Robert Austin
Founder & Product Manager at Shadcnblocks
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Austin is a founder and product-minded senior software engineer with over a decade building and scaling web products across startups and Fortune 500s. He has founded and sold a software agency, launched multiple bootstrapped startups, and more recently grew Shadcnblocks to $1M ARR while managing a remote team of eight. Technically grounded in front-end engineering, he’s shipped design systems, large Vue/React component libraries and UX-first JAMstack themes, contributing polished HTML/SCSS improvements to popular Hugo and Jamstack theme repositories. Comfortable at the intersection of product and engineering, he leads end-to-end delivery from conception to release, having launched a 1,000+ component React library at Relume. Based in Queensland and experienced in remote-first teams across San Francisco, London and Tel Aviv, he thrives on roles where direct user impact and pragmatic design meet scalable engineering. An unusual strength: he blends product leadership with hands-on theming and UI work, so he still commits to the code and visual polish himself.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Dev Bootcamp
Github Skills (14)
html10
theme-development10
css10
hugo10
javascript10
bootstra10
scs10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
bootstrap10
sc10
markdown-it9
markdown9
responsive-design9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
zerostaticthemes/hugo-serif-theme
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Serif is a modern business theme for Hugo.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 8 reviews, 125 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Robert's commits primarily focus on formatting and refactoring code, specifically in HTML and SCSS files, using a tool like Prettier. They made changes to the layout files, including the homepage, services, and team sections, updating and improving their design. The commits also include modifications to the contact page, mobile menu, and other partials, suggesting a focus on improving the overall visual presentation and user experience of the theme.
hugojamstackgohugoscsshugo-theme
stackbit/jamstackthemes
Sep 2019 - May 2022
A list of themes and starters for JAMstack sites.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:56 reviews, 579 commits, 256 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on modifying the UI of the theme, specifically within the context of a JAMstack site. They implemented changes to the layout and design of theme cards, including elements such as image display, author information, and the display of different tags used within the theme. They also updated navigation elements such as the main menu and breadcrumbs. Further, they modified Javascript files to enable the functionality of filtering and sorting themes.
gatsbyhugossgstatic-sitestarters
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