Owen Niblock
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Greater Newport Area United States
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Top SchoolOwen Niblock is a senior software engineer with nine years of professional experience, recently transitioning from accessibility work to the GitHub Issues team. He blends full-stack engineering with strong QA and test-automation instincts, evidenced by contributions to high-profile open-source projects like Microsoft App Center and Primer ViewComponents. Comfortable across mobile (iOS), .NET/Xamarin, and CLI tooling, he focuses on stabilizing test suites, improving UX of developer tools, and refining component libraries. Based in the Greater Newport Area, he thrives in remote work and brings an unusual side career as a professional comedian, which informs his collaborative, communicative approach to engineering.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Warwick
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Github Skills (47)
cli10
uitest10
objective-c10
ruby-rails10
ios10
component-design10
testing10
net10
command-line-interface10
xamarin10
dotnet10
rails10
carbon-design-system10
system-design10
ruby10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/appcenter-cli
Nov 2017 - Sep 2019
Command-line Interface (CLI) for Visual Studio App Center
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:23 releases, 209 commits, 143 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Owen primarily focused on improving the command-line interface (CLI) for Visual Studio App Center, specifically regarding the UI testing features. They implemented and refined features related to test cloud functionality. Key contributions included bug fixes, improved error messages, and support for missing parameters, specifically involving the use of UITest and Calabash frameworks. They also worked on features related to handling the creation and starting of test runs.
visual-studioapp-centercentercommand-line-interfacevisual-studio-app-center
primer/view_components
Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
ViewComponents for the Primer Design System
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 9 commits, 35 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Owen primarily focused on enhancing the Primer ViewComponent library, contributing to both its functionality and maintainability. They implemented features related to handling self-closing tags and refactored the system arguments used in the components. Furthermore, the user addressed inconsistencies by removing button roles and adding validation for system arguments. Their work included test updates, documentation improvements, and fixes related to component generator output, demonstrating a full-stack contribution across multiple areas.
primerrailsviewcomponentsprimer-designruby
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