Robin Cussol
Staff Engineer at Kiwi.com
Trenčín, Region of Trenčín, Slovakia
Summary
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Top SchoolRobin Cussol is a Staff Engineer with nine years of experience building front-end platforms and developer-facing components at Kiwi.com, where he progressed from React Native and frontend roles to staff-level ownership. He leverages a PhD in Mathematics and a habit of continuous learning to design robust React components and GraphQL servers that bridge UI and data reliably. An active open-source contributor, he has improved type safety and usability in the popular Orbit design system by fixing bugs, adding features, and hardening TypeScript definitions. Comfortable across the stack and fluent in Python, he brings a rare combination of mathematical rigor and practical engineering that elevates developer experience and product quality.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Licence, LLCE Anglais, Bien, Licence, LLCE Anglais, Bien at Université de Caen NormandieFull Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics at University of East Anglia
Github Skills (17)
component-development10
typescript10
styled-components10
component-library10
component-kit10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
javascript9
carbon-design-system9
system-design9
orbits9
sys9
system9
orbit9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
kiwicom/orbit
Apr 2019 - Nov 2022
React components of open-source Orbit design system by Kiwi.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 124 reviews, 16 commits in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Robin primarily contributed to the React component library, Orbit, by fixing bugs, implementing new features, and improving TypeScript definitions. They addressed issues related to the `Select` and `InputStepper` components, enhancing their functionality and type safety. Furthermore, the user worked on improving TypeScript definitions for multiple components and the `useToggle` hook, ensuring better developer experience. Additional contributions involved TypeScript type fixes for the `Grid` and `LayoutColumn` components.
reactkiwicomorbitstyled-componentsdesign-system
kiwicom/universal-components
Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
Component Library for React Native, Expo and React applications
Contributions:8 releases, 84 commits, 170 PRs in 3 months
reactreact-nativereact-applicationsreact-native-expocomponent-library
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