Summary
Liz Myers is a founder and senior software engineer with 11 years of experience building and evangelizing developer-facing products at the intersection of AI, voice, and web technologies. Based in Tampa, she runs Sand Dollar Apps where she prototypes practical AI and UX solutions using React, TypeScript, and Python, drawing on prior roles training thousands of developers at Google and Amazon. Her background in voice design and developer advocacy includes running 80+ events in a year for Alexa and creating tooling to lower publishing friction—evidence of a pragmatic, scrappy approach to shipping features. Trained in Germanic studies with formal design coursework from RISD, she blends technical engineering with design sensibility and cross-cultural communication to turn experimental concepts into usable products.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (MA) Germanic Studies (Germanistik), Master of Arts (MA) Germanic Studies (Germanistik) at Indiana University Bloomington
Bachelor of Arts (BA) German Language and Literature, Bachelor of Arts (BA) German Language and Literature at Carleton College
Advanced courses in: layout & design color theory and typography., Advanced courses in: layout & design color theory and typography. at Rhode Island School of Design
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian