Elizabeth Schafer
Staff Engineer at Midwest Tape, LLC
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElizabeth Schafer is a staff software engineer with 13–15 years of experience building educational web applications and design systems that prioritize consistency, responsiveness, and accessibility. She led development of vstui, an accessible React component library adopted across VitalSource to streamline product UI and developer workflows. At Midwest Tape / Hoopla she has driven platform modernization, automated release processes, and embedded accessibility into the engineering lifecycle while mentoring teams and curating learning resources. Known for founding and running a company-wide accessibility SIG and speaking on inclusive design, she combines hands-on component engineering with cross-functional advocacy. Her background includes building interactive educational games and research on novel interaction techniques, reflecting a long-standing interest in making learning more engaging and equitable. Colocated in Greater Boston, she blends practical engineering leadership with a user-centered accessibility focus that often surfaces overlooked cognitive accessibility needs.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Providence College
Github Skills (54)
accessibility10
javascript10
react-native10
electron10
linux10
effort10
onedrive10
to-do10
android10
dropbox10
nodejs10
user-experience10
webdav10
evernote10
nextcloud10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
eschafer/javascript-style-guide
Oct 2012 - Feb 2015
Contributions:39 commits, 3 pushes in 2 years 4 months
eschafer/as3-photo-booth
Aug 2012 - Aug 2013
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year
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