Philip Balo
Tech Lead And Software Developer at GetApp Group
Ukraine
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Balo is a Tech Lead and front-end software engineer with 10 years of experience building single-page applications and web services using JavaScript (ES6), React, Redux, and related stacks. He has a strong track record delivering client-side blockchain-enabled solutions across exchange, e-commerce, and travel domains, and has led teams at GetApp Group while contributing to product and architecture decisions. Philip is an experienced contributor to open-source tooling—most notably refactoring GraphQL cache logic in the popular Apollo Universal Starter Kit—demonstrating deep knowledge of Apollo Client and React lifecycles. His background spans responsive and event-driven interfaces, including WebSockets, React Native, and advanced analytics UIs, and he combines technical leadership with hands-on full-stack development. Based in Ukraine, he brings a rare mix of finance and hardware-programming education that informs pragmatic, systems-oriented front-end design.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
НТУУ "КПИ"Специалист, Финансы и банковское дело, Специалист, Финансы и банковское дело at Международный университет финансов
Github Skills (19)
typescript10
wpgraphql10
wordpress-graphql10
typescript-types10
graphql10
typescripts10
apollo10
react10
react-native9
web-content9
webpages9
auth9
webpack7
webpacker7
expo4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sysgears/apollo-universal-starter-kit
Jan 2019 - May 2019
Apollo Universal Starter Kit is a SEO-friendly, fully-configured, modular starter application that helps developers to streamline web, server, and mobile development with cutting-edge technologies and ultimate code reuse.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 15 PRs, 193 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Philip's contributions focused on refactoring and updating existing code, particularly related to GraphQL mutations. They replaced older `updateQueries` functions with newer `update` functions across multiple modules, including chat, post, and counter components. This refactoring involved updating cache management for adding, deleting, and editing messages/comments, as well as integrating social network authentication on mobile and improvements to the sign-up flow. The changes demonstrate a deep understanding of Apollo Client and React component lifecycles.
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BaloPhilip/frontend
May 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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