Mike Jolley
Software Engineer at Automattic
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMike Jolley is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years’ experience building and shaping the WooCommerce ecosystem at Automattic, where he led the core team for three years before returning to individual contribution. He specializes in front-end engineering for WordPress and WooCommerce—shipping React/TypeScript UI components like product search, price filters and cart/checkout improvements—while also contributing significant back-end work on admin features, payment gateways and performance-focused lookup tables. Based in Cambridge, he has deep experience across theme, plugin and tooling maintenance, including migrating and deprecating legacy packages as projects evolve. An early WooCommerce author and entrepreneur (creator of WP Job Manager and founder of a paid-extension business), he blends product intuition with pragmatic code craftsmanship and a track record of shipping high-impact open-source features.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Applications, 2:1, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Applications, 2:1 at University of SunderlandKing Edward VII School
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Github Skills (33)
woocommerce10
compatible10
transaction10
javascript10
storefront10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
plugin-development10
css10
wordpress10
typescript10
payment-gateway10
web-components10
backward-compatibility10
ui-design10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce
Aug 2011 - Nov 2022
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:31 releases, 386 reviews, 15970 commits in 11 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily focused on front-end development within the WooCommerce Blocks repository, particularly on cart and checkout features. Their work included implementing new components, such as the cart link and a view switcher, as well as updating existing components like the address form, password field, and various UI improvements. They demonstrated proficiency in React, TypeScript, and other WordPress-related technologies by refactoring existing components and adding new ones, working on styling and template.
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woocommerce/woocommerce-blocks
May 2019 - Jan 2023
(Deprecated) This plugin has been merged into woocommerce/woocommerce
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:31 releases, 974 reviews, 881 commits in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Mike focused on implementing and modifying UI components within the WooCommerce Blocks project, particularly working on a product search block, a price filter, and a stock indicator block. Their contributions included adding new features such as a form, radio controls, and incorporating the use of an external dependency. The user's involvement also included adding new components.
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