Justin Helmer
Principal Engineer at Webflow
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Helmer is a Principal Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience solving challenging engineering problems across both startup and enterprise settings. He has progressed from R&D and consulting roles into senior technical leadership at companies like Macy’s, Intellimize, and Webflow, driving frontend and platform architecture as well as delivery excellence. Justin blends hands-on coding discipline—evident from contributions to well-known open-source projects like the Laravel Boilerplate, where he improved PSR-2 compliance—with a track record of scaling teams and systems in production. He is comfortable bridging product and engineering, turning complex requirements into maintainable, standards-driven implementations. Known for prioritizing code quality and long-term maintainability, he brings practical engineering judgment shaped by diverse technical and business contexts.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
laravel-mix10
laravel10
php10
database-migrations9
phpunit9
database-migration9
boilerplate8
testing7
sql7
jasmine6
nodejs6
stdout6
child-process6
wait6
gruntjs6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
rappasoft/laravel-boilerplate
Dec 2015 - Dec 2015
The Laravel Boilerplate Project - https://laravel-boilerplate.com
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Justin primarily focused on adhering to PSR-2 coding standards across the project, specifically refactoring existing code to meet these standards. This included applying the standards to various areas, such as the `app/Services/Macros`, `database/migrations`, `tests`, and `database/seeds/Access` folders. These changes ensure code consistency and readability, which is crucial for maintainability and collaborative development within the Laravel boilerplate project.
laravel-boilerplateboilerplateskeletonvisitphp
helmerdavila/docs
Feb 2024 - Aug 2024
Astro documentation
Contributions:60 pushes, 22 branches in 5 months
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