Sidney Alcantara
Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) at Canva
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolSidney Alcantara is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Sydney with nine years of experience crafting human-centred web experiences using React, TypeScript, and CSS. At Canva and previously as employee #1 on Rowy’s frontend, he has led design system work, frontend architecture rewrites, and performance and accessibility improvements that scaled products and teams. He pairs product ownership with strong engineering craft—writing tests, docs, and public-facing tech content that drove visibility (three Rowy articles exceeded 20,000 views). Sidney also contributes to open-source projects like Rowy, where his refactors and feature work on a low-code backend platform demonstrate full-stack sensibility. He brings a designer’s eye to implementation, a track record of mentoring engineers, and a knack for turning complex UX needs into dependable, well-documented code.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
The University of SydneyNSW Higher School Certificate, NSW Higher School Certificate at Patrician Brothers’ College, Blacktown
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
typescript10
azure-functions10
google-cloud-functions10
firebase-cloud-functions10
ibm-cloud-functions10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
user-interface9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
firebase9
google-cloud8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rowyio/rowy
Sep 2019 - Nov 2022
Low-code backend platform. Manage database on spreadsheet-like UI and build cloud functions workflows in JS/TS, all in your browser.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 releases, 79 reviews, 1732 commits in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Sidney's commits primarily focus on updating and improving Rowy Run, a low-code backend platform. They are refactoring the existing code to accommodate a wide range of use cases. The tasks performed by the user are related to adding a new feature or making the existing features better.
cmsgcpjstreeno-codesap-hana
FiretableProject/components
Nov 2020 - Jun 2021
Common React components
Contributions:4 PRs, 128 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
reactjsreacttypescriptreact-components
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