Olivia Flynn
Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOlivia Flynn is a software engineer with five years of experience building developer tools, currently contributing to Palantir after a multi-year tenure on Microsoft Edge and Chromium DevTools. She focuses on front-end UX and accessibility, shipping features like the Source Order Viewer and improving the VS Code Edge DevTools extension with auto-refresh, telemetry, and robust accessibility fixes. Olivia combines rigorous engineering practices—end-to-end tests, cross-team reviews, and ESLint migrations—with a designer-minded attention to intuitive, streamlined interfaces that empower web developers. Her work on high-profile open-source projects such as Chromium and the DevTools frontend demonstrates both production-grade impact and collaborative OSS fluency. Beyond browsers, she pursues interdisciplinary CS interests spanning NLP, cognitive science, bioinformatics, and AR/VR, reflecting a curiosity for human-centered and research-adjacent problems.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, Computer Science at Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science
Github Skills (17)
accessibility10
javascript10
css10
typescript10
ui-design10
vscode-extension10
devtools10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
developer-tools10
telemetry9
html9
react8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vscode-edge-devtools
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
A VSCode extension that allows you to use browser devtools from within the editor. The devtools will connect to an instance of Microsoft Edge giving you the ability to alter CSS styling, perform diagnostics, and debugging. Get it now at http://aka.ms/devtools-for-code
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:56 reviews, 128 commits, 37 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Olivia primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the VS Code extension. Their work included implementing auto-refresh features for the side panel, fixing button flakiness issues, and disabling inline buttons during specific states. The user also addressed code quality by migrating and auto-fixing ESLint rules, and made further improvements to UI elements with focus on accessibility. Further, the user was involved in adding telemetry to enhance the extension.
cssdebuggingdevtoolsmicrosoft-edgevscode-extension
ChromeDevTools/devtools-frontend
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
The Chrome DevTools UI
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Olivia primarily contributed to the Chrome DevTools frontend, focusing on accessibility and UI improvements. They addressed accessibility issues within the network requests table and dock location menu, enhancing screen reader functionality. Further contributions involved fixing UI issues like a clipped stop button and improving the display of search results. The user demonstrated proficiency in modifying existing UI components and implementing accessibility best practices.
chromedevtoolschrome-devtoolsjavascriptinstrumentation
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