Mary Schmidt
Senior Software Engineer at Turnberry Studios
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMary Schmidt is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building delightful, user-focused products across startups and large tech companies, including six years at Netflix and recent work as a React Native developer. She combines a mechanical engineering foundation and a master's in technological entrepreneurship with hands-on front-end expertise—her open-source contributions to the popular visx visualization library (notably improving the vx-brush interaction) show a deep understanding of React lifecycles and DOM event integration. As a co-founder and CEO of a custom furniture studio in the Phoenix area, she uniquely bridges digital product development with physical design and craftsmanship. Currently based in Scottsdale and working at AcuityMD, Mary thrives on delivering polished experiences and iterates on projects ranging from software to quilts and furniture, revealing a maker’s instinct that informs her engineering decisions.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Mechanical Engineering at Olin College of EngineeringM.S.M. Technological Entrepreneurship, M.S.M. Technological Entrepreneurship at Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of BusinessHigh School Degree I.B. Program, High School Degree I.B. Program at North Canyon High School
Spanish
Github Skills (14)
data-visualizations10
data-visualization10
data-visualisation10
javascript10
react10
d3js9
svg9
visualization8
typescripts8
typescript8
charts8
charting8
typescript-types8
visualizations8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
airbnb/visx
Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
🐯 visx | visualization components
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 7 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Mary primarily contributed to the `vx-brush` component within the `visx` visualization library, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes related to the brush interaction. Their work involved adding new features, such as an optional initial state for the scrubber, and addressing issues like event handling and scope in the component's lifecycle methods. The contributions demonstrate a solid understanding of React components and their lifecycle, along with how to integrate with DOM events.
reactchartsvgdata-visualizationvisx
maryschmidt/ripples
Aug 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:60 commits, 38 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
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