Mitchell Donaldson
Group Engineering Lead - Generative Experiences
Sydney, New South Wales, New Zealand
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Top SchoolMitchell Donaldson is a seasoned engineering leader with 10 years' experience building product-focused teams and shipping consumer-facing features, currently heading Generative Experiences at Canva. He scales cross-functional squads of frontend, backend and ML engineers to deliver generative design and editing innovations used by millions. Previously he progressed from engineering roles to CTO at a startup (Nod), demonstrating both hands-on development and strategic leadership. A former international swimmer and national champion, he brings elite discipline and performance-driven culture to fast-paced AI product delivery. Trained in computer science, mathematics and finance at Massey University, he pairs rigorous technical foundations with a knack for turning research-grade ML into polished user experiences.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science Mathematics Finance, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science Mathematics Finance at Massey UniversityOrewa College
English
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Github Skills (76)
starter-kit10
expressjs10
wysiwyg10
declarative10
javascript10
browser10
editor10
rich-text10
text-editor10
docx10
draft-js10
slate10
nodejs10
editors10
contenteditable10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mmdonaldson/slate
Sep 2019 - Nov 2020
A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors. (Currently in beta.)
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
contenteditabletext-editorswysiwygrich-text-editorrich-text
mmdonaldson/mmdonaldson
Nov 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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