JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Staff software engineer at CodeSandbox pushing the boundaries of what is possible with web technology, Rust enthousiast, performance obsessed, building developer friendly tools

Kiril Peyanski is a Principal Software Engineer focused on the intersection of design systems, user experience, and AI-assisted interface design. He explores how both humans and LLMs can shape the next generation of front-end architecture.

Alberto is a senior software engineer and former startup co-founder. He has over 8 years of experience and has shipped the first WebAssembly modules in the open-source Prisma and Lyra projects. He’s currently a consultant working primarily in TypeScript and Rust at Prisma Data. In his free time, he helps junior developers prepare for job interviews."

Joshua is a developer at Airbnb, working on improving the front end performance of the most visited pages on the site! Joshua cares deeply about ensuring fast experiences for everyone, and has worked on performance optimization and instrumentation to achieve this. With experience building both UI platforms, design systems, and product UI, Joshua has learnt what really works when it comes to performance (and what doesn't!) and is looking forward to sharing these lessons with you.

Jorans passion involves getting people to love technology and getting technology to play nice. He works as a freelance interaction developer with ♡ for web, tech, science & tinkering with stuff. Published author and conference speaker.

Frontend Engineer @shoptradeco | @gsoc 2019 & 2020

I'm Wisam Zaghal, an engineering manager at BenchSci who enjoys empowering teams to keep learning, growing and iterating.

Gabriela is a software engineer working on the TypeScript team at Microsoft. She is interested in types and programming languages, both theory and practice. When she's not staring puzzlingly at a computer, Gabriela is spending time with her two guinea pigs.

I'm a Founding Engineer at Tria, building a universal crypto super-app. I've spent my career on the dev-tools and component-library side of the ecosystem, co-authoring NativeBase and driving gluestack-ui and its near-zero-runtime style engine, plus a fair amount of Babel, Webpack, and code-gen AI tooling along the way. I'm drawn to the experimental edges of React. When I'm not coding I'm playing guitar, singing, gaming, or out in nature.

I am a dedicated Computer Science Professor and XR (Extended Reality) Researcher with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance education. As a former Google WTM (Women Techmakers) Ambassador, I have actively contributed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. With a background as a Data Engineer and Full Stack Developer, I bring a strong technical foundation to my role as a professor, allowing me to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the classroom. I am committed to fostering an engaging and inclusive learning environment where students can develop both their technical skills and their creativity. In my current research position, I focus on exploring the potential of XR technologies in higher education. By harnessing the power of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR), I aim to create immersive and interactive learning experiences that enhance student engagement and comprehension. I am constantly seeking opportunities to collaborate with industry professionals, educators, and researchers to push the boundaries of XR and its applications in higher education. I strongly believe that by embracing emerging technologies, we can revolutionize the way we teach and learn.

Robert is a full stack engineer with 15 years of developer experience, helping lead a node based machine learning team at iFit. From an early age, he strove to understand how things worked by taking them apart, and putting them back together. He became interested in machine learning in 2015, saw a larger need in the node community, and eventually became a maintainer of Brain.js and GPU.js. His desire to convey the simplicity of neural networks was manifest in his machine learning course on scrimba: Neural networks in JavaScript.

Hi! I'm Travis Waith-Mair. I am a senior front-end developer, the creator of the Bedrock Layout Primitives layout library, I am a course author at http://newline.co

Rashmi is a Software Engineer at Cactus with a passion for building products in AI/ML. In her almost 4.5 years career in tech, she’s brought products to life at pre-seed startups, scaled teams and software at hypergrowth unicorns, and shipped redesigns and features used by millions at established giants. When she's not coding, capturing cosmos using her telescope, or playing board games with friends, you can find Rashmi playing with fluffy - her maltese breed pet dog!

Seungho is a Research Fellow at LG Electronics, leading Web Engine and Web Framework development. He is the organization owner and maintainer of Enact (https://github.com/enactjs), a React-based framework optimized for embedded devices. Currently, he focuses on building scalable, cross-platform UI architectures and AI-powered web platforms for next-generation consumer electronics.

Carly is a software engineer at Galileo in New York City, working to improve healthcare. Previously she's worked at Haven and Zocdoc. Carly especially enjoys working with React and React Native, and has a passion for automated testing. When she's not coding you can find her skiing, hiking, or trying local beers.

Lucas Estevão is an Engineering Manager at Apple through Avenue Code, with over 17 years of experience in front-end development and technical leadership. From Belo Horizonte to Silicon Valley, his journey has been marked by resilience and continuous learning. He also works as a mentor and speaker, sharing insights on leadership and career development.

Ruby Jane Cabagnot is a full-stack DotNET/Reactjs developer based in Oslo, Norway, who published a book about writing Enterprise React applications.

Dmitry is a co-founder and CTO of Lowerton. Within the last 13 years, he has worked in numerous startups, helping them grow from early-stage prototypes to fully functional products. He is passionate about software architecture and developer experience. Dmitry has been a co-organizer and active member of the BarcelonaJS (https://www.meetup.com/barcelonajs/) community since 2017.

Praveen is a technical lead at Wednesday Solutions. He's an open source and a sports enthusiast. He loves taking on challenging problems.

Cody is a software engineer consultant, developer relations engineer, and university instructor with a passion for learning and sharing technology. He teaches a university web development course and loves interacting with developers of all experience levels. He started speaking internationally in 2022 at React Summit and NodeConf EU as well as hosting some of the events connected to NodeConf EU. His current passion is building full-stack and decentralized applications using all OSS technologies.

Scott Gerlach is Co-founder and Chief Security Officer at StackHawk, a Denver-based startup focused on empowering engineers to easily identify and remediate security bugs. Scott brings over two decades of security and engineering experience to his current role, having served as CSO, CISO, and in other executive leadership functions at companies like SendGrid, Twilio, and GoDaddy. When he's not at work, you'll find Scott spending time with family, brewing beer, and playing guitar.

Tech Recruiter & Sourcing Trainer. Speaker and community builder, gamer. Currently scaling engineering and art teams at Riot Games.

Chris Ng is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn based in New York City. Chris leads the linting strategy for LinkedIn's flagship web application and brings together different teams and personalities to achieve shared goals related to web infrastructure, product strategy, and resolving long standing issues.

Developer at basement.studio specializing in React, Three.JS and WebXR. I’m currently focused on pushing the boundaries of the web with shaders and bridging the gap between AI and spatial computing. When I’m not fine-tuning code, I’m experimenting with the future of open-source graphics.