Paul Popus
Open Source Developer at nouance.io
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPaul Popus is an open source developer and software engineer with eight years of experience building full-stack web applications and tooling from Oxford, UK. Currently contributing to Figma and working at nouance.io, he has a track record of shipping practical features and fixes across frontend and backend stacks, including internationalization, GraphQL type exports, and UI issue resolution. His notable open-source work on the Payload CMS project demonstrates expertise in Next.js/TypeScript ecosystems and improving developer-facing platforms. Paul moves comfortably between product-facing UI work and backend systems, and his portfolio reflects both startup and product-company experience. A detail that sets him apart is his hands-on focus on improving DX—translations, GraphQL ergonomics, and admin UIs—to make complex fullstack projects easier to adopt and extend.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The Cherwell School Academy
English
Github Skills (22)
typescript10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
javascript9
nextjs9
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
nodejs9
graphql9
cm8
cms8
content-management-system8
json8
i18n-node7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
payloadcms/payload
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:123 reviews, 790 PRs, 774 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Paul contributed to the Payload CMS framework by implementing new translations, fixing bugs, exporting additional GraphQL types, and addressing issues related to UI components. Their work included adding features to support internationalization, resolving problems in the UI, and enhancing the GraphQL capabilities of the platform. They also modified files related to the frontend and backend structure of the project.
cmspayloadcmsexpressreact-jsdashboard
NouanceLabs/payload-better-fields-plugin
Sep 2023 - Jan 2025
This plugin aims to provide you with very specific and improved fields for the Payload admin panel.
Contributions:26 releases, 14 PRs, 56 pushes in 1 year 4 months
nouancepayloadpayload-plugin
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