Nohemi Fernandez is a seasoned software engineer and team lead based in Paris with 15 years of experience building mobile and full-stack products at Google and YouTube, currently leading Chrome Kids to deliver safer cross-platform browsing experiences. Her background spans applied machine learning and data pipelines for content understanding at YouTube to UI and identity frameworks for Chrome on iOS and Android, combining technical leadership with hands-on implementation. She has led small cross-functional teams, shipping privacy- and safety-focused features while mentoring engineers through complex mobile and desktop integrations. An active contributor to open-source UI work, she has improved on-screen keyboard and search entry behavior in the widely used GNOME shell, reflecting her attention to user-facing polish and accessibility.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Ecole normale supérieure
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science at Cornell University
Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:7 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Nohemi primarily contributed to the user interface of gnome-shell, specifically focusing on the on-screen keyboard and search entry functionality. The commits involve bug fixes related to keyboard behavior, particularly when handling extended keys and preventing premature keyboard hiding. The user also implemented the addition of the on-screen keyboard and addressed focus issues within the search entry, improving the overall user experience.
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