Maya K
Senior Software Engineer at Apollo GraphQL
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaya K is a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco with a decade of experience building developer-facing web applications and tooling. At Apollo GraphQL she has moved from intern to senior engineer, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Apollo Server and Apollo Client Devtools—work that includes embedding the GraphQL Explorer/Sandbox, cross-window messaging, and UX-focused refactors. Her strengths lie in front-end engineering for developer workflows, pragmatic HTML/CSS refactors, and ensuring compatibility and privacy controls (cookies, telemetry toggles) across integrations. Maya blends product-minded execution with deep open-source collaboration, which she first began practicing in internships across fintech and platform teams. Notably, she brings a knack for making complex developer experiences feel simple and reliable.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Gap Year, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Gap Year at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySenior, Senior at Fox Lane High School
Github Skills (15)
html10
graphql10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
apollo-server10
apollo-client10
wordpress-graphql10
wpgraphql10
react10
typescript-types10
devtools9
chrome-extension9
google-chrome-extension9
css7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
apollographql/apollo-client-devtools
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
Apollo Client browser developer tools.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 125 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Maya significantly contributed to the development of the Apollo Client Devtools. Their primary focus was on integrating the Embeddable Explorer within the Devtools, enabling communication between the Devtools and the embedded explorer using postMessage for query execution and schema introspection. They also implemented features to improve user experience, such as showing errors and integrating a cache loading mechanism. Finally, the user refactored components to better match the core functionality of the application.
reactapollo-client-devtoolsbrowserdeveloper-toolsfirefox-extension
apollographql/apollo-server
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
🌍 Spec-compliant and production ready JavaScript GraphQL server that lets you develop in a schema-first way. Built for Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa, and more.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:41 reviews, 10 commits, 28 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Maya primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of the Apollo Server's landing page, specifically focusing on embedded landing pages for the Explorer and Sandbox. Their work involved adding features such as the inclusion of cookies, operation configuration, and the ability to disable telemetry, as well as ensuring compatibility with different versions. The user also worked on the HTML and CSS structures for the landing page, including refactoring and adding meta tags.
production-readyexpresshapijsgraphql-serverproduction
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