Summary
Clare Lanam is a seasoned front-end software engineer with 11 years of experience building interactive web experiences across Google, Uber, Square, DoorDash, Shutterfly, and Yahoo. Currently working on the Maps JavaScript API at Google, she specializes in JavaScript-driven UIs, front-end frameworks, and progressively enhancing web pages for merchant-facing products. Her background includes full-stack work on dynamic serving, editor tooling, A/B testing platforms, and single-page app architecture, reflecting a strong blend of product-focused engineering and platform thinking. Clare’s early training in molecular and cell biology turned into a disciplined approach to problem solving, and colleagues know her as a pragmatic, JavaScript-wielding tinkerer who balances production polish with creative proof-of-concepts.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley
San José State University