Elevila Thompson
Front End Developer at VF Corporation
Lakewood, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElevila Thompson is a front-end developer with a decade of hands-on experience and five years focused in UX front-end roles, currently building accessible, responsive experiences at VF Corporation. She is proficient in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with practical React and TypeScript experience, and a track record creating and maintaining UI style guides and PWAs. As a part-time community college instructor she translates industry practice into clear curriculum, mentoring junior developers and helping students transition to careers. Her commitment to accessibility is backed by conducting WCAG audits and implementing fixes across enterprise e-commerce sites. Beyond web UI work she contributes to open-source keyboard firmware (QMK/Vial), showing hardware-level curiosity and an eye for low-level configuration. Based in Lakewood, CA, she blends design sensitivity with practical engineering and a knack for teaching complex topics simply.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Studies, Japanese Studies at Kanazawa Institute of TechnologyWeb Development, Web Development at Long Beach City CollegeAssociate of Arts (A.A.) Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Associate of Arts (A.A.) Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Windward Community CollegeBrigham Young University-Idaho
Japanese
Github Skills (17)
c-language10
firmware10
qmk10
c1110
keymaps10
keyboard10
c1710
vi10
sys10
embedded10
cprogramming-language10
atmel9
hardware9
keyboard-input9
atmel-studio9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
vial-kb/vial-qmk
Jul 2021 - Feb 2023
QMK fork with Vial-specific features.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 PR in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Elevila contributed to the QMK fork by adding VIA support and keymap updates for various macropads and keyboards, including the Nein Macropad, Titan60, and F.Me Macropad. They also added a new Gherkin VIA keymap and a Bacca70 keyboard, demonstrating familiarity with keyboard hardware and firmware. Furthermore, the user added VIAL support for the Super16 v2 keyboard and contributed to adding the SP-111 v2 keyboard.
vialqmkandroid
qmk/qmk_firmware
Oct 2020 - Mar 2022
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Elevila's contributions center on the QMK firmware, a keyboard firmware project. Their work includes adding and updating keymaps for various custom keyboards, specifically focusing on VIA support for the Nein Macropad, Titan60 LED and keymap updates, the addition of the F.Me Macropad, a Gherkin VIA keymap, the Bacca70 keyboard, and the SP-111 v2 keyboard. This indicates a focus on configuring and customizing keyboard behavior via keymap changes and configuration updates.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
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