Kristen Mcwilliam
Plasma Software Engineer at Self-employed
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKristen Mcwilliam is a self-taught Plasma Software Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building cross-platform applications and contributing to the KDE ecosystem. Based in Ottawa, she specializes in Dart and Flutter for mobile, web, and desktop, and pairs that with C++, Qt, and QML work on KDE Plasma projects. Kristen’s background in systems and LAN administration within Canadian government agencies gives her a practical, security-minded approach to reliability, testing, and large-organization workflows. A lifelong learner and open-source advocate, she balances deep technical craft with user-focused design, internationalization, and CI-driven quality. Outside of code she brings eclectic interests—from languages and philosophy to cooking and video games—that inform an approachable, human-centered engineering style.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Massage Therapist, Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage, Massage Therapist, Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage at International Academy of Massage
French, English, German
Github Skills (200)
notion10
visual-studio10
project-management10
flutter-plugin10
winget10
fonts10
mdt10
nodejs10
package-manager10
viewer10
shortcuts10
css10
desktop10
material-design10
privacy10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
Merrit/win32_suspend_process
Feb 2021 - Jun 2023
Suspend and resume processes on the Windows platform from native dart code
Contributions:7 releases, 4 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 4 months
suspendwindowsdart-nativedartflutter
Merrit/feeling_finder
Nov 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:11 releases, 10 reviews, 125 commits in 11 months
conveyemotioncommunication
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