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A web developer portfolio, without building the portfolio site first.

Most developer portfolios stall at the same point: the site itself becomes the side project. Upload a CV as a PDF, add your GitHub profile, and the page is drafted from what you have already shipped.

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Example

What the finished page looks like.

A made-up staff engineer, shown in the Blueprint template with a GitHub panel. Maya Chen is not a real person.

DWG No. MF-MAYA-CHENSheet 1 / 1

Maya Chen

15+ yrs

Staff engineer on multiplayer at Figma

Maya builds the quiet systems behind tools people share. Ten years from routing on Google Maps, through billing at Stripe, to the presence layer that makes a Figma file feel like one room.

Location
San Francisco
Status
—
Records
8
Drawn
2026-09-01

ACareer schematic

NOWWORKSTUDYCarnegie Mellon University2011Google2015Stripe2018Figma2022 – NOW

BActivity panel

Contribution history is drawn once a GitHub snapshot is connected.

Stars
—
Followers
—
  • Distributed systems13%
  • Billing13%
  • TypeScript13%
  • C7%
  • HCI7%
  • Room

    An open prototype of shared cursors on a canvas, built to explain the presence model she uses at Figma without using Figma’s code.

    TypeScript

CSkills, by frequency

  • 01
    Distributed systems
    ×2
  • 02
    Billing
    ×2
  • 03
    TypeScript
    ×2
  • 04
    C
    ×1
  • 05
    HCI
    ×1
  • 06
    Machine learning
    ×1
  • 07
    Java
    ×1
  • 08
    Maps
    ×1
  • 09
    Ruby
    ×1
  • 10
    API design
    ×1

DDetails

  1. Detail 01 · Education2011-2015

    B.S. Computer Science

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh

    School of Computer Science. Coursework in distributed systems, algorithms, and human-computer interaction, with a senior project on shared cursors.

    1. N1Teaching assistant for 15-213, Introduction to Computer Systems
    2. N2Senior thesis on presence in shared documents
    Distributed systems / C / HCISchool of Computer Science →
  2. Detail 02 · Course2014-2014

    Machine Learning

    Coursera · Remote

    Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning course, taken the summer before senior year and applied to a ranking prototype in the fall.

    1. N1Completed the original Stanford Machine Learning course on Coursera
    Machine learningMachine Learning specialization →
  3. Detail 03 · Work2015-2018

    Software Engineer

    Google · Mountain View

    Software engineer on Google Maps. Worked on route ranking and the freshness of traffic tiles served to the map.

    1. N1Shipped a reranking pass that preferred routes with live traffic over static estimates
    2. N2Cut stale traffic-tile reads on the commute corridors the team owned
    Java / Maps / Distributed systemsGoogle Maps →
  4. Detail 04 · Work2018-2022

    Senior Software Engineer

    Stripe · South San Francisco

    Senior engineer on Stripe Billing. Owned invoice calculation and the tax hook that became Stripe Tax.

    1. N1Led the invoice engine used by Stripe Billing subscriptions
    2. N2Shipped the tax calculation path behind Stripe Tax at general availability in 2021
    Billing / Ruby / API designStripe Billing →Stripe Tax →
  5. Detail 05 · Achievement2021-2021

    Stripe Tax, general availability

    Stripe · South San Francisco

    Stripe Tax reached general availability in 2021. Maya owned the calculation service merchants call when an invoice is finalized.

    1. N1Named on the internal launch for the Billing integration
    Tax / BillingStripe Tax →
  6. Detail 06 · Work2022-Now · Active

    Staff Software Engineer

    Figma · San Francisco

    Staff engineer on multiplayer. Presence, cursors, and the follow mode that keeps a FigJam board in sync for a room full of people.

    1. N1Owns the presence service behind live cursors in Figma and FigJam
    2. N2Shipped follow mode so a facilitator can pull a board to one viewport
    Multiplayer / TypeScript / CRDTsFigJam →
  7. Detail 07 · Achievement2024-2024

    Config talk on presence

    Figma · San Francisco

    Spoke at Config, Figma’s design conference, on how follow mode stays smooth when fifty cursors share one file.

    1. N1Config is Figma’s annual conference
    SpeakingConfig →

EBuilt work

Room

2023

An open prototype of shared cursors on a canvas, built to explain the presence model she uses at Figma without using Figma’s code.

TypeScript / WebSockets / Canvas

Figma developer docs →
Drawn byMaya ChenTitleStaff engineer on multiplayer at Figma
Date2026-09-01DrawingMF-MAYA-CHENSheet1 of 1

What belongs on it

Five things a reviewer looks for.

  1. 01

    Two or three projects, each with the problem

    A reviewer gives a repository about a minute. Say what the project was for, what you built, and what happened after. A list of twelve tutorial apps says less than two things somebody used.

  2. 02

    The stack, next to where you used it

    A grid of logos does not show depth. “TypeScript, four years, on the checkout team” does. Tie each language or framework to a role or a project.

  3. 03

    Roles with dates that match your CV

    Recruiters compare the page with the CV and with LinkedIn. Gaps and overlaps are fine. Dates that disagree between the three are what raises a question.

  4. 04

    Proof that the code is yours

    A public GitHub profile, a merged pull request in a project people know, or a link to the thing running. One real link beats a paragraph of adjectives.

  5. 05

    A way to reach you

    Email, LinkedIn, GitHub. Put them at the top. People who like the page should not have to scroll back to find you.

  6. Leave out

    • Skill bars and percentages. Nobody knows what 80% JavaScript means.
    • Every course certificate. Keep the ones a hiring manager would recognise.
    • Projects you cannot explain in an interview.

Where the page comes from

Start from what you already have.

CV as a PDF

Roles, companies, dates, education, and skills are read from the file. A LinkedIn profile saved to PDF works: open your profile, choose Resources, then Save to PDF.

GitHub profile

Public repositories and activity are added to the draft. The Blueprint template shows the contribution heatmap as its own panel.

Any other public page

A personal site, a Wellfound profile, or a project page can add roles and projects the CV left out.

The three steps are on the homepage. The price is on the pricing page.

Questions

I am a junior developer with no job history. Is the page empty?

No. Education, courses, and projects are part of the timeline. A bootcamp, a degree, and two finished projects with links make a complete page. You can add projects by hand if they are not on GitHub.

Do I need to write any code or host anything?

No. The page is hosted at pathfol.com/your-name. You pick a template and an accent color, and nothing else needs setting up.

Can I fix what the import got wrong?

Yes. Every date and role stays editable, and you can drop anything. Nothing is published until you mark the timeline as right.

What does it cost?

Publishing is free, with a small “Made with pathfol.com” bar on the page. One payment of $29 removes it. There is no monthly charge.

Bring a CV. Leave with a link.

The draft is private until you say it is right. Publishing is free on pathfol.com.

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