Amberley Romo is an engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling front-end experiences for developer-focused products, currently leading Search Discovery engineering at Cribl. She progressed through technical and management roles at Netlify and Gatsby, combining hands-on front-end development with team leadership and product-focused execution. A former contributor to the popular Gatsby open-source project, she has practical expertise improving UX and documentation for a major React-based framework. Her background in software engineering (Hack Reactor) and a BA in Public Communication with design and Chinese language minors gives her a rare mix of technical depth, design sensibility, and cross-cultural communication skills. Based in Austin, she’s known for bridging product, design, and engineering to ship polished interfaces while mentoring engineers into leadership.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA Public Communication Graphic Design & Chinese Language minors, BA Public Communication Graphic Design & Chinese Language minors at American University
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:112 commits, 230 PRs, 270 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Amberley primarily contributed to the "www" directory of the Gatsby project, focusing on user interface and user experience improvements. They modified existing components, such as the starter library components, and created new ones, like the Unbird feedback form. These changes included styling adjustments, component rearrangements, and feature additions, specifically for the starter library. They also made changes to the documentation site.
Build blazing fast, modern apps and websites with React
Contributions:14 commits in 7 days
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