Leah is a lifelong programmer with a focus on web applications. Originally self taught before earning a BS in Computer Science, managers have commonly valued her efficiency of output and autonomy in learning new stacks and skills.
In her personal life, she enjoys making web games, watching Anime, running, playing piano, and visiting conventions.
Experiences
Software Engineer | Google Search
08/2019 - 03/2024
Modernized design of Google Search on mobile web browsers. Upgraded components to support dark theme. Implemented dark theme widgets such as the switcher, theme select and promos. Upgraded common UI to reusable components, and built a service for mass tagging and tracking components so they can be componentized.
Javascript
HTML/CSS
Java
Python
Metric analysis
UX
Frontend
Software Engineer | Gmail Data Layer
01/2023 - 09/2023
Client-side server infrastructure and build config. Designed the launch that added additional canary stages during deployment, which brought Gmail up to FedRAMP compliance. The launch was used by all other teams. Wrote presubmits, unit tests, and CLI tools that facilitated experiment cleanup, and ensured build safety.
CI/CD
Python
Java
Architecture
Testing
Backend
React Developer | The Virtual Forge
01/2022 - 12/2022
Built frontend web applications in React for enterprise clients. Developed an app for searching, viewing and aggregating reports for a learning management system. Involved analyzing requirements, designing an API, building a new application upon an existing codebase, and designing scalable architecture.
React
Javascript
HTML/CSS
Frontend
Startup
Junior Software Developer | Hyland Software
01/2021 - 12/2021
Contributed software defect fixes, enhancements, and unit tests in an agile environment for the Unity Client, a desktop client application for OnBase written in C# and WPF. Required modifying and debugging service methods in the application server and considering the impact of the changes to other teams. Wrote NUnit tests for each changeset. Built an administration settings dialog for the Document Tracking module.
C#
WPF
NUnit
Testing
Frontend
Education
2011 - 2015
Computer Science & Engineering (Bachelor of Science)
Ohio State University
Computer science degree with additional engineering courses.
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