Wilfried Hounyo
Staff Software Engineer at Zendesk
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilfried Hounyo is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building and evolving web applications, currently leading engineering efforts at Zendesk after a steady progression from intern to staff engineer. He brings full-stack expertise with a strong emphasis on front-end UX improvements—demonstrated by contributions to GitHub Classroom where he upgraded UI components and added internationalization. Comfortable shipping at scale in large product teams, Wilfried blends product-minded engineering with hands-on implementation across views, forms, and component design. His early internships at GitHub and Bloomberg and formal training at RIT and Google's CSSI reflect a long-standing commitment to practical, collaborative software development. Colleagues rely on him for translating user-facing needs into polished, maintainable interfaces that integrate cleanly with backend systems. Outside of work, his pattern of returning to and advancing within the same company suggests both strong institutional knowledge and an ability to drive sustained impact.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Rochester Institute of TechnologyMcKinley Technology High School
Github Skills (10)
html10
rails10
front-end-development10
ruby-on-rails10
erb10
css9
javascript8
internationalization8
i18n-js8
i18n-node8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
github-education-resources/classroom
Jan 2017 - Oct 2017
GitHub Classroom automates repository creation and access control, making it easy for teachers to distribute starter code and collect assignments on GitHub.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 30 PRs, 95 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Wilfried's commits indicate work upgrading the project's frontend, particularly focusing on updating the user interface components. The changes involve updating forms and other visual elements, and integrating various features, likely to enhance user experience. The commits reveal adjustments to various views, forms and components. Additionally, the user contributes to the addition of internationalization.
gitpodcollectgithub-classroomautomatescreation
wilfriedE/LearnIt
Nov 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:3 releases, 205 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 5 months
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