Payten Giles
Software Developer at New York University
Canberra, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolPayten Giles is a Canberra-based software developer with 14 years' experience building user-focused web applications and interfaces. He has a strong front-end pedigree, contributing to prominent open-source education platforms like Sakai and the Open Academic Environment (OAE), where he implemented UI features, styling, keyboard interaction models, and Kaltura video integrations. Payten combines freelance and institutional experience—including work for the National Library of Australia and NYU—bringing practical design sensibility to complex content and learning systems. Trained as a software engineer at ANU, he pairs solid engineering fundamentals with a pragmatic focus on navigation, accessibility and configuration-driven integrations that improve real-world user workflows.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National University
Github Skills (10)
css10
uid10
javascript10
bootstra10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
bootstrap10
html9
configuration-management9
wicket8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sakaiproject/sakai
May 2015 - Sep 2018
Sakai is a freely available, feature-rich technology solution for learning, teaching, research and collaboration. Sakai is an open source software suite developed by a diverse and global adopter community.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:533 commits, 341 PRs, 125 pushes in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Payten's commits primarily focus on the development and styling of front-end components within the Sakai project. They implemented a new GradebookPage page, incorporating JavaScript and CSS resources to handle dynamic UI elements. Their work included integrating Bootstrap v3.3.2 for styling and the development of a custom JavaScript model for managing keyboard interactions and dropdown menus. Further commits involved styling and layout adjustments to improve the user experience and incorporate features such as a student summary with expanded content.
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oaeproject/3akai-ux
Oct 2011 - Nov 2011
Open Academic Environment (OAE) Front-End
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 10 days
Contributions summary:Payten primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the OAE Front-End repository. Their contributions involved implementing a URL redirection feature, ensuring proper navigation based on user login status and current path. The user also integrated Kaltura video support, requiring changes to content display logic and configuration settings. Furthermore, they modified the application's configuration for the Kaltura video player integration.
reactjavascriptfrontendfront-endtypescript
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