Joel Kwartler
Senior Group Product Manager at Runway
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Kwartler is a Senior Group Product Manager with a decade of experience building user-focused software products and leading cross-functional teams at AI-driven startups like Runway and Sourcegraph. He combines a Harvard CS background and hands-on engineering roots—including front-end contributions to Sourcegraph’s Code AI project—with product leadership that spans rapid prototyping to scaled feature launches. Joel’s career blends creative roles (staff writer and labs engineer at Botnik Studios) with deep product craft, giving him a knack for clarifying UX, documentation, and user messaging in technically complex tools. Known for improving UI consistency and developer-facing experiences, he excels at translating emerging AI capabilities into intuitive product surfaces.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Lake Oswego High SchoolBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Harvard University
Spanish
Github Skills (10)
javascript10
react10
typescript-types9
documentation9
typescript9
typescripts9
code-search-engine8
code-search8
ui-design8
co7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sourcegraph/sourcegraph-public-snapshot
Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Code AI platform with Code Search & Cody
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:199 reviews, 172 commits, 223 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily contributed to the user interface and documentation aspects of the Sourcegraph project. They addressed UI inconsistencies by removing redundant labels, updated the codebase for new browser features, and improved the clarity of messages within the Code Insights feature. Furthermore, the user was involved in updating documentation and improving the user experience of the application, showing an emphasis on user-facing elements.
sourcegraphcode-generationrepo-type-maindeveloper-toolslsif-enabled
Joelkw/test-label-notify
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch, 3 issues in 1 year 9 months
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