Tilda Udufo
Outreachy Organizer at Software Freedom Conservancy
Lagos State, Nigeria
Summary
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Top SchoolTilda Udufo is a software engineer and Outreachy organizer based in Lagos with six years' experience building full-stack web applications and nurturing open-source communities. She works primarily with JavaScript and Ruby on Rails, contributing UX-focused improvements and features across projects like Public Lab’s plots2 and Leaflet.DistortableImage and linting enhancements in eslint-plugin-react. Beyond coding, she has coordinated contributor onboarding—creating 100+ good-first-issues, mentoring Outreachy and GSOC cohorts, and managing community workflows—demonstrating a rare blend of hands-on development and community stewardship. Her contributions often center on improving developer and user experience, from autocomplete and UI toolbars to test and routing refinements, reflecting a pragmatic focus on usability and maintainability.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Systems, First class (Honours), Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Systems, First class (Honours) at Middlesex UniversityAdvanced Diploma in Software Engineering, Web development, Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering, Web development at APTECH Computer EducationOpen Source Program, Computer Software Engineering, Open Source Program, Computer Software Engineering at MLH Fellowship
English
Github Skills (25)
javascript10
leaflet10
css10
rails10
eslint10
erb10
webui10
uid10
lint10
front-end-development10
html10
ruby-on-rails10
react10
wikipedia9
develop9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
publiclab/plots2
May 2021 - Dec 2021
a collaborative knowledge-exchange platform in Rails; we welcome first-time contributors! :balloon:
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:553 reviews, 9 commits, 294 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Tilda primarily contributed to the front-end and back-end aspects of the Rails application. They implemented new features, such as a menu for wikis and autocompletion for usernames in comments. They also addressed bugs and improved existing functionalities by refining the design of delete buttons, refining existing code, and integrating bootstrap tooltips.
ruby-on-railsballoonexchangefirst-timersknowledge
publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
A Leaflet extension to distort or "rubber sheet" images
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:127 reviews, 158 commits, 80 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Tilda's commits primarily focused on modifying and enhancing UI elements within the Leaflet.DistortableImage library. Their contributions involved improvements to action components such as ExportAction, BorderAction, LockAction, DragAction, RotateAction, and ScaleAction, suggesting they were implementing new functionalities and features within the distortion toolset. Additionally, they worked on adapting the codebase to use ES6 conversion and modifying various handles and toolbars, indicating a focus on improving the user interface and interactions.
leafletdistortsheetrubbergeotiff
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