Gabe Abrams
Principal Software Engineer And EdTech Innovator
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGabe Abrams is a Principal Software Engineer and EdTech innovator with a decade of experience designing and scaling pedagogy-first web applications at Harvard University. He leads teams that build classroom-focused systems—like an AI-enhanced video player, a collaborative study lounge, and a faculty self-service course manager—used across thousands of course instances and hundreds of programs. Comfortable across UI, backend, and cloud infrastructure, Gabe combines hands-on engineering with instructional design to turn classroom challenges into robust software. His background in physics, computer science, and hands-on teaching informs a pragmatic approach to accessibility, inclusion, and measurable learning outcomes. Colleagues rely on him as a cross-team liaison who pairs rapid prototyping with production-grade operations to amplify faculty and student impact.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics Education Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics Education Computer Science at Cornell UniversityPhysics & Digital Media Production, Physics & Digital Media Production at Kauai Community College
Spanish, English
Github Skills (34)
behave10
ui-elements10
node-canvas10
api10
authorization10
endpoints10
ui-components9
canvas-lms9
javascript9
lti9
lms9
canvas9
typescript9
api-requests9
refresh9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
harvard-edtech/dce-reactkit
Dec 2018 - Nov 2022
A collections of simple tools and UI elements for quickly and easily building React-based apps.
Contributions:98 reviews, 223 commits, 32 PRs in 4 years
reactelementsui-elementstoolkitreact-components
harvard-edtech/edtech-guide
Mar 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:47 commits, 99 pushes, 1 comment in 11 months
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