Matt Wondra
Engineering & Product Lead Of Happy Tools at Automattic
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Wondra is an engineering and product leader with 11 years of experience building modern web products and distributed teams, currently heading Happy Tools at Automattic. He blends hands-on front-end craftsmanship—contributing React and JavaScript UI work to high-profile projects like WordPress.com’s wp-calypso—with product ownership and team growth. Previously he modernized large consumer sites at Apartment Therapy, migrating legacy platforms to Rails and building a multidisciplinary product org from the ground up. Based in Champaign, IL, he pairs a Midwestern pragmatic sensibility with a designer’s eye from studies in graphic design, which shows in his focus on usable interfaces and cross-functional collaboration. Known for shipping practical, front-end-first solutions for high-traffic systems and fostering async-friendly workflows, he thrives on making complex UIs feel simple.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignGraphic Design, Graphic Design at Parkland College
Github Skills (16)
component-development10
i18n-js10
i18next10
javascript10
user-interface10
web-components10
frontend10
front-end-development10
react10
calypso10
redux9
jsx9
s69
html9
wordpress8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Oct 2016 - Oct 2021
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 108 commits, 244 PRs in 5 years
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the front-end components and user interface elements of the WordPress.com platform, specifically within the `wp-calypso` repository. Their work involved creating and integrating various notices, including chat availability, closure, and Easter holiday notifications. They also made updates to the Happy Chat interface. The user demonstrated proficiency in React, JavaScript, and related front-end technologies, as suggested by the nature of changes to the front-end components and the repository's topics.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
mattwondra/mattwondra.github.io
Jan 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 1 month
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