Zak Manley
Software Engineer at Dotmatics
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolZak Manley is a front-end software engineer with nine years of experience crafting polished, interactive web UIs and compact TypeScript libraries. Based in Auckland, he currently develops at Dotmatics after roles at Neocadia and DigiSomni, bringing a practical mix of production web work and demo-driven component development. A self-described CSS wizard, Zak has contributed reusable interactive components (carousel, tabs) to ArrowJS demos, showing skill in reactive UI patterns without full frameworks. He pairs a creative background as a valedictorian in Music Production and Music Technology with an obsessive attention to micro-interactions and modular UI design. Outside work he builds spiffing UIs and game mods, which informs a playful but pragmatic approach to front-end problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music Production, Music Technology, Valedictorian, Bachelor of Music Production, Music Technology, Valedictorian at SAE Auckland
Github Skills (10)
html10
css10
ux-design10
javascript10
reactivity10
web-components10
ui-design10
render10
declarative10
rendering10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
justin-schroeder/arrow-js
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Reactivity without the framework
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Zak primarily focused on creating interactive UI components and demos using the ArrowJS library. Their contributions include developing a carousel component with associated CSS, JavaScript, and HTML, and implementing a tab component. They also updated the project's demo navigation and example pages to incorporate these new components. The commits showcase expertise in building reactive UI elements and integrating them into a web application.
reactjavascriptdeclarativereactivitywebcomponents
wilderzone/voicepacks
Dec 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:1 PR, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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