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Senior Software Engineer | Plone Foundation | JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python

About

Senior Software Engineer | Fullstack Developer | UI Engineer | Open Source Contributor I am a Software Developer with over 6 years of experience in Fullstack Development(Frontend heavy), performance optimization, and developer tooling for web applications. I have a strong focus on UI Engineering, ensuring seamless and accessible user experiences. I’m a Plone Foundation member and member of the Volto Team, contributing to Plone’s React-based frontend and the wider open-source ecosystem. I’ve worked extensively on CMS architecture, reusable components, design systems, APIs, frontend performance, and developer experience. A speaker and trainer at Plone Conferences and have been involved in Google Summer of Code as both a student and mentor. Additionally, I have a strong foundation in data structures and algorithms, allowing me to write efficient and scalable code. 🔗 Coding Profiles & GitHub: LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/u/nileshgulia/ GitHub: https://github.com/nileshgulia1 🔗 Open Source & Community - Plone Foundation Member: https://plone.org/news-and-events/news/2022/plone-foundation-welcomes-four - Volto Team: https://plone.org/community/teams/volto-team - Plone / Volto: https://github.com/plone/volto - Plone Conferences Speaker: https://2023.ploneconf.org/speakers/nilesh-gulia and https://2024.ploneconf.org/en/schedule/speakers/nileshgulia1 - Salamina Sprint 2025-26: https://plone.org/news-and-events/news/news-for-2025/salamina-sprint-2025-report and https://plone.org/news-and-events/events/sprints/salamina-sprint-2026 - Beethoven Sprint 2026: https://plone.org/news-and-events/news/news-for-2026/beethoven-sprint-report-2026 💡 Skills: JavaScript, React, Redux, Webpack, TypeScript, Web Performance, Python, Zodb, Plone, Docker, Design Systems, Micro Frontends.

Location

New Delhi

AI stack

claude code

kimi

langfuse

opencode

Browserbase

Fireflies.ai

Work experience

Foundation Member at Plone Foundation, Sep 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos, Internet, The Foundation admits members based on merit, recognizing individuals who have made substantial contributions that positively impact the broader Plone community. Link: https://plone.org/news-and-events/news/2022/plone-foundation-welcomes-four

Software Engineer at Eau de Web, Aug 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos, Remote, • Built enormous number of add-ons/packages for European Environment Agency(https://www.eea.europa.eu/)which helps in providing sound, independent information on the environment. • Developed reusable design system components for the EEA project, enhancing the efficiency and consistency of individual component architecture. • Developed multiple data-driven reusable HOC modules as add-ons in a CMS, incorporating data parsing from CSV files and employing various visualization techniques using D3.js and Plotly.js. • Led initiatives to enhance application performance by monitoring JavaScript bundle sizes and implementing code-splitting techniques in Volto-based applications, achieving a 20% reduction in load times and improved user satisfaction. A lot of "what we do" is open source and that's the way we enjoy it. Some of them, but not confined to: Volto-eea-design-system: https://eea.github.io/volto-eea-design-system/ Volto-accordion-block: https://github.com/eea/volto-accordion-block Volto-Datablocks: https://github.com/eea/volto-datablocks

Open Source Developer at Plone Foundation, Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 10 mos, World, • Developed a frontend framework for Plone CMS while working with a diverse team from 20 countries, improving user experience for over 10,000+ active Plone users globally following up-to-date accessibility and development standards. • Joined the Volto Team to contribute to shaping the future of Volto core features and participate in discussions around their implementation. https://plone.org/community/teams/volto-team • Contributed to improving accessibility and usability standards, impacting 30+ websites running on Plone CMS, improving compliance with WCAG 2.1 guidelines. • Mentored a student as a part of google summer of code programme in a project aimed at enhancing Plone 6 by integrating an RSS support add-on. • The add-on includes designing an API model in Plone and utilizes it to seamlessly syndicate Volto content. This is achieved through express middleware in a Volto add-on, which chains several asynchronous operations. Some of my contributions include: 1. Volto: https://github.com/plone/volto 2. Plone.restapi: https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi 3. Critical-css-cli: https://github.com/plone/critical-css-cli

Software Engineer Intern at HackerRank, Jan 2020 - Jul 2020 · 7 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Accomplished the integration of configurable branding within the HackerRank for Work product, encompassing diverse elements such as emails, company dashboards, tests, and the candidate dashboard. Developed an Interview Preparation Module catering to community users, facilitating candidates targeting specific companies to engage in coding interview practice with questions curated directly by the respective companies. Demo:https://www.hackerrank.com/interview/swiggy/challenges

Frontend Developer Intern at LimeTray, Jun 2019 - Jul 2019 · 2 mos, Gurgaon, India

Google Summer of Code 2018 - Student at Plone Foundation, May 2018 - Aug 2018 · 4 mos, Europe, Developed a Command Line Interface (CLI) to generate a production-ready package or directory. This package links to the original library named ’Volto,’ providing the capability to override components authored using the Semantic UI.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University

Public links

github: https://github.com/nileshgulia1

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/nileshgulia