Leo Gono, Frontend engineer

Hej, jeg hedder Leo.

Frontend engineer in Aarhus, building interfaces that work for the people using them and the people running them.

Based in
Aarhus, Denmark
Born in
Matalom, Leyte, Philippines
Currently at
Topas Explorer Group
Works with
Next.js, Astro, Payload CMS, WordPress, Rest API

Where I’ve worked.

From hand-coded HTML to design systems, CMS builds and deploy pipelines.

Full history on LinkedIn →
  1. 2026 - Now

    Senior Frontend and UI Developer

    Topas Explorer Group · Ry

    Building responsive interfaces from designs and wireframes, and testing them for usability, conversion and load time. I also work on the in-house design system and component library, keep the sites WCAG compliant and maintain the deployment pipeline for the frontend sites.

    • Design system
    • Payload CMS
    • Next.js
    • Astro
    • Performance
    • CI/CD
  2. 2012 - 2026

    Frontend Tech Lead

    Truestory · Aarhus

    Fourteen years, starting as a remote freelancer in the Philippines and ending as tech lead in Aarhus. The work went from PSD-to-WordPress builds to an AngularJS-to-Angular migration and Docker and AWS deploys. As lead I owned the quality of all frontend work: tests, performance, the design system and site tracking.

    • Next.js
    • React
    • Design system
    • Testing
    • Angular
    • Node.js
    • AWS
    • CI/CD
    • WordPress
  3. Starting from 2010

    First websites

    Self-taught

    Hand-coded HTML, CSS and JavaScript, learned by building.

    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • WordPress
    • jQuery

Users, admins & the team.

I started before CSS3 and HTML5, when gradients were still sliced images.

  • For users

    Clear, fast, accessible interfaces that get out of the way of the task.

  • For admins

    Back-office tools treated with the same care as the front of house.

  • With people

    A positive, collaborative process with designers, developers, marketers and other project stakeholders.

Side projects & experiments.

Where I test ideas before they reach client work. Every control here changes the live feed next to it.

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  • M. Hansen published “Autumn opening hours”now
  • New booking for Saturday, 4 guests3s
  • S. Berg commented on “FAQ: payments”6s
  • Draft saved: “Team page”9s
  • 3 new sign-ups this hour12s
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Open to collaborations

Have an idea
for a web app?

Send a short brief about your project and I’ll get back to you.