Maria Maddox
Software Engineer at JWX
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaria Maddox is a Software Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with nine years of hands-on experience building and refining user-facing web applications. Currently at JWX, she brings a background that blends civil and structural engineering education with a strong frontend focus, which surfaces in thoughtful, architecture-minded UI work. Her open-source contributions include enhancements to the widely used JW Player, where she improved controls, tooltips, and seekbar behavior to elevate the media playback experience. Maria has progressed from junior developer to lead roles at JRI America, demonstrating an ability to grow responsibilities and ship polished interfaces. Her early technical theater and international research experiences hint at a knack for cross-disciplinary problem solving and attention to user experience details. She combines engineering rigor with a designer’s sensibility to make complex interactions feel intuitive.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Architecture & Master of Science, Structural Engineering (M.Arch/M.Sc), Master of Architecture & Master of Science, Structural Engineering (M.Arch/M.Sc) at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Cum Laude, Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Cum Laude, Civil Engineering at Brown UniversityHigh School Diploma - International Baccalaureate Diploma, High School Diploma - International Baccalaureate Diploma at Patrick Henry High School
Github Skills (9)
css10
uid10
javascript10
lessc10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
html9
accessibility7
webaccess7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jwplayer/jwplayer
Nov 2019 - Jun 2022
JW Player is the world's most popular embeddable media player.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:87 reviews, 409 commits, 110 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Maria primarily focused on fixing linting warnings and making improvements to JavaScript files related to controls and UI elements within the JW Player repository. Their work involved modifications to files like `controls.js`, `controlbar.js`, and `webvtt.js`, along with related styling in `.less` files. They addressed issues in settings menu, shortcut tooltips, and seekbar, enhancing the player's user interface and functionality. Their contributions appear geared towards improving the overall user experience of the player.
html5-videoandroidmedia-playervideo-playermse
jwplayer/jwplatform-dotnet
Mar 2020 - May 2020
:goal_net: .NET library for the JW Platform API
Contributions:25 commits in 1 month
jwplayerapidotnetapi-platformnet-library
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