Pedr Browne
Software Engineer at Grid Finder
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPedr Browne is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years' experience building front-end driven web applications and leading product-facing teams from Newcastle upon Tyne. He combines hands-on implementation of React and Next.js UIs with TypeScript and Prisma-based backends, and has architected and maintained multiple front-ends, monorepos, CI pipelines and style guides. At Sleepstation he led front-end development, mentored juniors, and delivered both customer and admin experiences; he now focuses on building performant Next.js applications at Grid Finder. An active open-source contributor, Pedr has improved tests and plugin behavior in the popular Gatsby project, including responsive iframe handling and code REPL features. Trained originally in film, he brings a designer-aware eye for pixel-perfect layouts and user-centred interfaces alongside strong engineering discipline.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Film, 2:1, Bachelor's degree, Film, 2:1 at Brunel University London
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Github Skills (37)
javascript10
twitter-bootstrap10
fonts10
testing10
responsive-design10
angularjs10
gatsby10
react10
npm9
markdown9
node-module9
datetime9
wpgraphql9
ruby9
package9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
gatsbyjs/gatsby
Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
The best React-based framework with performance, scalability and security built in.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 13 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Pedr contributed to the `gatsbyjs/gatsby` repository by modifying and creating tests for the `gatsby-remark-responsive-iframe` plugin. They fixed issues related to responsive iframe dimensions, added support for pixel values, and ensured correct behavior with invalid dimension inputs. The user also worked on the `gatsby-remark-copy-linked-files` plugin, adding a destination directory option and fixing a hardcoded link path, along with related testing improvements. Finally, the user implemented Ramda REPL functionality within the `gatsby-remark-code-repls` plugin.
gatsbyreactweb-appfastestcompiler
Undistraction/bass
Aug 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:228 commits, 2 pushes, 1 tag in 10 months
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