Sean Park-ross
Managing Director at Parklife, Inc
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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RockstarSean Park-ross is a Managing Director and full-stack product builder with 16 years of experience turning early ideas into high-impact software, combining hands-on TypeScript/React/GraphQL development with cloud-native ops and team leadership. He has led engineering and product functions across startups and agencies, shipping initiatives that include Hasura’s AI-powered docs chatbots, driving 100k downloads for a WordPress builder in four months, and delivering 200+ web projects for clients like Adidas and Visa. At Parklife he designs, develops, and operates full-stack applications, blending product sensibility with developer experience improvements—evident in his open-source contributions to Hasura’s docs and a docs-bot UI that improved user awareness and navigation. Based in Lisbon but forged across South Africa and the UK, he pairs a global perspective with adventurous off-hours pursuits like offshore sailing and scuba diving, reflecting a practical, curiosity-driven approach to solving real-world product problems.
4 years of coding experience
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (9)
graphql10
docusaurus10
wpgraphql10
wordpress-graphql10
documentation10
user-interface8
graphical-user-interface8
ui-design8
javascript5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
hasura/graphql-engine
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:8 reviews, 63 commits, 7 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Sean primarily contributed to the documentation aspects of the `graphql-engine` repository, focusing on improving the user experience. Their work involved creating a "What's New" section, restructuring the wiki, updating the version dropdown, and fixing 404 links. The user also updated the announcement bar and added a new version modal, enhancing user awareness of new features and releases. Additionally, they implemented the docs bot UI, which demonstrates their focus on user documentation.
realtimefine-grained-access-controlgraphql-serversql-serverhaskell
hasura/ddn-docs
Oct 2024 - Apr 2025
Repository for the Hasura DDN version of docs
Contributions:161 reviews, 150 PRs, 442 pushes in 5 months
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