Miguel Lezama
Code Wrangler at SXP
Uruguay
Summary
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RockstarMiguel Lezama is a seasoned back-end engineer with 13 years of experience, currently working as a Code Wrangler at Automattic where he contributes to Jetpack. Based in Uruguay, he combines production-grade WordPress engineering with a long-standing interest in open protocols and cooperative projects, evidenced by his volunteer work on SXP and past project management at Libre.coop. His open-source contributions include accessibility and stability improvements to the high-profile Automattic/jetpack repository, such as enabling keyboard navigation for sharing buttons and fixing media-related notices. Comfortable operating across legacy and modern web stacks, he brings practical problem-solving from roles ranging from IT manager to R&D engineer. Colleagues know him for quietly improving usability and robustness in widely used plugins while staying engaged in decentralized, peer-to-peer protocol work.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Spanish, English, French, Portuguese
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Github Skills (4)
wordpress10
php10
accessibility9
javascript7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/jetpack
Apr 2013 - Apr 2020
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 403 reviews, 938 commits in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Miguel primarily contributed to the enhancement of the sharing buttons configuration page by adding keyboard accessibility. Their commits involved modifications to the `sharing.php` file, implementing changes that enabled keyboard navigation for the sharing buttons' configuration. They also fixed an undefined notice in the `media-summary.php` file. Furthermore, they were involved in core code updates and merging changes from the master branch.
jetpacksecuritywordpressphpplugin
lezama/gutenberg
Aug 2024 - Mar 2026
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Contributions:8 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 7 months
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