Rafael Gallani
Software Engineer at OpusDNS
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolRafael Gallani is a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with over 10 years building scalable, high-availability web systems and user-facing products. He led domain registrar work at Automattic—shaping WordPress.com’s domain lifecycle, DNS, transfers and UI—while contributing front-end fixes and E2E tests to the high-profile Gutenberg project. Comfortable across JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, PHP and Python, he pairs backend performance optimizations and debt reduction with thoughtful UI/UX improvements. Experienced in fully remote, asynchronous teams, he also has led healthcare and enterprise integrations, delivering solutions used by hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries. Known for pragmatic engineering, he’s an active open-source contributor and has a track record of automating deployments and improving operational reliability.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Information Technology, Associate's degree, Information Technology at ETEC Jorge StreetBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering at Faculdade Engenheiro Salvador Arena
Github Skills (14)
css10
wordpress10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
gutenberg10
react10
e2e-testing9
e2e-test9
redux8
props8
prop8
accessibility6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:174 reviews, 74 commits, 250 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Rafael's commits primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the WordPress.com ecosystem. They worked on the `Domain` section, including implementing new UI components for domain management, transfer, and settings pages using React and related libraries. Their contributions involved refactoring components, adding features like badges and breadcrumbs, fixing styling issues, and improving user experience through UI enhancements.
javascriptwordpressreactes6es6-javascript
WordPress/gutenberg
Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 25 commits, 23 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Rafael primarily contributed to the Gutenberg block editor, focusing on replacing hardcoded store name strings with store definitions and refactoring existing code. Their work involved modifications across multiple files within the `packages/block-directory` and `packages/edit-navigation` directories, which included updates to components and plugins. Furthermore, the user implemented E2E tests and fixed existing issues to improve the overall functionality and maintainability of the block editor.
wordpressgutenbergwordpress-plugin
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