Haroen Viaene
Team Lead at Open Source
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Haroen Viaene is a frontend-focused engineering leader with 11 years of experience, currently leading Algolia’s frontend team responsible for InstantSearch, Autocomplete, mobile SDKs and generative AI integrations from Paris. He combines deep hands-on UI work—contributing to flagship open-source projects like algolia/instantsearch, react-instantsearch and autocomplete—with full-stack fixes across popular ecosystems (Yarn, Gatsby, CodeSandbox). Known for shipping pragmatic improvements (TypeScript migrations, accessibility fixes, responsive UI tweaks) he moves projects from prototypes to production and has driven generative AI initiatives from 0 to private beta. A prolific open-source maintainer and polyglot contributor, he also brings a background in physics and animation and an unusual stamina for daily public contributions.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at KU LeuvenExtracurricular education in the arts Animation, Extracurricular education in the arts Animation at Stedelijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Brugge - DKOSecondary Education Sciences-mathematics 8h, Secondary Education Sciences-mathematics 8h at SASK HumanioraBachelor's degree Information Technology and Electronics, Bachelor's degree Information Technology and Electronics at Odisee
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Github Skills (60)
accessibility10
static-typing10
javascript10
website-development10
algolia10
build-definition10
translation10
ui-components10
css10
autocomplete10
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
ui-design10
type-definition10
webpack10
Programming languages (37)
Github contributions (5)
algolia/react-instantsearch
Feb 2017 - Dec 2022
⚡️ Lightning-fast search for React and React Native applications, by Algolia.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:541 reviews, 335 commits, 480 PRs in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Haroen primarily contributed to the front-end development of the React InstantSearch library, focusing on UI component enhancements and bug fixes. They addressed issues related to the display and behavior of search components, such as fixing issues with the SearchBox component on mobile and addressing accessibility issues. Furthermore, they introduced new features, like allowing for custom reset and submit components within the SearchBox.
algoliareactreact-nativesearchalgolia-search
yarnpkg/website
Oct 2016 - Sep 2021
Yarn package manager website
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 194 commits, 362 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Haroen's contributions primarily involve enhancing the Yarn package manager website. They worked on both front-end and back-end aspects, including adding page titles to search pages, allowing ES6 modular code via Babel and Webpack, and implementing a detail page for packages. They also made code changes to enhance the documentation search, including i18n support. Additionally, the user made code changes to update the dependency and add a sitemap.
package-manageryarnnpm
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