Derek Riemer
Software Engineer at google
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Riemer is a software engineer with 11 years of experience based in Boulder, Colorado, currently building front-end systems at Google for billion-user products. He specializes in web performance, telemetry, accessibility, and translation infrastructure—having owned the pipeline that shipped translatable strings at scale and implemented reliability monitoring for experiment rollouts. Derek’s background includes designing assistive tech on Windows (DictationBridge) with deep experience in screen reader integration, speech systems, and COM interoperability, reflecting a long-standing commitment to accessibility. He also co-founded a small business providing braille and large-print services, demonstrating entrepreneurial initiative and user-centered design beyond pure engineering.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of Colorado at boulderBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (147)
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messenger10
peer-to-peer10
windows10
macos-big-sur10
visual-studio10
greasemonkey10
wpf10
p2p10
javascript10
editor10
nvda10
screen-reader10
electron10
solve10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
derekriemer/nvda
Jan 2016 - Mar 2022
NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows
Contributions:3 PRs, 123 pushes, 30 branches in 6 years 3 months
windowsnvdascreen-readerreaderwpf
derekriemer/NVDA-tipOfTheDay
Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 1 year 8 months
nvdadaytip
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