Reid Burke
Staff Software Engineer at Apple
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolReid Burke is a Staff Software Engineer in San Jose with 18 years of experience architecting large-scale web platforms, currently shaping business.apple.com. Previously he led Yahoo Mail’s React platform—modernizing legacy code, cutting FCP by a second, reducing CI build times by 83%, and shipping accessibility and design-system improvements at scale. He moves between front-end and build systems comfortably, from refactoring npm internals to adding embedded HTTP servers and improving YUI compressor tooling. Reid combines deep engineering craftsmanship with product-minded impact, having driven measurable gains like doubling mobile push delivery and saving millions through parser and build optimizations. An active open-source contributor, his commits touch highly used projects such as npm and YUI, reflecting a focus on testability, maintainability, and developer experience. Colleagues would describe him as someone who loves people and building software, translating that ethos into pragmatic, high-leverage technical work.
18 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Github Skills (30)
javascript10
npm10
npm-cli10
package-management10
css10
java10
uuid10
javas10
front-end-development10
build-automation10
nodejs10
package-manager10
yui10
back-end-development9
command-line-interface9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
yui/yui3
Jun 2010 - Feb 2014
A library for building richly interactive web applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:87 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Reid's commits focus on build script modifications within the YUI3 library. They updated the build process for loader metadata aggregation and removed hardcoded filenames from build files. Additionally, the user merged master branch changes into the repository, indicating a role in integrating contributions. These changes suggest a focus on build system maintenance and integration.
web-applicationsweb-componentsjstreejavascriptfundamentals
yui/yui3-gallery
May 2013 - Jun 2013
YUI3 Gallery Modules
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Reid's commits focus on modifications related to gallery modules, specifically the implementation of various view models and components. The changes include adding and modifying files related to coverage analysis, which suggests a focus on improving testability and code quality. The commits involve changes to JavaScript files, indicating frontend development work within the YUI3 Gallery.
gallery
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