Emilia Friedberg
Senior Software Engineer II at Quill.org
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEmilia Friedberg is a Senior Software Engineer II with a decade of experience building educational technology at Quill.org, where she progressed from Software Engineer to senior roles since 2017. A former teacher with a BA in Philosophy and History of Mathematics and Natural Science, she brings a rare combination of classroom‑tested pedagogical insight and rigorous technical craft to product development. Emilia thrives on continuous learning and collaborative problem-solving, translating complex concepts into accessible, impactful learning experiences. Her background in hands-on science labs and classroom instruction informs a user-centered approach to engineering, especially in edtech contexts. Based in New York, she is as comfortable mentoring teammates as she is diving into unfamiliar technical challenges to build meaningful software.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Philosophy; History of Mathematics and Natural Science, BA, Philosophy; History of Mathematics and Natural Science at St. John's College (NM)Dev Bootcamp
English, attic greek, French, Latin
Github Skills (37)
javascript10
learning-management-system10
quill10
codebase10
rails10
ruby10
mono10
js10
edtech10
react10
testing9
facebook9
react-component7
datepicker6
activemodel6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
empirical-org/quill-string-normalizer
Oct 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:24 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 2 months
empirical-org/Empirical-Core
Dec 2016 - Jan 2023
Empirical Core is the mono repo for the Quill.org codebase. This repo contains both the Quill Learning Tools, such as Quill Connect, and the Quill Learning Management System, the platform that enables teachers to provide assignments and view results. (Empirical is the name of the nonprofit building Quill.org).
Contributions:1447 reviews, 6369 commits, 2828 PRs in 6 years 2 months
management-systemlearning-management-systemreactmono-repoquill
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