Volodymyr Makukha
Founder And Organizer at KharkivCSS
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Summary
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Top SchoolVolodymyr Makukha is a seasoned front-end engineer and community builder with 11 years of experience designing and shipping user-focused web interfaces. As Founder and Organizer of KharkivCSS since 2016 and a former R&D Senior Frontend Engineer at Namecheap, he combines hands-on UI engineering with event-driven leadership in the Kharkiv tech scene. His open-source contributions include front-end work on Automattic's high-profile wp-calypso project, where he improved email-related UX, pricing notices, and interaction tracking. Comfortable iterating on complex product surfaces, he has a strong background in refactors, visual polish, and analytics-driven feature tweaks. Trained with a master's in Computer Science from Kharkiv National University of Radio and Electronics, he blends academic grounding with practical delivery across startups, agencies, and open-source ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Степень магистра, Computer Science, Степень магистра, Computer Science at Kharkiv National University of Radio and Electronics
Українська, English
Github Skills (10)
javascript10
redux10
react10
typecript9
typescript9
typescripts9
nodejs7
git7
s67
wordpress6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:445 reviews, 21 commits, 180 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Volodymyr primarily contributed to the front-end components and user interface aspects of the WordPress.com project, focusing on email-related features. They refactored code related to Titan free trials, updating pricing notices and tracking user actions. Additionally, the user implemented visual enhancements, like a save indicator for annual subscriptions, and modified the appearance and functionality of the mailbox upsell component. They also implemented tracking events for user interactions, such as clicks on upsell elements and email account creation.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
cityjs/kharkivcss.org
Jun 2016 - Jan 2022
🌍 KharkivCSS conference website
Contributions:401 commits, 1 PR, 385 pushes in 5 years 7 months
reactweb-applicationcityjskharkivcssnextjs
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