Laura Kassovic
Technical Writer at Beacon3D
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolLaura Kassovic is a technical writer and engineer with 12 years of experience bridging hardware design, developer tooling, and startup operations from San Jose. An engineer-turned-advocate, she maintains and improves documentation for Gradle—used by millions and as Android’s official build tool—while also founding and running hardware-focused ventures like MbientLab and Beacon3D. Her background spans mixed-signal SOC design at Intel, NSF-funded wearable hardware, and full-stack responsibilities at startups including API development, e-commerce, and community growth. Laura combines deep technical fluency (Python, C++, JavaScript, firmware) with hands-on product and community work, often doubling as support, marketer, and content author. She’s notable for translating complex build and hardware concepts into clear developer-facing guides and for nurturing a 10K+ open-source community.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University
Github Skills (3)
documentation10
asciidoc10
api-documentation8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
gradle/gradle
Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
Adaptable, fast automation for all
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 release, 1237 reviews, 297 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Laura has primarily contributed to the documentation of the Gradle project. Their commits show changes to the user guide, including sections on build concepts, task basics, and the integration of features like declaring dependencies and repositories. Further changes include minor improvements to wording, structure, and code example formatting to improve user comprehension.
pythongradlegroovyautomationjava
mbientlab/MetaWear-SDK-iOS-macOS-tvOS
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
MetaWear Bolts Swift SDK - iOS/macOS/tvOS - Apple - XCode
Contributions:2 releases, 71 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 3 months
boltsios-sdkswift5bluetooth-letvos
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