William Grant
Full Stack Developer at Session
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Grant is a Full Stack Developer based in Melbourne with nine years of experience building user-focused web applications and contributing to open-source desktop projects. At Session he has driven front-end and full-stack work for a privacy-minded messenger and several company sites, shipping UI theming, emoji/reaction improvements, debug tooling, and production features. His prior roles include frontend work for consumer apps and an unexpected stint teaching English, which honed his communication and mentoring skills used in code reviews and guiding junior engineers. A practical problem-solver, he balances polished interfaces with maintainable code and has a knack for translating complex UX needs into reliable implementations. Outside of work he’s a music lover and ramen enthusiast, a hint at a personality that values craft and comfort in equal measure.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc Postgraduate Honours, Bachelor of Science - BSc Postgraduate Honours at University of Cape TownZero To Mastery Academy
English, Japanese
Github Skills (15)
css10
sass10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
theming10
electron10
typescript-types10
react10
ui-design9
macos8
stylus8
windows7
linux7
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
oxen-io/session-desktop
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 674 reviews, 234 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:William primarily contributed to the front-end of the "Session Desktop" messenger. They fixed emoji panel light mode support and updated the application's theming, including converting sass colors and adding new styles. The user also implemented features to save debug logs, improved the reactions feature in the app, and addressed various minor bug fixes, further enhancing the user interface and functionality.
securechatonionsignal-protocolrouting
BoostIO/BoostNote-Legacy
Mar 2018 - Dec 2018
This repository is outdated and new Boost Note app is available! We've launched a new Boost Note app which supports real-time collaborative writing. https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote-App
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:43 commits, 13 PRs, 32 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:William primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience of the application. Their contributions include implementing features such as confirmation dialogs for note deletion, updating fullscreen shortcuts, and modifying menu item arrangements. The user also worked on incorporating new themes (Monokai, Dracula), and fixing various UI-related issues, such as spacing and keybindings.
stylusreactelectronwindowscollaborative-writing
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