Ethan Skinner
Senior Software Engineer at EquipmentShare
Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolEthan Skinner is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building responsive, accessible, and well-tested web and mobile applications, currently driving work at EquipmentShare in Oregon. He blends front-end React leadership with full-stack craftsmanship, having led React teams at BacklotCars and contributed to large codebases across startups and enterprise environments. Passionate about user experience and automated testing, he also brings a subtle focus on developer ergonomics—evidenced by his open-source contribution adding Emacs-style keybindings to the Kivy UI framework to improve text editing and input workflows. With a background in linguistics and East Asian languages, Ethan pairs technical depth with strong communication and continuous learning habits that help bridge product and engineering teams.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of KansasJapanese Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature at Western Michigan UniversityChinese Language, Chinese Language at Princeton University
Chinese, Japanese
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Github Skills (24)
python10
ui-design10
kivy10
emacs10
selenium9
google-api9
pytest9
django9
webscraping9
machine-learning9
docker9
dropbox9
code-navigation9
scikit-learn9
pip9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
kivy/kivy
Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ethan primarily contributed to the development of an Emacs-style keybinding feature within the Kivy UI framework, demonstrating a focus on improving user input and text manipulation. The user added and integrated Emacs keybindings, including functionalities for cursor movement, text deletion, and text selection. The user's work also involved modifying documentation and integrating the Emacs behavior into the code input widget, indicating an effort to enhance the user experience and code editing capabilities within the Kivy ecosystem.
pythonlinux-windowswindowsui-frameworklinux
el-ethan/b1b
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:69 commits, 19 pushes in 1 month
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