Sarah Dayan
Principal Software Engineer (Front End Experiences) at Algolia
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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RockstarSarah Dayan is a Principal Software Engineer based in Paris with a decade of front-end expertise, currently shaping Algolia's Autocomplete and InstantSearch experiences across JavaScript, TypeScript, React and Vue. She combines hands-on component and hook development (including notable contributions to react-instantsearch and instantsearch libraries) with a passion for documentation, test-driven development and utility-first CSS, regularly advocating these practices at conferences. Creator of the dinero.js library, she extends her work into open source by adding currency and formatting capabilities that bridge front- and back-end concerns. Known for translating design intent into performant, reusable UI primitives, she also brings experience modernizing documentation platforms and mentoring teams as a tech lead.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (27)
hook10
javascript10
lib10
react-native10
algolia10
ui-components10
css10
typescript10
autocomplete10
code-library10
html-template10
python-templates10
plugin10
searching10
code-templates10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
dinerojs/dinero.js
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
Create, calculate, and format money in JavaScript and TypeScript.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 releases, 384 reviews, 909 commits in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Sarah's commits primarily focus on extending the functionality of the `dinero.js` library by implementing currency support. They added new currency types, including cryptocurrency and ISO 4217 implementations, extending the library's ability to handle various monetary units. The user also implemented core features, like conversion to the safest scale and the ability to customize formatting.
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algolia/autocomplete
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
🔮 Fast and full-featured autocomplete library
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:477 reviews, 122 commits, 287 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily focused on documentation updates and example code improvements within the `algolia/autocomplete` repository. Their contributions involved rewriting and enhancing documentation for various features, specifically regarding displaying items with templates and working with plugins. They also made general cleanup changes to the documentation, including fixing links and updating embedded examples. In addition, the user contributed by adding example for custom plugin, and a starter example, and fixing layout issues for the GitHub example.
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