Marco Ciampini
Senior JavaScript Engineer at Automattic
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Top SchoolMarco Ciampini is a Senior JavaScript Engineer based in Turin with 12 years of experience crafting responsive, accessible front-ends and leading engineering teams across Europe and APAC. Currently at Automattic, he contributes to the open-source WordPress components package, driving TypeScript migrations and visual consistency in widely used projects like Gutenberg and wp-calypso. He has a strong background in design-driven development, having shipped templates and UI components for AMP Start and worked on high-profile Google projects while mentoring distributed teams. Marco blends creative-tech experimentation (WebGL, WebAR, gesture and voice interfaces) with pragmatic production experience, from prototyping to client-facing launches. His academic training in cinema and multimedia engineering complements a knack for pixel-perfect UI and thoughtful interaction design. Colleagues rely on him for steady technical leadership, cross-cultural collaboration, and incremental modernization of large JavaScript codebases.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Multimedia Track, Master's degree, Multimedia Track at Institut EurécomBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Cinema and Media Engineering, 110L / 110, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Cinema and Media Engineering, 110L / 110 at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English, French
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Github Skills (22)
accessibility10
javascript10
component-design10
ampl10
css10
responsive-design10
typescript10
ui-design10
google-amp10
uid10
front-end-development10
gutenberg10
typescript-types10
html10
typescripts10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/gutenberg
May 2021 - Jan 2023
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4842 reviews, 471 commits, 1080 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Marco focused on front-end development within the Gutenberg project. They primarily worked on refactoring and updating various components within the `@wordpress/components` package, migrating them to a new implementation (likely a design system or framework). Their contributions involved converting components to TypeScript, updating tests, and implementing changes to improve visual consistency and responsiveness, particularly regarding CSS styles and component layout. The user was responsible for applying changes across several existing components to improve the codebase.
block-editorwordpressgutenbergwordpress-pluginbeyond
Automattic/wp-calypso
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:962 reviews, 152 commits, 233 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Marco primarily contributed to the user interface components and features within the WordPress.com ecosystem. Their work involved fixing UI alignment issues, updating typography, and modifying design selection elements. Furthermore, the user was involved in modifying and removing features related to the Gutenboarding process, including integration of new launch flows, removing related feature flags, and removing a page/modal. The user also worked on modifying or adding features related to site creation and account functionality within the WordPress.com ecosystem.
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