Jane Friedhoff
Senior UX Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJane Friedhoff is a Senior UX Engineer in New York with 14 years blending creative technology, research-driven product development, and hands-on front-end craft, currently prototyping LLM-driven experiences at Google Research. She founded Ilinx Interactive to bridge teaching, game design, and creative coding, and has a track record shipping award-winning experiments and AR/ML prototypes for Google Creative Lab and The New York Times. Her work spans production code, prototypes, and unique public-facing projects—examples include front-end contributions to the COVID Tracking Project website and UX improvements for streamtools—and she’s comfortable shipping both proprietary systems and open tools. Trained in design and technology (MFA Parsons) and grounded in interdisciplinary inquiry (BA Columbia), she brings a designer’s sensibility to engineering problems and a playfulness that surfaces in playful, research-informed interactions.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Independent Study in Sustainable Development, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Independent Study in Sustainable Development at Columbia University in the City of New YorkMaster of Fine Arts - MFA, Design and Technology, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design - The New School
Github Skills (9)
html10
css10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
gatsby10
react10
environment-variables8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nytlabs/streamtools
Apr 2014 - Sep 2014
tools for working with streams of data
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Jane primarily contributed to the front-end development of the project, specifically focusing on the user interface. They implemented new functionality to the GUI, including a "quick add" feature for blocks and refined the positioning of elements. They also addressed usability by implementing features such as a welcome message and scrolling for smaller screens.
streamsdata
COVID19Tracking/website
Mar 2020 - May 2020
The COVID Tracking Project website
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:53 commits, 8 PRs, 29 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jane primarily contributed to the website's front-end development. Their commits include enhancements to the user interface, such as tweaking the homepage and updating the press list. They also modified existing components, incorporating features like the use of environment variables and styling changes. The user's work directly impacted user experience by refining the website's presentation and functionality.
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