Hugh Guiney
Lead Frontend Engineer at RedBlue
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHugh Guiney is a lead frontend engineer with 13 years of experience, currently guiding Klaviyo’s frontend initiatives and owning end-to-end delivery for features that have driven $1M MRR through Event Funnels in Segmentation and Custom Objects. He is a hybrid designer–developer who ships functional prototypes instead of static mockups, accelerating launch cycles and reducing design–dev handoffs. An active open-source maintainer, he has tackled cross-browser compatibility (notably IE11) in the defiant.js library and keeps contributions up to date. Outside engineering, he founded No Spoon Productions and serves as executive producer and UX designer, while also leading Montage Magazine as editor-in-chief, demonstrating leadership across media and product design. Based in Boston, MA, his multidisciplinary background in English, History, Psychology, and Film from UMass Boston informs a strong emphasis on communication, accessibility, and user-centric interfaces.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
University of Massachusetts Boston
English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
1,339reputation
167kreached
15answers
23questions
Github Skills (15)
internet-explorer10
javascript10
maintenance10
backward-compatibility10
cross-browser10
browser-support10
xslt8
storage6
html6
protocol-handler6
browser6
php6
protocols6
mysql6
moniker6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
hbi99/defiant.js
Jul 2017 - Oct 2017
http://defiantjs.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 5 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Hugh primarily contributed to the JavaScript library, defiant.js, by fixing browser compatibility issues, particularly for Internet Explorer 11. Their work involved modifying the library's code to address rendering and functionality problems specific to IE11. Additionally, the user updated version numbers in the library files, indicating a role in maintaining and releasing updates to the project. These commits suggest a focus on ensuring cross-browser compatibility and library maintenance.
javascript
HughxDev/eslint-config-hughx
Mar 2019 - Nov 2023
Provides hughx’s JavaScript conventions as .eslintrc shared configs. Emphasizes readability and ease of writing.
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch, 16 tags in 4 years 8 months
eslintconfigsjavascripteslintrcreadability
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