Kendrick Umstattd
Senior Software Engineer & Manager, Material For Android Views
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKendrick Umstattd is a Senior Software Engineer at Google with nine years of experience building polished, user-facing features for Google Maps and Android UI libraries. She combines deep cross-platform engineering (C++, Java, Objective-C, Kotlin) with a design-forward mindset—contributing to the widely used Material Components for Android, including new components and accessibility improvements. Kendrick has led high‑visibility geo projects (visual search and trending places) and organized international task forces to ship desktop and mobile map features during crisis response. A Yale EECS graduate, she pairs technical rigor with a passion for mentoring and amplifying women in STEM through writing, podcasts, and mentoring programs—often translating that advocacy into tangible product and community outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Yale UniversityLoudoun County High School
English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Italian, Portuguese
Github Skills (7)
javas10
material-design10
android10
java10
material-components10
ui-components10
accessibility9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
material-components/material-components-android
Mar 2024 - Dec 2025
[MAINTENANCE MODE] Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 13 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Kendrick primarily contributed to the Material Components for Android library, focusing on UI component enhancements. Their work involved adding interpolation features to the shape of MaterialShapeDrawable, updating documentation, and implementing improvements to the time picker accessibility. Furthermore, the user added a new component, MaterialSplitButton, and refined the user experience with accessibility improvements for close icons in chips.
androidmaintenance-modematerial-designui-componentsmaterial-components
kendrickumstattd/eeng_449_final_project_kendrick_zeb
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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