JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Located in the vibrant city of San Francisco, Mike Poteat is a committed technical leader, skilled software engineer, and approachable people manager. His areas of interest are wide-ranging and encompass programming, type theory, pure mathematics, and more. In the open-source world, Mike has had the opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects. One of these, hkt-toolbelt, applies higher-kinded types to TypeScript in an attempt to expand its functionality. Additionally, he's worked on spellbound, an agent-based LLM-powered VS Code extension that aims to enhance the usability of the platform. Currently, Mike finds himself immersed in the voice AI industry at a startup backed by Y Combinator. He's part of a team working on the front lines of artificial intelligence, continually learning and evolving their approach to create cutting-edge solutions. Away from his day job, Mike takes time to reflect and share his experiences on his blog, code.lol. He delves into topics around machine learning, programming, and other tech-related subjects, hoping that his musings might offer value to others exploring these fields.

Pratyusha Singaraju is a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix Inc., where she architects and builds sophisticated backend services that power the content understanding infrastructure behind Netflix's search, collections, and ratings systems. Her work directly impacts how millions of users discover and engage with content across the platform. Prior to Netflix, Pratyusha was part of Microsoft's data team for Bing, where she worked on knowledge graph initiatives spanning diverse public domains, including food, nutrition, politics, events, and building an enterprise knowledge graph.

James is Co-Founder and CEO of ElectricSQL. Prior to founding Electric, he co-founded the Post Urban venture builder and was co-founder and CTO of synthetic data company Hazy.

A veteran web developer and manager, with over 15 years of experience, loves accessibility, hates the color magenta, and would definitely love to have dinner with the founders of React. Spent the last several years working at startups, creating shiny new web applications. These days Eitan leads the Frontend development at Evinced, on a mission to help everyone create more accessible web applications.

Marco Pierobon is a seasoned Developer at Thoughtworks with well over a decade of experience in designing and implementing distributed applications. Specializing in cloud native technologies, he has led cross-functional teams in transitioning from project-based to product-oriented approaches. Marco has successfully orchestrated the migration of over 15 legacy systems to modern web-based platforms, significantly enhancing system scalability and performance. An active contributor to the tech community, he has presented at industry and tech conferences alike. Marco is passionate about driving innovation and efficiency in software development, aligning with the latest trends in cloud computing and AI integration.

Shifra Williams is a Developer Relations Engineer at Render who specializes in making complex technical concepts accessible and actionable. With a background spanning data science, technical writing, and support engineering, they bring hands-on experience in deploying and debugging real-world applications. Shifra has taught over 135K+ Crash Course learners and holds a deep passion for creating breakthrough moments when deployment strategies and developer tools finally click. She excels at bridging the gap between technical teams and practical implementation.

As a former agency developer, Hanna has experience building apps on various platforms. At Shopify, she is a front-end developer on a team dedicated to building out the capabilities that enable great embedded apps. Hanna has spent the last three years building and maintaining Shopify App Bridge, a JavaScript library that lets developers embed apps directly inside the Shopify Admin and Shopify POS.

Julia Wallin is a passionate Software Engineering Manager focused on building and scaling high-performing engineering teams that both build and use AI to build. With more than a decade of industry experience, she leads cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, production-grade platforms and large-scale products and services. A sought-after speaker, Julia presents on the intersection of AI and software engineering, sharing practical strategies for team structure, developer productivity, and engineering culture. Her clear, energetic delivery leaves audiences with actionable insights for improving technical processes, scaling teams, and accelerating delivery.

Viktor Didenchuk is a Lead Technical Program Manager at JPMorganChase in London, where he leads delivery of a cloud-first core banking platform for Chase UK. After starting his career as a software engineer, Viktor progressively expanded into delivery and product ownership, founding and growing an engineering consultancy to 20 employees before joining enterprise banking. He is skilled at translating complex technical challenges into strategic business outcomes. Viktor has an MBA from one of the top business schools and is a big advocate of continuous learning.

Self-learner and passionated about web development since the age of 15, I have a strong background in frontend development and especially with Vue.js and the Jamstack.

Henry is a Senior Solution Engineer at Netlify based out of London, UK. He is a keen technologist with a background in modern composable web applications, physics, digital simulation and sentient computing.

Nancy Du is an Associate Director of Digital Strategy at Rangle.io and an experienced web developer. She’s passionate about all things related to user experience on the web, with a particular focus on React, headless CMS, and UI architecture.

Abe is a Developer Advocate at Shopify focused on bringing the next generation of ecommerce to developers. Previously he spent 9 years working at Google on Firebase/Cloud where he focused on JavaScript/Typescript.

Gaauwe is a Frontend Engineer at Zed, where he builds the web experience around a code editor made for speed and AI collaboration. As one of the few TypeScript developers in a Rust shop, he holds down the frontend fort.

Allison is a solutions engineer at Hasura.

Co-Founder & COO at LambdaTest || SAAS || Continuous Testing Cloud.

Ana is a Senior Software Engineer at Clutch, specializing in building scalable, high-quality applications with Node.js and TypeScript, with a strong passion for testing and software reliability. She is a former Google Women Techmakers Ambassador and currently leads one of the largest Node.js communities in Brazil, NodeBR, where she fosters learning and collaboration among developers. Ana also creates advanced technical content through videos and her free newsletter, reaching an audience of around 100,000 followers worldwide. A strong believer in community and knowledge sharing, she balances her tech career with her love for travel, having explored countries across four continents, as well as playing heavy metal bass and practicing yoga.

Kate is a Full Stack Developer and Engineering Mentor, obsessed with regular expressions, books, and web technologies. In her work, she mixes old with new, soft with hard, cats with dogs. When it’s not a disaster, it’s pure magic!

Victoria based developer, loves rock climbing and running and playing piano.

Kevin Lamping is a Front-end Engineer and Tester. He runs a course on automated testing at http://learn.webdriver.io and has a YouTube Tutorial Channel (Front-end Testing with Kevin Lamping). In his free-time, when he's not playing with his kids, Kevin dabbles in tabletop gaming, disc golf and gardening.

I'm Selam and I'm currently a software engineer. I've always been fascinated by technology and its potential to make our lives better and more equitable. As an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), I'm committed to making tech a come inclusive place for everyone. I'm passionate about computer ethics and ensuring that technology is developed and used in ethical and responsible ways. I believe that technology can be a powerful force for good, but only if we approach it with a thoughtful and ethical mindset.

Lachlan Bradford is a Tech Lead at Tiktok and a core contributor to the Tiktok's design system TUX. He is forward thinking; having worked with VR and AR technology, and enjoys implementing a challenging design.

Material Science Engineer, DevOps turned Solution engineer with Snyk.

Astro core maintainer & web developer.