Autumn Fjeld
Senior Technical Project Manager at IDVerse, part of LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolAutumn Fjeld is a Senior Technical Project Manager and former product engineering lead with 11+ years shipping consumer and enterprise software, from greenfield mobile apps to the JavaScript-powered WordPress.com front end. She blends hands-on engineering (React, Redux, full‑stack work at ustwo and Automattic) with product strategy, driving experiments that improved onboarding conversion and launched precursor features to the WordPress.com AI site builder. Trained as a scientist (Ph.D. in fluid dynamics from UC Berkeley), she applies rigorous data-driven inquiry and hypothesis testing to product decisions and platform simplification efforts. Known as a force multiplier, she builds high-performing teams, embeds analytics and customer outreach into development cycles, and engages developer and user communities at conferences and in open source. A dual U.S./Australian citizen based in Sydney, she also experiments with AI tools publicly—her autbot RAG resume app and contributions to the wp-calypso front end illustrate a rare mix of research discipline, product instincts, and practical engineering.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Materials Science & Mineral Engineering emphasis in Fluid Dynamics, PhD Materials Science & Mineral Engineering emphasis in Fluid Dynamics at University of California, BerkeleyWeb Developer Software Engineering, Web Developer Software Engineering at Hack ReactorBachelor of Science Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University
German, English
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Github Skills (13)
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
redux10
react10
wordpress9
git8
s67
angular-material6
nodejs6
angularjs6
tooltip6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:188 reviews, 81 commits, 60 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Autumn primarily contributed to the front-end of the WordPress.com platform, focusing on the user interface and user experience of the Gutenboarding and Editing Toolkit features. Their commits involved modifying React components, Redux store interactions, and updating UI elements such as buttons, navigation, and the welcome tour component. The contributions include fixing bugs, implementing new tracking events, and refactoring existing code for improved maintainability and user experience within the WordPress.com environment.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
autumnfjeld/dralexgreaney
May 2017 - Jul 2021
Paid freelance project: website for a materials science research group. Hosted on AWS S3, using API Gateway and lambda services.
Contributions:4 PRs, 46 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 2 months
api-gatewayserverlessaws-lambdaawsscience-research
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