Sal Ferrarello
Principal Engineer at WebDevStudios
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolSal Ferrarello is a Principal Engineer with 12 years of web development experience, currently driving technical direction at WebDevStudios and known for deep WordPress expertise across PHP and Gutenberg's React stack. He combines hands-on engineering with developer advocacy—regularly speaking at conferences and blogging about practical solutions—and is an avid Git user who keeps teams aligned through strong tooling and workflows. Before WebDevStudios he founded Iron Code Studio and spent years as a senior developer, giving him both entrepreneurial instincts and production-hardened delivery experience. His background in computer science and a Master’s in Education informs a clear, teaching-oriented approach to mentorship and code review. Based in Reading, PA, he brings a classroom-tested ability to break down complex problems into digestible components, helping teams adopt modern front-end patterns within the WordPress ecosystem.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Ursinus CollegeMaster of Education - MEd Secondary Education and Teaching with a Focus in Mathematics, Master of Education - MEd Secondary Education and Teaching with a Focus in Mathematics at Arcadia University
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Github Skills (200)
subversion10
custom-post-type10
command-line-tool10
wordpress-gutenberg10
side-bar10
wordpress10
gravityforms10
vagrant10
git10
gutenberg-blocks10
advanced-custom-fields10
bootstrap10
sass10
wordpress-plugin10
command-line10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
salcode/cpt-fe-recipe
Apr 2017 - Nov 2025
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 8 years 9 months
salcode/salcode-gh-cli
Aug 2021 - May 2025
My configuration for GitHub CLI and notes.
Contributions:1 release, 7 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years 9 months
notesconfiggithub-clidotfilescli
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