Manassarn Manoonchai is a Lead Software Engineer based in Bangkok with 14 years of hands-on experience building full-stack, cloud-native systems and co-founding two startups. He combines deep backend expertise (Ruby on Rails, microservices, DevOps) with modern front-end exploration (Svelte, Tailwind) and a strong focus on developer experience and TDD. At Eventpop/Opn he architected scalable event and e-commerce services, introduced GitOps practices, and managed EKS/Terraform deployments across environments. A prolific contributor to open-source, he also develops advanced keyboard firmware features for the widely used QMK project, reflecting a hardware-software hobbyist streak. Introverted but active on social media, he treats coding as a craft and habitually seeks problems before designing solutions, balancing productivity fervor with pragmatic engineering.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering at Chulalongkorn University
Science & Math, Science & Math at Triam Udomsuksa Pattanakarn
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Contributions:3 reviews, 7 commits, 12 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Manassarn primarily contributes to the QMK firmware, focusing on keymap customization and feature implementation for various keyboard layouts. Their work includes adding new keymaps (Ergodox, Planck, Lily58, USB-USB converter), integrating "SuperDuper" mode with advanced key combinations and sound modifications, as well as incorporating mouse and developer layers. They refactored mod tap macros and addressed bugs related to modifier keys, enhancing the functionality of keyboard layouts.
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Contributions:114 reviews, 60 commits, 111 PRs in 3 months
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Manassarn Manoonchai - Lead Software Engineer at Eventpop