Valter Lorran is a seasoned software engineer from Minas Gerais, Brazil, with 11 years of experience building full-stack web and mobile applications. He combines front-end expertise in AngularJS, HTML/CSS and React-era contributions with back-end skills in PHP, Node.js and frameworks like Laravel and Express, plus practical knowledge of databases and Linux hosting. Currently at Automattic, he contributed to the high-profile wp-calypso project, improving theme customization and onboarding flows—evidence of his ability to work on large open-source codebases. He’s led small engineering teams and delivered APIs and Ionic mobile integrations at scale, bringing both hands-on coding and architectural responsibility. Beyond web apps he has explored game development and real-time systems (Socket.io, WebRTC), reflecting a broad curiosity that helps him bridge product, performance and UX trade-offs.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Sejan
Graduação, Sistemas de Informação, Graduação, Sistemas de Informação at Unimontes
Contributions:250 reviews, 91 commits, 366 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Valter contributed to the WordPress.com JavaScript and API powered project, wp-calypso. Their work included implementing and modifying React components, specifically within the context of the theme customization and onboarding flows. They addressed bugs related to theme display, added tests for selectors, and integrated new features, such as the addition of an error step for the Anchor.fm flow. The user also made updates to the theme update functionality.
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 3 years 9 months
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Valter Lorran - Engenheiro De Software at Automattic