Matthew Bargar
UI Engineer at Elastic
Athens, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Bargar is a UI engineer and entrepreneur with 14 years of experience building customer-focused web and mobile experiences and co-founding Devcorr Technologies to deliver tailored digital solutions. At Elastic since 2015 he contributes to the Elastic UI Framework, shipping practical front-end improvements like dark-theme support, z-index fixes, and richer TypeScript typings that improve component robustness. His background spans e-commerce and analytics work at DSW where he led major launches and implementations, giving him a strong sense for business-driven product decisions. Known for treating each technical choice as a long-term investment, he pairs hands-on engineering with client-facing agility and a continual-improvement mindset. Based in Athens, Ohio, he blends full-stack perspective with UI specialization and a knack for translating ambiguous client needs into measurable value.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Computer Science, B.A., Computer Science at Ohio Wesleyan University
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Github Skills (13)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
system-design10
carbon-design-system10
sys10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-components10
css9
wkwebview6
ios6
mobile-safari6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
elastic/eui
Aug 2017 - Feb 2019
Elastic UI Framework 🙌
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 12 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the Elastic UI Framework, focusing on improving UI components and their theming. They implemented dark theme support for modal components and addressed z-index issues. Their work also included enhancing existing components such as badges, context menus, and form elements by adding new functionalities (e.g., `prepend`, `append`, `inputRef` props) and refining their TypeScript definitions.
reactsasseuiui-frameworkelastic
Bargs/kibana
Sep 2015 - Feb 2020
Kibana
Contributions:8 PRs, 896 pushes, 448 branches in 4 years 6 months
kibanaelasticsearch
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