JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Megan is a Developer Advocate at Shopify, focusing on our and Apps and Hydrogen. She is new to Shopify, but brings over 6 years of experience building software; anything from NLP to iOS AR apps she’s tried it. Now she’s found a home in the JS web app space.

Greg is presently focused on web applications built using Ruby on Rails, VueJS, Webpack, and JavaScript. He is also experienced with HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, responsive design practices, and visualizing large data sets using SVG, Canvas, and major web mapping frameworks. He is also fluent with RESTful and GraphQL API design, Django, Rails, Node, and some WordPress experience. Additional programming experience with iOS/Objective-C for iPhone, Flash/ActionScript3, and object-oriented design practices. Familiar with agile software development and SCRUM workflow; experienced with providing estimates. Current side projects include EpoxyJS (data binding extension for Backbone), ConstellationJS (a grid-based geometry toolkit), and the HTML5/Django-based Lassie Constellation admin system.

Alex's skills as a project manager helped integrate athlete management tech into many UK universities such as Birmingham City University. He joined Toptal to add his expertise in agile methodologies and best practice leadership techniques to help complete innovative projects and add value to end users' products. As a PMI member, he is proficient at operating within a varied company structure from SMEs to enterprise organizations.

Zach is a builder for the web. He created Eleventy (11ty), an award-winning open source site generator now full-time sponsored by Netlify. At one point he became entirely too fixated on web fonts. He has given 62 talks in eight different countries at events like Jamstack Conf, Beyond Tellerrand, Smashing Conference, CSSConf, and The White House. Formerly part of Filament Group, NEJS CONF, and NebraskaJS.

Oli is VP of NeuraLegion's developer focussed security testing platform, helping developers understand how they can run seamless, fast and accurate security tests on every build. Oli works closely with security and engineering teams globally to help them ship secure software more efficiently and is passionate about automation, CI/CD and DevOps / DevSecOps. Oli has spoken at many conferences internationally and is a regular at developer and security related events and meetups.

Simon is a full-stack developer and React Native specialist with a keen interest in experimenting with bleeding edge software, building cool products, and sharing knowledge. Over the years he’s had a diverse set of experiences ranging from mobile apps, full-stack development, web3, AI & LLM’s. His clients have won awards in the healthcare space, been featured at the Cannes Film Festival, and were a partner in the Dubai 2020 Expo. Recently Simon has been exploring the frontier of the future as a member of the Network School in Forest City, Malaysia.

I'm a seasoned Product Manager with over five years of experience in a leading digital media company, where I have overseen the development and scaling of multiple high-traffic news platforms built on React. With an engineering background from a prestigious government college in Delhi, I bridge the gap between technical innovation and business strategy. Their expertise spans real-time user management, subscription lifecycle optimization, and cross-functional team leadership. I'm passionate about sharing actionable insights on building robust, scalable, and user-centric React applications that thrive in fast-paced, high-demand environments.

I like to introduce myself as a hybrid — part Enterprise Architect, part Senior Solution Architect. I thrive at both ends of the spectrum: shaping strategic E2E target state architectures and rolling up my sleeves to prototype Industrial IoT, AI and Edge solutions with expertise on Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. I’m passionate about solving complex problems, building future-ready platforms, and delivering impact across the products that we build.

My name is Zoe Steinkamp and I am a Developer Advocate for influxData. I was a front end software engineer for over 6 years before I moved into a developer advocate role. I have been with InfluxDB for over 3 years and i look forward to sharing my knowledge of the platform and databases. I enjoy learning about awesome new technologies and doing at home tech projects to help make my life as well as other peoples lives easier. My passions besides new technology include traveling and gardening.

Sai Ekbote is a Software Engineer currently leading engineering for GraphQL at Solo.io. He has contributed to multiple open source projects such as Istio, Envoy and Flagger.

Saki is a seasoned software developer with decades of experience, specializing in JavaScript and modern web technologies. He has led the development of numerous web applications across various industries, blending deep technical knowledge with hands-on problem-solving. As a consultant and trainer, he supports teams in building scalable, high-quality solutions. His passion is sharing knowledge and promoting clean, maintainable code.

5+ years experience building React/ React Native applications. Currently a Front End Engineer part of the team responsible for Babbel's lesson trainers and interactions. Cofounder of the charity Little World.

Jean grew up in France, where he studied computer science and got his master’s degree from the Université de Technology de Compiègne, where he grew fond of web technologies. He moved to Berlin in 2016 and started working with vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, and Angular1 until he discovered React and thought, “Wow, this is how web apps should be built.” Those days he worked mainly with React at Babbel (the best learning language app! 😜)and loves creating enticing user experiences on the web, he has a soft spot for animations and delightful interactivity. In his free time, he loves to cook, make cocktails (ask for advice at your own risk), and play escape/board games.

Founder and Principal Advisor at Forthright (https://twitter.com/forthright_tech).

Thomas is a software engineer in the GraphQL team at Neo4j where he usually works with Javascript, Typescript, Cypher, and of course GraphQL. Prior to joining the GraphQL team, Thomas was part of the team who builds Neo4j’s graph visualization product, Bloom. Whenever he closes the laptop for the day he makes sure to get out in nature, do all kinds of sports and read a good book.

Brandon is a full stack engineer who finds enjoyment working with Kotlin. When not working, he frequently gets outside to snowboard or mountain bike. He also enjoys tinkering with smart home technology.

Jaxon has 25 years of experience architecting, designing, and developing enterprise software. He is the founder of three technology startups and has consulted with multiple Fortune 500 companies on IoT and Digital Transformation initiatives. A partially-reformed developer, he understands what it’s like to wrestle with technology instead of benefiting from it, and believes passionately that if the Jetsons never had an episode where a config file error brought down the food-o-matic, it surely should not be a problem now.

Co-Founder, CTO & Security Researcher at NeuraLegion. Developer and security researcher, I love playing with Neural networks and other ML tools. I'm interested in new programming languages and the potential they bring.

Full Stack Web Developer with expertise in all aspects of the web development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, development and production support. Primary strengths are Node & Javascript (ES6, React, Vue), React Native, Ruby on Rails, Amazon Web Services/Heroku, and SQL + NoSQL Database Management.

Paul is the PyCharm/WebStorm Developer Advocate at JetBrains. Before that, Paul was a co-founder of Zope Corporation, taking the first open-source applications.

Jorrik’s first lines of code were in the days jQuery ruled. That didn’t scare him. Now he has 6+ years of frontend experience using React and Vue during his day job. In the evening and night hours, a lot of fun projects and other libraries passed his ‘git clone’. When not coding he gets his fair share of laughs going to comedy shows.

I'm Shubham, a Software Engineer at Headout who loves to experiment with different technologies and use them to create useful applications. I'm particularly fond of TypeScript, Web Performance, Frontend Tooling and I'm always ready to engage in a friendly debate on the topic of aliens' existence. As an engineer, I'm passionate about continuous learning and personal growth, and I always make sure to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in my field. Collaborating with my colleagues and learning from their expertise is something I enjoy. I'm always looking for ways to improve my own skills and contribute to the success of the team.

Senior Front End Developer @Shopify

Solutions engineer with a lot of operation experience in Couchbase.