Stirling Wight
Software Engineer at Freelance
Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolStirling Wight is a software engineer with 14 years of professional experience and two decades in IT and web development, including nine years as a senior engineer and team lead at Automattic working on WordPress.com. He is a full‑stack practitioner comfortable across PHP, JavaScript/React, and frontend CSS, and has contributed notable features to high-profile open-source projects like Jetpack and wp-calypso (including full-site editing blocks and site logo integrations). Stirling also explores emerging tech such as Flutter, blockchain, and machine learning, and has helped improve educational blockchain documentation for ConsenSys Academy. Based on the Southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia, he now consults and builds software as a freelancer, blending product-focused engineering with a knack for clear technical communication.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Queen's University
Github Skills (18)
markdown10
javascript10
plugin-development10
wordpress10
php10
markdown-it10
wordpress-plugin10
react10
documentation10
solidity9
redux9
s69
nodejs9
theme-development9
smart-contracts8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Nov 2015 - Feb 2022
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:299 reviews, 378 commits, 737 PRs in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Stirling's contributions primarily centered around implementing and modifying features within the `wp-calypso` repository, which powers WordPress.com. Their work focused on developing full-site editing (FSE) functionalities, encompassing the creation and modification of blocks for the navigation menu, site description, and site title. These changes involved both PHP backend modifications and JavaScript/React frontend components, showcasing a full-stack skillset. They also addressed a bug related to the display of notices in the block editor.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
Automattic/jetpack
Jun 2014 - Apr 2021
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:68 reviews, 88 commits, 65 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Stirling primarily contributed to the Minileven module, a component within the Jetpack plugin. They implemented new settings to control the display of featured images, including the addition of a filter for granular control. Additionally, the user worked on integrating the Site Logo feature, adding necessary code and user interface elements. These changes involved modifications to PHP files, and adjustments to CSS, demonstrating their front-end and back-end development capabilities within the WordPress ecosystem.
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