Kristin Aoki
Software Engineer I at Chewy
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKristin Aoki is a full-stack software engineer with seven years of experience building inclusive, maintainable web applications and a strong grounding from Olin College of Engineering. She has shipped production features across education platforms—contributing front-end fixes to the widely used Open edX LMS—and driven UX improvements like iframe scrolling, debug visibility, and course preview redirects. At companies including 2U and Chewy she balances software architecture, cross-functional leadership, and mentoring to deliver scalable systems in fast-paced environments. Kristin prioritizes accessibility and future maintainability, treating each codebase as a long-term product for both users and maintainers. Known for clear communication and collaborative problem-solving, she pairs technical craft with a designer’s attention to user experience. Outside of engineering she channels creativity into baking, knitting, and calligraphy, often testing new dessert ideas with friends and family.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Github Skills (7)
html10
javascript10
front-end-development10
css9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:93 reviews, 18 commits, 138 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Kristin primarily focused on improving the user experience within the Open edX platform, specifically in the New Experience view. Their contributions involved fixing issues related to HTML anchor tag behavior, ensuring correct scrolling within iframes and across different pages in a course. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug that was causing debug information to be cut off within the interface, and implemented redirects for course preview functionality to ensure unpublished changes are properly displayed. These improvements focused on enhancing the learning experience for students and course authors.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
openedx/frontend-lib-content-components
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
[Moved to openedx/frontend-app-course-authoring] A library of high-level components for content handling (viewing, editing, etc. of HTML, video, problems, etc.), to be shared by multiple MFEs.
Contributions:225 reviews, 267 commits, 282 PRs in 4 months
html-videomfesproblemshigh-levelwoff2
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