Abby Schmiedt
Software Engineer - Experience Studio Team at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbby Schmiedt is a software engineer with nine years of experience building polished front-end experiences, currently serving as a technical lead on Google’s Experience Studio team in San Francisco. She spent four years on Google’s Kids Coding Team contributing to Blockly, improving accessibility, UI, and search functionality in a widely used open-source visual programming library. Abby brings strong JavaScript and modern ES6 skills, a knack for designing intuitive interactions like keyboard shortcuts and result highlighting, and experience shipping product-facing features at scale. Her background includes roles at Macy’s, Apple (where she built a data-visualization web app), and work on large codebases early in her career, giving her both product and engineering breadth. Colleagues rely on her to bridge UX considerations and technical implementation while leading small teams through complex interactive projects. She holds a Computer Software Engineering degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and favors practical, accessibility-minded front-end solutions.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoElk Grove High School
Github Skills (10)
css10
blockly10
javascript10
s610
user-interface10
testing9
html7
react4
angular4
vue4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
google/blockly-samples
Mar 2020 - Jun 2022
Plugins, codelabs, and examples related to the Blockly library.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:247 reviews, 156 commits, 315 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Abby primarily contributed to implementing and improving the workspace search functionality within the Blockly library samples. Their work involved creating the initial UI, implementing search logic, adding next/previous functionality, and incorporating features like highlighting and scrolling to search results. They also addressed various bug fixes and made improvements to the user interface, including adding keyboard shortcuts and accessibility features. The user worked extensively with JavaScript, CSS, and utilized ES6 class style.
reactsvelterequirejsvueangular
google/blockly
Nov 2018 - May 2022
The web-based visual programming editor.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:18 releases, 429 reviews, 495 commits in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Abby primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Blockly project, focusing on implementing and testing new block styles. Their work included adding support for primary colors, defining and testing block styles, and adding features such as support for different types of hat styles. They also made improvements to the user interface by modifying existing elements, such as the addition of a type to the field number editor.
visual-programming-editorreactjavascriptweb-basedvisual-programming-language
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