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jaubourg/jquery-jsonp
Dec 2011 - Feb 2013
jquery jsonp plugin
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & QA Engineer
Front-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:32 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Julian primarily contributed to testing and improving the jQuery JSONP plugin. They focused on adding and refining unit tests using QUnit, including tests for success, error handling (HTTP codes, syntax errors, and exceptions), and edge cases. They also refactored test setup and resolved compatibility issues to ensure proper functionality across different browsers, including Opera and Internet Explorer.
jqueryjsonp
jquery/jquery
Dec 2010 - Jan 2014
jQuery JavaScript Library
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:337 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Julian's primary contribution to the jQuery library involved a comprehensive rewrite of the Ajax module, enhancing its functionality and maintainability. This included changes to the core `xhr.js` file, incorporating improvements to headers handling, data conversion, and error handling. Furthermore, the user made adjustments to associated unit tests and other modules like jsonp, script, and core files.
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