Caroline Liu
Staff Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCaroline Liu is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with 11 years of experience building front-end and full-stack systems at Google. She combines strong UI/CSS skills and accessibility-minded component work—evidenced by contributions to the high-profile AMP Project where she improved amp-autocomplete docs and internationalized the Pinterest Save button—with lower-level systems testing on the Flutter engine for Fuchsia. Her background spans research in mobile ad hoc routing, teaching programming, and design work, giving her a unique blend of systems thinking, developer experience, and visual sensibility. Comfortable shipping across the stack, she focuses on making complex components easier to use and maintain. Caroline’s early roles in education and nonprofits also reflect a consistent thread of mentorship and community-focused engineering.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University• Program duration: June 22 - August 10
• Full-scholarship to attend Harvard University's summer session, granted by QuestBridge
• Courses taken: PHIL-S4: Introduction to Philosophy (A), PSYC-S1: Introduction to Psychology (B), • Program duration: June 22 - August 10
• Full-scholarship to attend Harvard University's summer session, granted by QuestBridge
• Courses taken: PHIL-S4: Introduction to Philosophy (A), PSYC-S1: Introduction to Psychology (B) at Harvard Secondary School ProgramStudying abroad at Al Akhawayn University during Spring 2017, Studying abroad at Al Akhawayn University during Spring 2017 at Al Akhawayn University• Graduated with class rank 7/548 (top 2%)
• Honors courses taken whenever available
• AP Courses taken: Calculus BC (5), Statistics (5), Chemistry (5), United States History (5), English Literature & Composition (5), English Language and Composition (5), American Government (4), Environmental Science (4), • Graduated with class rank 7/548 (top 2%)
• Honors courses taken whenever available
• AP Courses taken: Calculus BC (5), Statistics (5), Chemistry (5), United States History (5), English Literature & Composition (5), English Language and Composition (5), American Government (4), Environmental Science (4) at Chaparral High School
English, Chinese, French, Arabic
Github Skills (23)
accessibility10
uitest10
flutter-apps10
ampl10
testing10
css10
cplus10
accelerated-mobile-pages10
html10
flutter-game10
fuchsia10
cpp10
dart10
ui-testing10
documentation10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ampproject/amphtml
Feb 2019 - Oct 2021
The AMP web component framework.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1336 reviews, 358 commits, 726 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Caroline focused on updating the `amp-pinterest.css` to transform the "Pin It" button to a "Save" button, which included modifying the CSS for its display and classes. The changes encompass making the save button responsive to various languages, fixing dimensions, and removing an outdated attribute. Their work demonstrates a solid understanding of CSS and front-end component styling within the context of the AMP framework.
web-components
ampproject/amp.dev
Mar 2019 - Jul 2021
The AMP Project Website.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:151 reviews, 97 commits, 120 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Caroline primarily focused on updating and improving the documentation for the `amp-autocomplete` component. They updated example code, added examples, and addressed accessibility issues within the component's documentation. The contributions involved modifying HTML and potentially JavaScript to enhance the component's usability and provide clearer instructions for developers. The user's work also involved migrating the existing documentation to a new format that is optimized for AMP and improving the overall developer experience.
project-websitejekyllamp
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